The Technopath

Remember the Google Chrome 5 Developer Release we posted about earlier? Well that particular version has just seen a minor upgrade. The missing content options under Tools > Options > Under the hood > Content Settings… have now been added.

The new options let you control which sites are allowed the use of certain content like Cookies, Images, JavaScript, Plugins and Popups. You can create allow and deny settings on a per-site basis allowing you increased control over your web-browsing experience.

Microsoft, on their Partner Network’s blog have revealed a Free upgrade program for prospective Microsoft Office 2007 customers. According to the promotion, if you buy Office 2007 during March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010 – then you be eligible for a free upgrade to Office 2010 on the following terms.

Office 2010 RC, the next logical step in the Office 2010 Beta program is now available for download via Microsoft Connect, for all the participants of the Technical Beta program. Microsoft is in the process of sending out invites via E-mail, so if you haven’t received yours yet, then don’t fret because it does usually take a couple of days to get everyone on board.

The developer channel of Google Chrome today pushed out a new major version again, Google Chrome 5. Just like the previous version update, there seems to be no major new features, yet Google has decided to update the major build number.

The only change I was able to spot was a new Content Settings option under the privacy section (screenshot bellow), which allows users to tweak different content like images, cookies, JavaScript etc on a per-site basis.

Mozilla have released yet another update to the latest beta version of its popular browser – Firefox 3.6. The new beta, labeled revision 5 is said to address over a 100 issues from the previous beta release of the browser.

Interestingly, this release also makes Firefox 3.6 one of the only few versions of the browser, which have remained on the beta branch for so long, even though Mozilla itself claims this release to be stable. Another highlight for the Beta 5 release is that, now about 70% of that huge library of add-ons is compatible with Firefox 3.6, so you can rest assured the most of your favorite extensions would work with the new version – though there still might be a couple of loose bolts here and there.