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Sony has recently released the latest firmware update for its PlayStation Portable System (PSP). It may sound like a major update, but keep in mind that this is only a minor update to the system software.
PSP Firmare 6.00 includes the following updates:

After the succesful FaceBook 2.0 App, the application gets its new update, to the 2.1 version. This update however isn’t a major upgrade to its previous version, but it comes with several good patches/fixes. The new Facebook App comes with improved loading times, enhanced sync times and faster inbox loading (which was a very annoying problem, at least for me).

It seems it was Mozilla’s turn to update its browser, shortly after the Opera 9.63 update. The current Firefox updates also addresses several security issues including several critical vulnerabilities.  Mozilla Firefox patches no more than 8 security fixes and and 3 critical vulnerabilities. We advise all our Firefox users to update their browsers to the latest release.

I personally find the Flip 3D feature in Windows Vista pretty useless in every aspect, but I found some individuals that loved this feature. The Flip 3D is much slower than…everything and in my opinion, it’s very ugly. If you don’t know what Flip 3D is, you can use it by pressing winkey+tab, but I assure you, you didn’t missed [...]

While Windows Live Messenger isn’t one of my favorite instant messengers, certain work circumstances force me to use it. The most annoying things about Live Messenger are the ads that keep on getting displayed at the bottom, ads that I believe, diverted our browser to unsolicited pages one to many times. Fortunately, there is a way around this, for people [...]

Everybody was very thrilled about the new version of iTunes, the iTunes 8. However, things are not going very well for Windows Vista users, iTunes 8 doesn’t seem to like Vista at this moment. Some users reported blue screens of death (BSOD) the moment they plug their iPod. Forums are assaulted with complains and replies regarding this issue, but it [...]

A new bug within Microsoft Office seems to allow attackers to plant Trojan horses within our computers. This new exploit isn’t confirmed at this moment, Symantec, the security company behind this finding, is still in discussions with MIcrosoft to confirm this exploit. Symantec states that some MS Office versions, even if fully patched, are affected.
Microsoft released a Security Advisory, with [...]

Even if the title of this news is little ironic, considering the fact that most Windows users don’t find WIndows Vista reliable at all, it’s true. Microsoft stated that this fix will containt some security fixes and some performance wise patches, thus improving Vista’s overall reliablity, they say