Ubuntu 8.04 final is almost ready for its scheduled April launch. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, has released the Alpha 5 of the popular Linux distribution. A great addition that Alpha 5 offers is a new installation option: Users can either run and install Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 using a LiveCD, or they can [...]

Skype has just released a new version, Skype 2.7 beta for Mac. The best feature in the lasted build is support for OS X 10.5 Leopard. Skype is also not forgeting Linux, and PC as they update those versions often.
Skype 2.7 beta for Mac is the first OS X version to support VGA video at [...]

Watch out Meebo there is a new kid on the block. It looks like Yahoo is working on a new IM/chat service. MyM is currently in private beta, so we do not know much besides that. Most likely it will be a web-based instant messenger that will bring Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, LiveJournal, and IM services [...]

Last month we wrote an article telling you how to download Vista SP1 using a registry hack. Now a new registry hack for Windows XP is available. This hack will let Windows XP users download Service Pack 3.
The SP3 is not scheduled for release until next year so it is not recommended that you download [...]

Mozilla has finally given us the beta release of Firefox 3. Not like the pre-beta release a couple of weeks ago.
The only differences between this beta and that pre-release version are that the Firefox team has fixed more bugs. The rest of it is the same.
New in Beta 1:
Updates to the Gecko rendering engine which [...]

Pioneer SyncTV was introduced in private beta today. The service is not one of the first of its kind but there are a some features that make SyncTV better than competitors like Amazon, Apple, and NBC.
One excellent feature is it is compatible with Mac, Linux, and PCs. Users can specify up to 5 computers for [...]

Mozilla plans on releasing Mac, Linux, and Windows versions of Firefox but not quite yet. This morning a digg user found Firefox 3 beta on Mozilla’s server. Now Mozilla has blocked access to it with a nice thank you message. We managed to download it in time to try it out.
Many of you won’t notice [...]

As you may have already started to notice Mozilla keeps building more applications. We have Firefox web browser, Thunderbird e-mail client, Songbird music player/browser, and now we’ve got a Mozilla-based instant messaging client.
Instantbird is still in very early beta. But version 0.1 already shows us assurance. The program is much like popular instant messaging services [...]

We gotta admit this browser does seem a bit out of the ordinary, which is good. It’s a web browser built using Firefox code with a whole lot of neat social networking features.
We downloaded the new version… and we like it! Flock browser now includes a blog editing client, which lets you drag and [...]

Opera Browser just keeps getting better. Today the Opera team released Opera 9.24, which is really just a security update to Opera 9.24. And next week public beta of Opera 9.5 is being released.
Opera 9.24 fixes several vulnerabilities that could leave your computer open to attack. Updates are available for the Windows, Mac, and Linux/Unix [...]