Mozilla Firefox 4.0 - up for your taking

That's right, Firefox 4.0 here on an internet near you...

As far as i can tell its the same old, faster, safer, stronger that all of the software updates normally are. But it does include some nice new features too, such as the App Tab.

After releasing a final Beta a few days back, we've got the real thing, so I downloaded and installed it, giving it a run for its money. It does seem to be up to standard with the new IE9 I posted about not too long ago.


Check it out for yourself, here.

Look out for our head to head comparison between IE9 and Firefox 4.0.

Internet Explorer 9 has arrived

That's right - available from the 14th of March, the new Microsoft Internet Explorer: Version 9.

From the recent downloads, it looks like its here to stay - topping 2 million downloads in the first day - 2.3 million if we're being precise.

I decided to take a look, and it is a very modern; minimalistic look, with squares and sharp edges. But I'm sceptical as to whether it lives up to being, as it claims, "Clean", "Fast" and "Trusted"...

But figures surely speak for themselves, so it must be worth a look -

Hit the following link for the Bing Page, with Download options.

App Store nears ten billion -

The Apple App Store is nearing it's major landmark, ten billion downloads, proving it's success, and we all knew it was coming. Especially with the major success of the iPad and of course the more recent, Mac App store...

UltraViolet Blu-Ray DRM; watching your films anywhere just got real.

Ringing a bell? You know you've heard of UltraViolet somewhere before, right?


UltraViolet is a DRM. Don't panic. It's the great kind. The kind of DRM that makes us all happy.


Imagine, you buy a BD disc. You scratch it. Game over - you want to watch again, you're gonna need to buy again.


What if you own a BD, but you're on holiday with you're 3G enabled device and you fancy watching said BD? Tough stuff. You're gonna need to buy again to download, or rent a stream.


Picture a world where you can watch you're bought films anywhere. If you buy a Blu-Ray disc, you can watch the disc, stream it online, download a copy to your laptop - get a smaller file for your mobile...


...Sounds great, doesn't it!


Head past the break if you'd like that particular dream to come true.

Gaming on MacBook Pro

Since Steam recently launched into the world of gaming for Mac, I decided that it needed checking out, so soon enough, "Left 4 Dead" and "Portal" were queued up for download. This was just something I couldn't miss out on.

Steam jumps in a Portal and appears on Mac and Linux - OpenGL fun all round

Steam, the games client that was, until today, limited to Windows has been launched for Mac and Linux too.


Now remember, it's only running OpenGL games, and seeing as most are made for DirectX it's going to be a long time until you can get your all-important fix of Call of Duty or tear up a few tracks on GRID, on your Mac. (Without Bootcamp, or other VM for all you wise guys..)


Downloads on the full post,