“Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version.
Here’s what’s new in Thunderbird 1.5:
- Improvements to product stability.
- Several security fixes.
The Rumbling Edge has a more detailed list of notable bug fixes.”
Mozilla via Juha
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What's New in Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
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A Tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab
“I’m going to write a little bit more about what I do to help MacBU ship great software and provide some color around what’s it’s like to work on Mac software at Microsoft. Often when we have press events or special visits from our MVPs I’ll give them a tour of the Mac Lab and explain what we do. They’ve always found it very interesting and so I thought I’d share a virtual tour of our Mac Lab.”
D. Weiss via Juha
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Torvalds creates patch for cross-platform virus
“The reason that the [Windows/Linux cross-platform virus] is not propagating itself in the latest kernel versions is due to a bug in how GCC handles specific registers in a particular system call. [Linus Torvalds] has coded a patch for the kernel to allow the virus to work on even the latest Linux kernel.”
NewsForge via Juha
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Microscott vs. Microsoft
“A computer workshop company on Sherbrooke St. in NDG is called Microscott and has a logo that uses the same font as Microsoft.”
Came by this googling for what I saw on Webpark.
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KorsoSQL
“Jostain syystä sain päähäni kirjoittaa Korsoroidun version SQL-kielestä.”
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iGoatse. the new skin for your iPod
“The new iGoatse is the definitive skin for your iPod. There are no words to describe it. And you know why.”
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Watch your data inflate the Flashbag
“From the wish-I’d-thought-of-that department: the Flashbag. Designed by Dima Komissarov, it’s a standard USB flash drive that has a tiny pump in it that inflates when you load it with data.”
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Easy fix for corrupt XP boot
“[Many] “Missing or corrupt HAL.DLL,” “Invalid Boot.Ini,” or “Windows could not start…” problems can be fixed with these five shortcut steps:
- Boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console
- Run “Attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file
- Delete the C:\Boot.ini file
- Run “Bootcfg /Rebuild”
- Run Fixboot
It really can be as simple as that!”
InormationwWeek via Juha
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I want a Freeware Utility to … 300+ common problems solved
“Extremely useful free utilities that do specific jobs really well and save time and money.”
eConsultant via Juha
