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Monthly Archives: November 2006

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Firefox (Crop) Cirlce on Google Maps

Posted on November 30, 2025 by The Guru
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Back in August 2006, a group students from Oregon State University Linux Group created the ‘Firefox Circle‘ in an oat field near amity Oregon. The crop circle has made it to Google Maps now. Click the image below to be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Firefox, General Mozilla | 2 Replies

Stop Automatic Image Resizing

Posted on November 27, 2025 by The Guru
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For some odd reason Firefox likes to resize images automatically so they will “fit in the browser window”. I have found this rather annoying and was glad to discover there is an about:config tweak to prevent this. Thanks to Ryan … Continue reading →

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Posted in CyberNet, Firefox, Tips & Tweaks | 21 Replies

Firefox Password Manager Vulnerability

Posted on November 25, 2025 by The Guru
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I’ve been so busy this past week with work I have not had a chance to keep up on the latest Firefox/Mozilla news. Earlier this week a major vulnerability was exposed for Firefox 1.5.0.8, 2.0, 2.0.0.1pre (not sure about 3.0a1pre) … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogs, Firefox, General Mozilla | 3 Replies

Bon Echo 2.0.0.1pre

Posted on November 23, 2025 by The Guru
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Last night when the usual nightly build update hit, I noticed something odd. I was getting a warning box informing me with this build several of my extensions were not be compatible. Odd, why would a nightly on the 2.0 … Continue reading →

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Up Coming Firefox Releases

Posted on November 23, 2025 by The Guru
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In the next three weeks (the dates are subject to change) Mozilla should be releasing some updates for Firefox 1.5, 2.0 and may be even 3.0: Firefox 1.5 1.5.0.9 ~ Thursday, December 14th Firefox 2.0 2.0.0.1 ~ Thursday, December 14th … Continue reading →

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Posted in CyberNet | 3 Replies

Firefox 3a1 Coming Soon

Posted on November 20, 2025 by The Guru
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The first Firefox 3 (Grand Paradiso) developmental milestone, Alpha 1 is set for next Tuesday, November 28th. Not really sure yet what features are going to be a part of this milestone. I have heard over at CyberNet: Firefox 3 … Continue reading →

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Posted in CyberNet, Firefox | 2 Replies

Exploding Notebook Batteries

Posted on November 16, 2025 by The Guru
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Over the past couple months several notebook manufacturers have announced the recall of the batteries as they could over-heat and explode. PcPitStop put together a great video demonstration with a system that they created to purposely instigate a battery explosion. … Continue reading →

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Update: Thunderbird 2.0 Status

Posted on November 15, 2025 by The Guru
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As announced on CyberNet News earlier this week, Mozilla updated the Thunderbird 2 Roadmap. With this update is a revision of the release schedule and some of the features (more on this shortly). Now keep in mind for the past … Continue reading →

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Posted in CyberNet, Thunderbird | 3 Replies

WordPerfect Office X3 to bundle Firefox

Posted on November 14, 2025 by The Guru
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Corel has announced that forthcoming versions of its new consumer oriented office suite Corel WordPerfect Office X3 - Home Edition 2007 (US$79) will bundle Mozilla Firefox.“Firefox has a reputation for ease of use, security and user experience that closely mirrors … Continue reading →

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Follow-Up Firefox 2.0: Close Tab Buttons

Posted on November 13, 2025 by The Guru
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Over the past view days I have noticed the post Firefox 2.0: Close Tab Buttons has been the either most or second most viewed post on my blog. I have also been getting loads of comments about this post as … Continue reading →

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Posted in Firefox | 3 Replies

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