Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 web browser to the general public. Get it from:

Mozilla Firefox 3.5

Watch the worldwide real-time statistics of downloads per sec for Firefox 3.5.

Firefox 3.5 is a major release from the previous version 3.0.x which was released over a year ago. The major changes in Firefox 3.5 are:

• New JavaScript engine called TraceMonkey for faster JavaScript rendering

• A private browsing mode which allows surfing without saving your personal data.

• Support HTML5: offline data access, enhanced web graphics and multimedia plaback without plugins.

Firefox has the second largest web browser market share of between 20 to 25 percent. It lags behind Microsoft Internet Explorer which has about 65 to 70 percent share of the browser market.

Before you head down to Apple store to pick up an iPhone 3GS, make sure you check the availability using the online tool provided by Apple:

Check iPhone 3GS availability here

Some stores have reported shortage for certain iPhone 3GS models over the weekend.

We are starting a new automation series where we post tutorials and tips on automating repetitive tasks and batch processing on the Mac. We will cover topics on Automator, AppleScript, Bash scripting and Ruby/Python programming. We give a brief overview to these tools and languages in the first post of the series.

Automator and AppleScript

Mac OS X comes with Automator app to assist you to create automated tasks using an easy to use drag-and-drop user interface. Automator and its underlying AppleScript programming language is Apple’s recommended automation tool and language on the Mac. Most aspects of the Mac can be automated and controlled using the AppleScript language. Many third party OS X apps also provide an interface to allow you to control them via AppleScript.

(The definitive guide by Apple on Mac OS X automation is at www.macosxautomation.com.)

AppleScript is available only on the Mac but is not the only scripting language on the Mac. Depending on the tasks at hand, there are several other choices.

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Using tweets from Twitter, Billie Tweets pays tribute to Michael Jackson. When you play the Billie Jean video, the site pull in tweets with words to sync to the music. It’s definitely good for a karaoke session.

People come and go, but it is sad when it is so early for a legend like Michael Jackson. And it might make you cry after listening to the tribute song “Better On The Other Side” by The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Usher, Mario Winans, Boyz2Men and other leading artists.

Download or play the song.

Via Mashable

Apple has sent out emails to remind MobileMe members that their old .Mac HomePage, if they have any, will go offline on July 7, 2009. This will complete Apple’s transformation of its .Mac service to the new MobileMe, an effort started last summer.

On July 7, 2009, we are retiring .Mac HomePage. Your published pages will remain live on the web for as long as you wish after this date, but you will not be able to edit or delete them using HomePage. If you want to make changes to your existing pages, please do so before July 7.

Read Apple’s .Mac HomePage FAQ for more details.

With the new Transformer movie just round the corner, we can’t help but to post this:

Microsoft posted on its Windows Team Blog the details of Windows 7 pricing and upgrade options. Windows 7 will be launched on October 22nd. Here is the summary:

Windows 7 Language Version Availability

• On October 22nd, Windows 7 will be available in the following 14 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong).

• On October 31st, the remaining 21 languages will become available: Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian.

Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program

Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program starts tomorrow June 26 till Jan 31, 2010. During this period, anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate on it will all receive an upgrade to the corresponding version of Windows 7 at little or no cost.

Visit this link for details.

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Preview app on Mac OS X Leopard is more than just for preview. You can use the Preview app for basic image editing such as cropping and sizing. These basic editing functions are often all you need for publishing images and photos to the web, there is no need to spend money for third party app.

Changing image size

• Select from menu Tools->Adjust Size…

• In the dialog box that appears, enter the require size in pixels, percent, inches, mm, cm or points. You can even specify the resolution and choose not to scale the picture proportionally.

• Enter Command-S to save the changes. This will overwrite the image file. Select to save to different file if you want to keep the original.

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David Fincher (“The Game”,”Seven”,”Fight Club”, “Zodiac”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) is in early talk to direct a yet titled Columbia Pictures movie about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.

Producers Scott Rudin, Mike DeLuca, and Kevin Spacey are hoping to get Fincher on board and the film into production by end of the year. The script by Aaron Sorkin (“A Few Good Men”,”The West Wing”) is being kept tightly under wraps, it is said to be printed on hard-to-photocopy red paper. The movie is scheduled to release in 2010.

Here’s the link to the “Untitled Facebook Movie” at imdb.com. There is not much info at imdb.com at the moment since the movie is in early development.

Will the flick be more documentary than drama? Will it have enough plot points to keep the story interesting? Will it reveals secrets or even being controversial? Will Mr Zuckerberg endorse this movie? We will see.