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iTWire: The new, record breaking, Firefox 3 web browser is the fastest version of Firefox yet. But are you really getting the biggest bang for your buck (metaphorically speaking, because, of course, Firefox is free?) You can eke out a better disk and memory footprint and higher speeds by building it yourself from the original source code.

Here I walk through just what actually happens when you run Firefox on your computer, how to download and compile the source on your own computer, and some measurements to gauge the memory usage of the official packaged release and the newly compiled version to prove to yourself the effort pays off.

iTWire: While Mozilla’s Firefox 3 is aiming for a Guinness record for the most downloads in one day there’s another new important software release which may be breaking records: Wine version 1.0 has hit the Internet, and it’s taken 15 years. Here’s the story.

iTWire: Firefox 3 is coming! It’s been years in the coming and computers users worldwide are waiting with baited breath. Here’s what’s new, how YOU can help get Firefox into the Guinness book of records plus news about an exciting development – Firefox for mobile phones!

Read it here, and check out my first ever YouTube video

Sorry this blog has been offline! I changed hosts, moved home, a few other things …

Some updates will come soon – including two Slashdots!