Seems that its update time again for those of us that use Firefox.

Firefox 3.5.2 fixes the following issues:

* Several security issues.
MFSA 2009-46 Chrome privilege escalation due to incorrectly cached wrapper
MFSA 2009-45 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.2/1.9.0.13)
MFSA 2009-44 Location bar and SSL indicator spoofing via window.open() on invalid URL
MFSA 2009-43 Heap overflow in certificate regexp parsing
MFSA 2009-42 Compromise of SSL-protected communication
MFSA 2009-38 Data corruption with SOCKS5 reply containing DNS name longer than 15 characters

* Images with ICC profiles now render properly on all monitors.

:view: Changelog: Here
:software: Download: Here
:source: Source: Mozilla.org

I was delayed posting this as I have been watching Big Train on it most of the day, but this has to be the most exciting event in MSN video since the Arrested Developement MSN site appeared:

MSN Video Player is now available as a free online beta to those in the UK. MSN Video Player is available exclusively in the UK and offers over 300 hours of free content from both BBC worldwide and producer All3Media, responsible for shows like peep show and shameless. Microsoft is running a 6 month trial of the player during which time Ashley Highfield, Microsoft's managing director and vice president of consumer and online, claims that the company has sold out of its advertising space to fund the MSN Video Player.

The idea behind the video player is not to compete with the BBC's iPlayer or Channel 4's OD but to complement the services and offering backdated programming. In an interview with the BBC Microsoft's Highfield claims "we cover everything from a few months ago to a few years ago. This is bringing all the programs together in one place. It's going to be a one stop shop for recent and older classic British television."

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I am really excited about the potential of this as I have been hoping that some of my favourite older shows would appear on line. BBC iPlayer is great for watching new TV shows I might have missed, but I can't even find some of the older stuff on Facebook anymore. If you can get the last few season of 'Nevermind the Buzzcocks' on there I will love you forever!

:view: View: MSN Video Player
:source: News Source: Neowin

I hadn't actually heard anything about this application since Long posted some of the concepts back in July (check that out here), but just randomly checking out the latest Microsoft downloads I saw the Bing client on there.

Sadly, it literally does seem like nothing more than a rebrand of the Windows Live mobile client I was using before, but of course there are still some pretty cool features for finding local services.

Apologies if this wasn't infact a new release, but on the plus side the client was updated on the 30th July so will likely be at least an update.

:software: Download: Bing 4.6.6169 for Windows Mobile
:view: View: Bing mobile homepage

Windows 7 E was going to be the European version and would not have any web browser installed with the OS.
Microsoft have now decided they will ship the same version of Windows 7 to Europe that the America's will have.

"One reason we decided not to ship Windows 7 'E' is concerns raised by computer manufacturers and partners," Heiner said. "Several worried about the complexity of changing the version of Windows that we ship in Europe if our ballot screen proposal is ultimately accepted by the Commission and we stop selling Windows 7 'E'. Computer manufacturers and our partners also warned that introducing Windows 7 'E', only to later replace it with a version of Windows 7 that includes IE, could confuse consumers about what version of Windows to buy with their PCs."

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Full story at Cnet.

:source: News Source: Cnet news via Bink.nu

MyDefrag v4.1.2 is released!

The long-awaited version 4 is finally out. The program is now called "MyDefrag", because it has a scripting language and you can customize just about every aspect of it. It is no longer the "JK" (Jeroen Kessels) defragger, but "my" (your) defragger!

• Fully functional freeware.
• With scripting language.
• Improved interface.
• Higher speed.
• Better optimization.
• Lower memory usage.
• Extensive documentation.
• Easier to install.
• .... and more!

What is MyDefrag you ask?

MyDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer (a maintenance utility to make your harddisk faster) for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, and for X64.It is freeware, no time limit, fully functional, no advertisements. Fast, low overhead, with many optimization strategies, can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows. Included are a set of easy to use scripts for endusers, a scripting engine for demanding users, a screensaver, and a combined Windows plus commandline version that can be scheduled by the Windows task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts.

:software: Download MyDefrag
:view: View: Changelog
:source: News Source: Mydefrag.com