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Still running Firefox 2? Or worse still running IE? Time to check out the latest browser Firefox 3.

Download here.

Read more about the new features.

Still not sure ? See the download stats updated in realtime! Its a new world record of 8 million downloads within the first 24 hours!

Here are some 2007-2008 statistics on the Linux Kernel from Greg KH’s presentation.

Linux Kernel:

• 9.2 Million lines of code.
• Increases by 10% each year.
• Te core kernel is 5 percent of the code, device drivers is approximately 55 percent and the balance is architecture, networking etc.
• 4500 lines added. 1800 removed and 1500 modified per day.
• Kernel actively developed 24/7, 365 days a year.
• No more stable/unstable kernel. Earlier even numbers eg. 2.3 was for unstable and odd number eg. 2.4 was stable, this process is discontinued.
• Hierarchy system but not person dependant.
• Security updates after the release goes as x.x.x.. example, security fix for 2.6.19 go as  2.6.19.1 2.6.19.2 and so on.
• New release every 2-3 Month.
• 2399 Unique developers. 1/2 of them contributed only 1-2 patches.
• Number 1 funding comes from Amaetuers, or people who code as a hobby in the spare time
• Number 2 funding comes from Red Hat, Number 3, IBM and Number 4 Novell.

If you are more interested, see the online video (recommended) or read this article or download the presentation.

Saw this interesting product at Computex 2008: PhotoTrack

This is a GPS device that stores location information. You just carry it with when you travel and then use the software which add the location information to your photos. It does this based on time syncronisation.

It works with Flickr and works with all digital cameras.

It also has a mapping software that maps out your trip.

Excellent product, too bad the software is Windows only.

At some point of time, camera manufacturers will add a GPS device within the camera, until then use PhotoTrack

More information: www.wonderproud.com