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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 : : the browser,reloaded

Posted by Saran Kumar Krishnan On 12:09 AM 0 Responses


Hey guys, by my reckoning I guess it’s a quite a lot of time since I posted. Well there has been a lot of improvement in the computer industry. I write this post because I was inspired by the recent release of the Firefox 3.6. Even though I am on the edge to run over my free traffic assigned by my ISP the curiosity which i had made me to check what the difference has the Mozilla has done in this release. It took some time to download, I am grateful as my connection didn’t break up in the middle abruptly, which happens to me all the time when I am on a new venture. Gasp! First screen splashed was the add-ons which won’t work in this version. Never expected that first screen would be negative, but never mind.

The Firefox 3.6 started instantly and the browsing speed has considerably increased. They have advanced font rendering system, which is destined to download and use the font which we don’t have. Intelligent address bar remembers and also predicts the URL which is considered to be important. The security features are given more importance. The browser detects websites which are harmful and prevent access instantly. Moreover it allows our anti-virus to scan the file once the download gets completed.

The interface has improved appreciably. The new release comes with the module called as “Persona” which is my special interest. It is capable of changing the background of the menus including the bookmarks and the tabs. There are quite a lot of persona available which could be added according to your choice. The Persona has been made as open source and we shall see how it gets a part of Firefox in the days to come.

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Many people said that it was going to be a timed exclusive and now the famed GTAIV expansion  Episodes from Liberty City which consists of  The Ballad of  Gay Tony  ,The Lost and Damned  is coming to PC and the PS3 . this news may not be surprise at least for the pc gamers because lost and demand achievements showed up in the GFW live client soon after an update last year so it was expected  but the real surprise is for the PS3 because Microsoft is said to have paid 50 million Dollars to Rock star for the expansions to  remain exclusive to  Xbox360.i have been waiting for this news for quite a while now,as me being primarily a pc gamer and a avid GTA fan ,and with assassins ceed2 and other console games coming to pc platform its going to be one hell of a year for us.Both the  expansions have garnered great reviews from critics around the web so this is a great news for both PC and Ps3  gamers.

The Episodes will be released on disc for the ps3 with a price tag of  39$  and  individual episodes come at a price of 19$ each on the PSN

For the PC version there will be a 32 player multi player matches  and an improvement on the old video editor found in GTA 4 there will also be updated OST for the radio stations in liberty city.no pricing or release date announced yet

The Expansions will be available for download on Play Station Network ,Games for Windows live  and will require an original  copy of GTAIV to play.   

 

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Apparently there is a bug in the driver which prevents user to  over clock using software's like Riva Tuner V2.24C, EVGA Precision V1.9.0 ,so nvidia  has released 196.34 beta drivers . these are the drivers which have been corrected and allows user to over clock normally.the bug from the 196.21 drivers restricted the users from manipulating  shader ,core and memory clocks now with the releases of 196.34 drivers that  problem has been solved .apart from adding multi GPU and SLI support to some games the driver has nothing new to offer.

here are the links to download the drivers

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_196.34_beta.html – windows 7 32bit

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_196.34_beta.html – windows 7 64bit

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_196.34_beta.html - windows xp 32bit

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_196.34_beta.html -windows xp 64bit

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The much awaited sequel for the 2007 game of the year is finally going to land on pc on march 16th and it has a few surprises up its sleeves for the PC gamers and none of them are sweet .for starters the PC version is going to be prized at 60$, i believe it is the second PC game after modern warfare 2 to charge the same price as its console brethren,but at that price assassins creed 2 will contain two yet to be released DLC’s like Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities.

I think the developers are trying to establish a common  ground between pc and the consoles well here is a reality check for them “there isn't one “.in the pc gaming the concept of paid DLC’s is almost blasphemous because the  platform is so flexible such that users can create custom content for their favorite games and release it on the internet for free,so charging money for that is simply unreasonable.frustrations aside , there will also be a black edition for the game which will be exclusive for digital outlets and to add more oil to the fire ,for a extra five dollars you will be able to get additional content with it.

Assassins Creed 2 will have Uplay, the new service from Ubisoft which is among the lines of GFW live and Steam.this is the first game to have this service incorporated in it for the pc ,and it requires you to be online all the time for you to play the game .apparently the aforementioned DLC’s were supposed to be included in the original game but due to time constraints it was skipped.

The only silver lining is that the system requirements aren't that steep:P.

Minimum Configuration:
SUPPORTED OS: Windows XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista (32-64 bits)/Windows 7 (32-64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
RAM: 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista - Windows 7
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller
* This product does not support Windows 98/ME/2000/NT

Recommended Configuration:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
Video Card: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
Sound: 5.1 sound card
Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
ATI RADEON X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7/8/9/100/200 series

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