Mozilla’s Thunderbird Version 5.0

By albertus,on June 30th,2011%

Today,I upgraded my Mozilla Thunderbird email client to version 5.0. To my surprise,it turned out to be faster than the previous 4.x versions.

I was disappointed with the 4.x versions of Thunderbird. It was slower and the scrolling of the left window was not very responsive. This changed in the new version 5.0.

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The Holidays Are Coming

By albertus,on November 23rd,2010%

Everyone seems to be looking for good bargains after Thanksgiving. There are some who are already lined up at the stores that have sale items on Friday. I’m just wondering if Apple products are going to be on sale as well. At least OWC might have some Apple items on sale.

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SCO To Put Most UNIX Assets Up For Auction

By albertus,on September 17th,2010%

SCO is going to put most of its UNIX assets up for auction,according to this article. Will there be somebody who’ll step in and continue supporting the products and the customers?

If I had lots of money in my pocket,I would probably buy the assets and see what can be done with the . . . →Read More:SCO To Put Most UNIX Assets Up For Auction

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Will Apple Change Things Again?

By albertus,on January 27th,2010%

Apple is going to unveil a new product today that will supposedly change the way we do things one more time. A new device is rumored to be the new product,possibly a tablet that functions as a souped-up iPod touch but with more features. Pricing will be an issue:the price must meet the . . . →Read More:Will Apple Change Things Again?

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MATLAB Should Have A Home Edition Too

By albertus,on July 12th,2009%

Recall that I wrote about Wolfram Research offering a Home Edition version of Mathematica 7. A lot of engineering and scientific applications use MATLAB too. However,the only way to get the cheap edition of MATLAB is to be a student. Otherwise,you’d have to pay about $2000 for the software license. I believe that . . . →Read More:MATLAB Should Have A Home Edition Too

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Some Sites Of Interest

By albertus,on June 18th,2009%

I have this routine for web surfing everyday. I usually start with Slashdot.org and C|Net News reading the interesting news there. I then head to ArsTechnica for some more tech news. Gizmodo is a favorite of mine when I’m checking out the latest gadgetry. Finally,I check Linux Today to see how my favorite operating . . . →Read More:Some Sites Of Interest

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Firefox 3 On My Mac

By albertus,on June 19th,2008%

I downloaded Firefox 3 yesterday afternoon to try it out. At first,I couldn’t get to the site. After a couple of minutes,I was then able to download it at full speed via DSL. It took only a few minutes,but note that the Mac version was around 17MB compared to the Windows and . . . →Read More:Firefox 3 On My Mac

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