Quick Tip: Remove Firefox 3 New Tab Button

Nothing annoys me more than having new features added to applications and not having the ability to optionally control said “feature”. In my opinion Firefox 3 is guilty of this.  I do not enjoy the new tab button that is placed next to the browser tabs in Firefox 3.  There is no good way to disable the button from the preferences or even through the about:config panel.

There is however a simple plugin that allows you to disable the new tab button with ease.

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iPhone OS 3.1 App Management Quicklook

Today Apple released iPhone OS 3.1 along side iTunes 9. One of the big new features of iTunes and OS 3.1 is iTunes application management. The user is now able to manage their iPhone / Touch applications in iTunes 9. Here is a quick video sample of the management UI in action.

So far the system works great. I haven’t found any issues as of yet. I just wish we had the option to hide unwanted pre-installed applications that we don’t use.

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iTunes 9 Available For Download

Apple just posted iTunes 9 for download. The download size weighs in at 82.8 megabytes.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

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Firefox’s biggest vulnerability found, no big surprises.

I know I didn’t get the article out first thing this morning but I just couldn’t find a quality nugget of information. This is no real big surprise in the scheme of things but is definitely something to take notice of. It seems that the newest release of Firefox has a huge vulnerability issue, however that’s not absolutely correct. The issue is caused by Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 service pack 1. It silently without any permission from the user installs the extension for Firefox and leaving you wide open. Full article here

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