Make old extensions works with Firefox 3

The beta releases of Firefox 3.0 was released some days ago.

In Every release of a new beta version some of our old firefox extensions and add-ons become not more usable.
In the latest release of Firefox, exactly 3.0rc1 , almost none of them work.


There's an easy solution to this problem and it come from computerworld.com.au

THEY repeats:DO NOT TRY THIS unless you are comfortable editing the advanced preferences of your browser. And don't do anything until you've read through this entire post.


1) Type about:config in Firefox 3.0rc1
2) Add a new Boolean var
3) Type extensions.checkCompatibility
4) Set it to false
5) Restart Firefox

When the browser comes back up, version checking is disabled so the browser could warn you about this. You can double-check "Tools:Add-Ons" to make sure everything is activated once again.

If this procedure fails you have to go manually to your prefs.js and remove the var that you inserted in the step 3.


From Computerworld.com.au

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Public Wi-Fi hotspots, protect your privacy with hotspot shield

Ok, public Wi-Fi hotspots are great but... but they are extremely dangerous for your privacy and your sensible datas like credit card etc.. The solution to this problem consists that we have to create a VPN network between your laptop and the wireless router.

Hotspot Shield is a free security software that creates a virtual private network (VPN) and do this for us. This impenetrable tunnel created with the VPN prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing our email, instant messages, sniff our credit card information or anything else that we send over a wireless network.
Which means you remain anonymous and protect your privacy.

Hotspot Shield security software is free to download. Check it out.

Here's a video demo about it.




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How to make a screencast on ubuntu linux video.

If you wanna be able to do a screencast on linux ubuntu you have to type on your ubuntu's shell:

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
sudo apt-get install mencoder
sudo apt-get install subtitleeditor
sudo apt-get install avidemux
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Then, to capture the video you have to type: recordmydesktop
To stop the video capturing you have to press the combo ctl+c
To run audio/video converter ffmpeg use:
./ffmpeg -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000 -r 10 -g 300 -vd x11:0,0 -s 1280x1024 test.avi

./ffmpeg --help:
"1000" is the bitrate (increase it to get better quality, but more larger files).
"0,0" tells FFmpeg to record from the top-left cornet of the screen.
"1280x1024" screen resolution, or the window that you want to record.
In that case, you can use xwininfo -frame to get more exhaustive infos about a particular window's coordinates.




If you want to merge files and more other things, likes load multiple video clips, cut and paste portions of video/audio, and save it to an edit decision list (SMIL XML format). Most edit and navigation commands are mapped to equivalent vi key commands. Also, Kino can export the composite movie in a number of formats: DV over IEEE 1394, Raw DV, DV AVI, still frames, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 you could use Kino

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Microsoft Free World Wide Telescope. Video & Download

''Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute break and viewing a panorama of a different city? Install WWT and start your explorations.''

Those words are taken from the official website of the project worldwidetelescope.org



The Worldwide Telescope site also offers guided tours, hosted by astronomers and academics, of galactic destinations such as the Milky Way, the Eta Carina Nebula and the darker reaches of the galaxy and is totally free.

Roy Gould, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - a partner in the site, said the application could have a "profound impact on the way we view the universe".

So what are you waiting for?
Download it now.

Download: Tor Browser Bundle 1.0.2 released.

Tor Browser Bundle 1.0.2 is released.

What is Tor?!?

The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser and is self contained. If you would prefer to use your existing web browser, install Tor permanently, or if you don't use Windows, see the other ways to download Tor.

Changes about tor bundle includes an update to Firefox Portable 2.0.0.14, Tor 0.2.0.25-rc, Vidalia r2539, and TorButton 1.1.18-alpha.

Tor updates include fixed threading on BSD-family implentations and other minor features.

Vidalia updates include the ability to start polipo as Vidalia itself starts up.

Torbutton updates include a number of bugfixes and new translations for French, Russian, Farsi, Italian, and Spanish.

Download tor and good surfing.

Software to make social bookmark sites.

• Pligg It seems that every hour, a new Pligg-based site is born. Pligg is a PHP/MySQL system that allows visitors to submit websites and blogs for voting or ranking. While very similar to Digg, it does offer some additional features, such as trackback support, automatic title discovery, and RSS import functionality. It also has a small community that is actively working on new mods and templates. Some of the more interesting Pligg-based sites are PlugIM, Sk*rt, Sphinn and Simply Fired.

• NewsCloud NewsCloud is another content management system that has a story ranking feature. They have also developed a Facebook app for their service, which is open source as well and available for download. The default layout is slightly more newsy than Digg-like.

• Dolphin: Dolphin, from Boonex, is a popular free community-building application that is being used for a number of dating sites. Many modifications have been developed, however many of them are only available for a fee. There is also a cost associated with removing the company’s links from your site.
• Drupal with Vote up/down module Most know Drupal as one of the more popular open source content management systems available. Thanks to the user community, several modules have been developed that allow voting of submitted stories. Recruiting.com uses this setup.
• PHPizabi
• Elgg: Elgg is an open source social platform based around choice, flexibility and openness: a system that firmly places individuals at the centre of their activities. Your users have the freedom to incorporate all their favorite tools within one environment and showcase their content with as many or as few people as they choose, all within a social networking site that you control.
• Mugshot: Developed by Red Hat, Mugshot allows you to post what you are reading and listening too, and share it with you friends. Mugshot is a little different, as both the client and server code are open source and available for download.
• AroundMe AroundMe is an open source social networking app that supports OpenID. They are based in Sweden. We haven’t seen many sites running on the platform.
• GetBoo GetBoo allows you to save you favorite sites and share them with your friends. It also supports public and private group creation.
• Scuttle While Scuttle has not been updated in over a year, the code is still available on SourceForge. Scuttle is a PHP/MySQL-based social bookmark system.

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