FireFox 3 (Gran Paradiso Alpha 6) Released

Gran Paradiso Alpha 6 is the next version of current FireFox version. FireFox 3 is built on Mozilla's next generation layout engine, Gecko 1.9.

Gecko 1.9 Alpha 6 introduces several new features like inclusion of the FUEL Javascript library for extension developers, new Page Info window, improvements to offline application support, many Cocoa user interface improvements and bug fixes.

Gran Paradiso Alpha 6 or FireFox 3 is now available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Windows Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
Windows version FireFox 3

MAC OS X Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
Mac Version FireFox 3

Linux Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
Linux Version FireFox3

Windows Users can also download FireFox 3 at the following location
ftp://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/
releases/granparadiso/alpha6/win32/en-US/

In FireFox, I.E 7.0 just type the above address then press enter. Then it will open the site then click Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 6.exe link.

How to install and configure UltraVNC for Remote computer access?

UltraVNC is a free powerful software which displays the the screen of another computer on your own screen via internet or network. So you can easily control the other PC with your mouse and keyboard. So you can work on a remote computer right from your current location.

Suppose if you have computers in LAN network. you want to control system with IP Address 192.168.1.6 from a system with IP Address 192.168.1.7. Now I will explain how to control 192.168.1.6 from 192.168.1.7 using UltraVNC.

First install UltraVNC in both systems. During installation select full installation of UltraVNC. Full installation installs UltraVNC Server and UltraVNC Viewer. So install UltraVNC Server and UltraVNC Viewer in both of the systems.

After completing installation, now run UltraVNC as Server from system with IP Address 192.168.1.6. You will observe on the screen as shown below.

Now type a VNC Password as you like then click Apply then click O.K. Now UltraVNC Server runs on 192.168.1.6

Now if you want to control 192.168.1.6 from another sytem in the LAN network with IP Address 192.168.1.7 then run UltraVNC as Viewer from 192.168.1.7. You will observe on the screen as shown below.

Now in VNC Server box type 192.168.1.6 then click Connect. Now it prompts you to type the VNC Password. So type the VNC Password that you already set to the VNC Server then click Logon. Now VNC Viewer starts on 192.168.1.7 as shown below.

So the desktop of 192.168.1.6 now appears on 192.168.1.7 as shown above. So now you can control 192.168.1.6 as you like from 192.168.1.7.

Suppose if you open I.E and starts surfing the net on 192.168.1.6 then you can observe all your activities in 192.168.1.7 also. All of your sites will also open in VNC Viewer of 192.168.1.7.

We can also chat with 192.168.1.6 from 192.168.1.7 by clicking Open Chat button from VNC Viewer of 192.168.1.7. The chat window will be as shown below.

Now you learnt how to configure UltraVNC to control a PC from another PC in a LAN Network. You can also apply the same procedure for controlling a Remote computer via internet using UltraVNC.

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1 Released

All existing applications built for .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0 also run in .Net Framework 3.5. Microsoft planned to release the final package at the end of 2007.

New features are added in major technology areas. They are

Deep integration of Language Integrated Query and data awareness

ASP.NET AJAX for quickly creating more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers

New web protocol support for building WCF services including AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM and several new WS standards

Full tooling support for WF, WCF and WPF including the new workflow-enabled services technology

New classes in the base class library for the .NET Framework 3.5 address the most common customer requests.

Download .Net Framework 3.5 Beta