Mozilla released a major update on its browser software Firefox . The latest version of Firefox is 7.0 .

New features are as follow :

• [Performance] Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases
• [Performance] Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
• [Features] Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
• [User Interface] The ‘http://’ URL prefix is now hidden by default
• [CSS3] Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
• [Features] Added support for the Web Timing specification
• [Features] Enhanced support for MathML
• [Performance] The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8
• [Reporting] Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox
• [Bugfix] Fixed several stability issues
• [Bugfix] Fixed several security issues

Google Chrome 14 is now available. It consists of the following features:

• Web Audio API : It allows developers to add more spectacular effects such as room simulation & spatialization
• Native Client : C and C++ can now be seamlessly be rendered in Google Chrome . However , applications have to first be listed in Google Web Store ( which this limitation will be removed later ) .
• ( Mac OS X Lion only ) Overlay Scrollbars : To align with the user interface of Lion , scrollbars will only appear when scrolling
• ( Mac OS X Lion only ) Full Screen mode : Same for Overlay Scrollbars , the full screen mode of Chrome 14 will make use of new full screen mode provided by Lion .

Here are the recent updates of this site :
- Simplified single post view
- Upgraded to WordPress 3.2

i-FunBox is a Windows application which can access iPhone data and applications. Its new version, 1.4.548.527, is out now.

What’s Updated:

1. Repacking IPA now is done in a streaming mode, which uses memory more efficiently and support large Apps.
2. File transfer engine is optimized for the coming iOS 5.
3. Support App installation without Jailbreak for officially signed IPAs.
4. A new UI localization scheme. Now all localized UI text are much easier to kept updated with newly released ifunbox.exe.
5. Customized shortcut can be deleted.
6. Recovery music/video will now show friendly information about the title, artist and etc.
7. A bunch of misc bug fixing.

You can obtain the software from here .

Firefox 5 has just released .

Compared with Firefox 4, not much new features have been introduced , but there is a Sync function to allow users to sync settings between various Firefox ( either desktop / mobile ) in different devices.

Also, there are performance & rendering improvements . Here are some benchmarking and test results. Firefox 5 scores…

• scores 97 / 100 in Acid3 browser test
• scores 4201 in V8 Benchmark Suite (compared with Google Chrome 12 : 8867 )

Anyway, to get Firefox 5 , follow the link here ( various platforms supported )

p.s. please be noted that your plug-ins (such as Google Toolbar) in use may not support this new version . So , if you rely on plug-in a lot , please don’t update your browser until updated plug-in version is released .

Next generation of Apple mobile operating system iOS5 will soon be available for iDevice users. “We’re taking iOS to a whole new level”, that’s Apple’s slogan. It imports a lot of Cydia (jailbroken) software’s and existing App Store apps features in this version. Read more for latest features for this new iOS.

iTunes 10.2.2 provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

• Addresses an issue where iTunes may become unresponsive when syncing an iPad.
• Resolves an issue which may cause syncing photos with iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to take longer than necessary.
• Fixes a problem where video previews on the iTunes Store may skip while playing.
• Addresses other issues that improve stability and performance.

iOS 4.3.2 Software Update is just released. It contains improvements and other bug fixes including FaceTime bugfix & some security issues. Perfect untethered jailbreak is also available .

Unpacking replacement cydia…

Big news for iDevice jailbreakers, Cydia posted its first update itself in repository , from version 1.0.3366-1 to 1.1.1 . Cydia is the alternative to App Store, providing useful packages to enhance the functions of iDevices.

Here is the quick summary of change log:

• Ability to run and operate Activator, libstatusbar, and SimulatedKeyEvents while Cydia is running
• Overall speed improvements, including and especially the “Loading Changes” dialog
• “much less” memory usage
• A more advanced search mechanism with a new relevancy algorithm
• Better management of broken repositories

Where is Check for Update , Download Progress, Status Bar, … ? or you got a question about Firefox 4 ? ask here !