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How to Install Pidgin in Ubuntu

June 26th, 2007

On May 4, the developers of Gaim Internet Messenger announced Pidgin as a new name for Gaim because of the previous legal conflicts with AOL regarding naming conventions. The new release with the name change also offered new functionality and new features. The Pidgin project is now split into three ideas. The Finch text-mode client previously known as Gaim-text, the libpurple library which is the main component of this project and the Pidgin GUI client.

The latest version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, released on April 19, 2007 has the older Gaim Internet Messenger Installed. To download the latest version of Pidgin, follow this instructions:

Open your terminal and type in:

wget http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Feisty_Fawn/pidgin/pidgin_2.0.0-1_i386.deb

Install .deb packages using the following command

sudo dpkg -i pidgin_2.0.0-1_i386.deb

You can access Pidgin by going to Applications and the Internet Category. Pidgin supports a total of 14 Instant Messengers which includes Bonjour, Groupwise, IRC, AIM, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, MSN, SILC, Sametime, Yahoo!, QQ, SIMPLE, XMPP (Jabber), and Zephyr. Another one to join the list is MySpaceIM as it is on the Pidgin’s Google Summer of Code (SoC) projects.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta to be Released the Year End

June 26th, 2007

Microsoft has hinted TheHotfix.net about Internet Explorer 8 Beta release later this year. No specific release date was given by Microsoft and very little is known about its upcoming enhancements and features. However, Microsoft reported month ago about its future releases will focus more on CSS, AJAX, microformats and RSS.

Furthermore, Microsoft announced its first release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta will be made available in conjunction with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) which will be shipped by the year end. The specific release date of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is also unknown.

Windows XP users will enjoy the continuing mainstream support for Internet Explorer 8 until April 2009. The release of the Internet Explorer 8 will be similar to Internet Explorer 7. A total of 2 versions will be released of which one will be built on security settings for Vista and the other will be built on the settings for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Microsoft Extends Xbox Warranty

December 24th, 2006

The original Xbox 360 video game console had 90-days U.S. and Canadian warranty limit. Recently Microsoft Corp. has planned to extend the warranty to one year which will make it consistent with warranty offered in other countries and match the one-year warranty offered by other video game console companies: Wii by Nintendo Co. and the PlayStation 3 by Sony Corp.

Both the present and future owners of the Xbox 360 gaming console are eligible for the warranty. Xbox 360 customer can get reimbursed for paid repair bills given that they’ve owned the console for less than one year. This fall, Microsoft was sued since some Xbox 360 consoles were damaged from an online update.

Free Opera Browser for Nintendo Wii

December 20th, 2006

A free trial copy of the Opera Web browser will be available for Nintendo Wii console starting Friday. The full and final version of the Opera Web browser will be released by March 2007. Users can download the Opera browser for free until June 2007. After that date, a user can download the Opera Web browser through the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii points.

By introducing these kind bonus features, Nintendo hopes to promote its new console which has already sold over 100,000 units in United Kingdom. The new Internet Channel powered by Opera will accompany the Disc Channel, the Mii Channel, the Wii Shop Channel and the Forecast Channel.

Nintendo claims Wii is the perfect console for people of all ages and family since it offers excellent services and entertainment.

Microsoft Word Flaw Investigated

December 7th, 2006

Copies of Microsoft Office Word sold between 2000 through 2006 are infected with a contemporary security flaw which allows malicious hackers to seize control of users’ PCs through an email with a Word document attached.

On Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. issued a security advisory about the possible threat. Security “advisory” is considered less urgent threat compared to other security notification but the attacks are being investigated by the company.

Microsoft Office Word 2007, currently designed for businesses, is not exposed to malicious attacks. The company has not released a patch to address the problem as of Wednesday. A user can be a victim if he or she opens a Word document attachment in the e-mail. It is recommended that users refrain from opening or saving unknown attachments, even if it is from a friend.