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identi.ca creator Evan Prodromou explains why he’s taking on Twitter

In this video Robin Miller of Linux.com talks with Evan Prodromou, the creator of identi.ca. Evan seems to have the right idea to make his system open and have integration with other web 2.0 services.

Original article here.

Firefox 3 Released (Updated)

That is right folks Firefox 3 is finally here! Lets all help Mozilla set the world record for most downloads of a software product! Here is a quick overview recorded on my MacBook:

I should note that it is very polished on Windows as well and if you are an Ubuntu Hardy user (8.04) it was released as and update.

So lets set that world record people!

Download Firefox here.

Release Notes of the new version are found here.

(Update) FireFTP still works and so does Chatzilla. However, some of my themes were not compatible……….yet.

How I keep myself in the know.

Hello, its me DoubleB. I am the owner of DoubleB TV and I thought I would share with you my favorite RSS feeds.

For Linux and Open Source news I turn to:

DesktopLinux.com

Linux-Watch.com

Linux.com

For the latest in Apple news:

Zdnet blog- The Apple Core

And for general tech and science news I turn to:

Google News- Sci/Tech

Engadget

Check them out and I hope you enjoy them a much as I do.

Google’s Android Sofware on the HTC Dream.

This is really great stuff. I knew we would see great things from Google’s Android Platform. This phone is said to have a slider keyboard, 3×5 inch touchscreen and an accelerometer. Remember Android is open source and free just like, Ubuntu Linux and Mozilla Firefox.