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Ladybug for Kids Browsing
I've posted a safe browsing environment for kids that comes preloaded with links to fun and educational games for kids. You can download it here
MicroSD Benchmark
I've been poking around with carrying LivePCs on my cellphone now that I got a new Blackjack smartphone. I wanted to get the fastest possible flash card to make sure the performance was ideal. Unfortunately, I discovered that my phone only really supports USB 1.1 data rates when it acts as a mass storage device. Nonetheless, I bought 7 different microSD flash cards from different manufacturers and tested their performance using the ATTO disk benchmark. The peak transfer rate results are in.
Fearless 2.0+
It's that time again... time to make the Fearless Browser more intimidating. I've loaded it up with new goodies for everyone's enjoyment. The fearless Firefox is now version 2.0.0.1, and it has some new plugins. The official release of Adobe Flash Player 9 is included along with the MPlayer plug-in (for web video). MPlayer is also installed so you can save and watch whatever videos you find while cruising the web. Thunderbird is updated to version 1.5.0.9. Last but not least, it should boot faster now that it starts the linux services in parallel.
Virtual Machine 3D Acceleration
You may have seen our demos of 3D games running inside LivePCs at CES...well, now you can do it too. It will only let you run Direct3D 8 and 9 games/programs inside a LivePC.
Download this: moka5 3D Accelerator for LivePCs
And follow the directions in the release notes (release.txt).
This is a pre-release so there are issues. ;-)
What's New with the Fearless Browser
I've been using the Fearless Browser LivePC to keep my private web browsing profile with me at all times. It's been pretty useful for managing my bank accounts online from PCs at work and at my friends apartments. I just leave all my passwords stored in it so that I don't have to go through so much hassle everytime I want to use one of the premium services I subscribe to on the net.
You guys had some great ideas on the forums and I've incorporated them into the newest revision, which you probably already have! :-) The system uses OpenDNS servers which automatically identifies phishing sites that rely on mistyped domain names. And...the beta of Flash 9 is installed so that you can use all the fun interactive sites out there. I love this classic microwave fun and this puzzling oddity, but all the new snazzy stuff should work too!
