Mozilla Firefox 3 Final To Be Released on Tuesday
Get ready for the most awaited software release ever, yes its official the 3rd version of the popular browser is going to be released on June 17th,taking more than 34 month to be developed, 5 Beta versions and 3 Release Candidates the developers think that it is ready to be release, the release candidates have been well-reviewed in terms of stability and the developers have at last solved the memory leak.
I will try to be the first one to provide you the download link for the latest and greatest version of this immensely popular browser when it comes out on June 17th!
Via: PCMag
How to know your IP address and what to do with it
When you connect to Internet you are given an IP address which basically is your Internet address, you can find out your IP address using these sites:
WhatismyIP – just visit the Website and it will show your IP address no more no less
WhatIsmyIPAddress – this also works the same way but it shows your IP and proxy if it detects one
Finding your IP address can be very useful in these scenarios:
1. you want your geek friend to guide you using some remote desktop connection program on some specific software that you just can’t figure out how to use, so you give him the IP address and he puts that IP in his RDC program and connects to you
2. you want to play any multiplayer games and want some other players to join, just create the server on your PC and tell them your IP address so that other players can join
3. you are using some anonymization software and want to know if you are really browsing anonymously
4. just for fun 
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 appears on the Official Mozilla FTP site
After Mozilla released Firefox 3 RC2 few days ago, just now when I opened the Firefox FTP site to download RC2 I came across the RC3 of Firefox which comes as a surprise release to me, , as usual first it appears on the FTP site and then in few hours the official beta page will be updated with the release
No official announcement yet but ZDNet has some info about the release that it fixes a bug in MAC OS X system which makes the system to hang, according to ZDNet if you are using windows or Linux you don’t need to update as there are no changes for these operating systems in this release and the RC2 version of the browser will be copied to the RC3 folder for these two remaining OS. it is also mentioned that the browser is ready for the final release and the developers have the fixes ready for the the remaining 17 known issues with the browser
Download RC3 from here:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0rc3/
Patch your Uxtheme File in Windows XP Sp3 to enhance your systems appearance
One cant forever live with the default theme of Windows XP, it gets dull and boring after we use it everyday so to give it a refreshing feel you can patch your uxtheme.DLL file so you can install 3rd party themes for Windows XP, you can get the patcher from here.
now that you have patched the uxtheme file you need to place your new theme folder in X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes (where X is your windows installation directory) , this folder you are copying should have the .msstyles file and the shell folder, now that you have pasted your theme folder in the resources folder the new theme will show up in the appearance tab of the display properties dialog box (right click any empty area on your desktop and click on properties to get this dialog box) , now just select the theme you just installed and press apply and enjoy the refreshing new look!
now if you wondering where to get themes from check these sites out:
The theme used for reference here is foresight and you can get it from here
Software Updates – Week 2
Stable:
Software: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Latest Version: 3.9.5
Description: K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.
Release Date: June 4 2008
License: Freeware
Changelog: http://paste2.org/p/37312
Download: http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_Mega_Codec_Pack_download.htm
Software: Serv-U FTP Server
Description: If you want to set-up an FTP server on your windows based PC this is the best software to use for the purpose
Latest Version. 7.1.0.2
License: Shareware
Release Date: June 2 2008
Changelog: http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/
Download: http://www.serv-u.com/dn.asp
Beta:
Software: Mozilla Firefox
Latest Version: 3.0 RC2
Description: this software doesn’t needs a description
License: Freeware
Release Date: June 5 2008
Download: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
