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Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” To Be Released This Week

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Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is due to be released on October 30th. It will be Ubuntu's ninth release and the fourth anniversary since the first release, 4.10.

The Desktop version of Ubuntu 8.10 features increased mobile digital with 3G wireless support and guest sessions that allows users temporarily share computers without compromising security.

System Requirements, 256 MiB of memory, some of the systems memory may be unavailable due it being used for a graphics card.

In order to take advantage of the automated process users of older versions, pre 8.10 must upgrade to 8.04 LTS then upgrade to 8.10. Upgrade instructions can be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

Open Office Releases Patch to fix critical security vulnerability

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Open Office released a patch to fix a critical security vulnerability. It affects versions 2.0 through 2.4.
The patch fixes a vulnerability in the heap flow. The patch can be obtained at http://www.openoffice.org .
There hasn't been any reports of a working exploit.
The full article can be read here http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080611/tc_pcworld/146970

Firefox Download Day~June 17th~Update~We did it!

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Mozilla is trying to set a new world record for the most downloads in 24 hours for Firefox 3.0.
Read the full article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080530/tc_cmp/208401028
Make your pledge here at http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
They have set June 17th for Download Day.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080612/tc_pcworld/147024
UPDATE: We did it, over 8 million downloads! Firefox is now in the Guinness World Records for most downloads in 24 hours.
Download Day