Five Years of Firefox – the Video

Google Storage is now cheaper

A couple of days ago Google has announced cheaper prices for extra storage.
Storage space is being used in Picasa Web Albums, Gmail and Google Docs.

Here is the summary of the new prices:

This is even cheaper than the Amazon’s S3 service, which is currently at $0.150 per GB per month. 20GB would cost $3 per month, or $36 per year (without calculating the data transfer costs).

We might be getting closer to the release of the rumored Google Drive.

Click here to purchase more Google storage space

Safari 4.0.4

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:

• Improved JavaScript performance
• Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items
• Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins, the search field and Yahoo! Mail

For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

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WordPress 2.8.6

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges.  If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch.  The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these.

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Mac OS X – Snow Leopard Update – 10.6.2

The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:

• an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
• a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
• Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
• a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
• issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
• the reliability of menu extras
• an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
• an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
• Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
• a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
• an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
• Safari plug-in reliability
• general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
• an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Mozilla Firefox – 3.5.5

Firefox 3.5.5 fixes the following issues:

- Fixed several stability issues.

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iTunes – 9.0.2

iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, adds an option for a dark background for Grid View, and improves support for accessibility.

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Ubuntu 9.10

The final version of Ubuntu 9.10 has been released today!

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Mozilla Firefox – 3.5.4

Firefox 3.5.4 fixes the following issues:

• Several security issues.
• Fixed several stability issues.
• Added the ability to re-submit crash reports (bug 378528)
• After using Clear Recent History some SSL sites would not load all images and styles without pressing reload (see bug 480619)

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Mac OS X – How to view which processes are accessing the Internet

One of my favorite components of Mac OS X is the underlying UNIX-based Terminal.
The Terminal has lots of valuable tools that give you insight information about the processes that are running, the system etc.

This article is going to use one of these tools, the “lsof” command, to show all running processes / applications, which are accessing the Internet.

Here is how to:

- Fire up the Terminal app (you can find it on Applications/Utilities, or simply type terminal on the Spotlight)

- Run the following command:

lsof -i -n -P

Depending on how many open applications are accessing the Internet, you might get a shorter or longer list of results. The first column of the results is showing the process name, and the last columns are showing the port type, port number, corresponding target IP addresses, and the connection status (e.g. established).

If you would like to have host names rather than IP addresses, omit the command’s -n switch:

lsof -i -P

Moreover if you want information for a specific application only, for example Firefox, type:

lsof -i -n -P | grep firefox

As a reference only, the -P switch inhibits  the conversion of port numbers to port names, and the -i switch can be used to filter IP addresses. If you would like to find more about the “lsof” command, type “man lsof” on your Terminal.