Firefox 1.5.0.3 is now available and for those people running Firefox 1.5.x you should receive the update automatically. I figured this would be released soon with the releases notes being posted yesterday. This is an important update because it fixes a security issue that was found early last week. The security issue was a denial of service vulnerability.

Microsoft has begun testing the next release of Windows Desktop Search. Unfortunately this version does not include an end-user UI, but the next release is expected to have it. This release is for the Engine Preview ONLY. It allows applications like Outlook 2007 and OneNote 2007 to be indexed so that the content within those applications can be quickly searched.

Microsoft has finally released a refresh of Windows Live Messenger and has made it publicly available. This build appears to offer some significant speed enhancements for signing into the Messenger service.

This is not your typical handheld Pocket PC because it does not have a touch screen that you can use for input. However, this is truly a Pocket PC because it is a desktop equivalent computer that is only about 2 cubic inches in size! More pictures can be found at the source but here are the details on this amazing piece of work: The Space Cube is the world's smallest personal computer.

Analysts are now saying that we should not expect to see a release of Windows Vista until Q2 of 2007! Microsoft has already pushed the release date back to January 2007 and another push-back will definitely start to anger some people.

Many Pocket PC users only use Internet Explorer because they do not realize that there are other alternatives. Mozilla has an alternative called Minimo and they have finally updated it. I like Minimo because the overall design and usability is very nice and really seems to fit my needs.

I just noticed that Mozilla has finally put up a release notes page for Firefox 1.5.0.3. However, this does not mean that it is released but it is often an indication that it will be very soon. They don't have any changes or anything announced on the page and appears that they have only copied the template from 1.5.0.2 right now.

Zeropaid has put together a great list of extensions to use for Azureus (one of the most popular BitTorrent clients). There are many BitTorrent clients that are available to be downloaded but these plug-ins are what distinguish Azureus from the rest. Some of the ones that I like on their list are the Progress Bar, Chat, and Safe Peer.