Tag Archives: downloads
Top 3 Reasons to Download From Usenet
What is Usenet? Depending on when you first found the wonderland that is the Internet, you may or may not have heard of Usenet before. Most people are surprised to learn that Usenet began in 1979 as a computer network system where you could post messages, sort of a virtual bulletin board. The Facebook of [...]
Full StoryBest Buy Scoops Up Napster
Best Buy is moving into a position to take a piece of the market share for music downloads. The electronics retail giant’s bid Monday to acquire online music provider Napster would continue Best Buy’s quest for mobile dominance by boosting its mobile music offering, while attempting to rescue the struggling Napster in the process. Minneapolis-based [...]
Full StoryComcast Flexing Muscle Again
Comcast will put a cap on all customers’ internet usage on October 1st, 2008. Customers will have a 250 GB data monthly cap. 250 GB is a lot of data transfer considering the average customer uses 2 to 3 GB per Month. The move, reported first by DSL Reports, was confirmed by Comcast today (Techmeme). [...]
Full StoryMusic Lovers Beware of the Worm!
There’s a new kind of malicious software targeting Windows users who download music. The new malware affects those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks, and inserts links to dangerous web pages within ASF (Advanced Systems Format) media files. Advanced Systems Format is a Microsoft-defined container format for audio and video streams that can also [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Surpasses 17 Million Downloads
Since launching last week, Firefox 3 surpassed 17.3 million downloads. Firefox 3 hit 8 million downloads within the first 24-hours of its release, more than any other free download in a single day. It’s being considered for inclusion within the Guinness Book of Records. Firefox 2 was downloaded 1.6 million times in its first 24 [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Direct Download Links
Since the page at Mozilla just updated, and we have several reports of GetFirefox.com or the download sites being down, below are direct download links from Mozilla and an alternative download direct from the Tech Jaws web server. From Mozilla: Direct download link – Windows Firefox 3.0 Direct download link – Linux Firefox 3.0 Direct [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Goes Live Tuesday!
Finally, Firefox 3 will be released Tuesday June 17th! I know I am a happy camper, and I am sure all you Firefox fans are as well. I bet the internet will be over-working on this day as they expect millions of downloads in the first day. This could break the world record, will just [...]
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