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iPhone still have Alarm Problems

Some iPhone users are reporting that one-off alarms are still not working on the device, despite reports that the New Year alarm bug should fix itself on 3 January.

However, other users said that their alarms were now working correctly after failing to go off on 1 and 2 January.

9To5Mac reported over the weekend that the problem would right itself on 3 January and that it had received reports that the bug was occurring on older versions of iOS such as 4.0.2, as well as on the most recent version, 4.2.1.

The Top 5 Most Used Browsers – Quick Review

Firefox:

Firefox 3.6 has a tabbed interface , pop-up blocker/built-in multiple search tools and built-in RSS reader, it handles nicely and it’s always stable. The spellcheck for text boxes uses the familiar dotted colored lines under words although the others also have this feature. If you need an extension for something, the Firefox extension capabilities are powerful and easy to use. It also offers many themes.

Mozilla: Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others are being evil

Asa Dotzler, Mozilla’s director of community development, has called out Microsoft, Apple, and Google for installing browser plug-ins in Firefox. The Mozilla executive is annoyed with the practice and calls it evil, since the user is not asked to give the companies permission to install the plug-ins in question.

Google releases stable version of Chrome 8

Google has released version 8 of its browser. The update brings hundreds of bug fixes as well as many features that have been available on the Chrome beta and dev channels to users interested in using Chrome’s latest builds.