Mozilla’s second beta for Firefox 4 has arrived now including the long-awaited and much hyped Chrome-like tabs-on-top feature as default for Mac enthusiasts.Linux junkies will however still have to wait, predicted to be rectified in a following beta release next month. Windows veterans already had the pleasure of testing out the new-look tabs in the first beta of Firefox 4 released earlier this mont, leaving less for them to get all too excited about in the second beta release.As with the first release, the design has been kept nice and minimalistic, providing users with more browsing space and a clearer overview of available functions. read more

Recent studies show that brits are finding it more and more difficult to separate work and pleasure with a recent study by YouGov and Softwareload.co.uk revealing that one in ten men admits to working while on holiday.The statistic might sound all too drastic (representing 9% of total people asked), startling however is that the vast majority of Britons asked in the nationwide survey (92 %) would have nothing against their loved ones or relatives taking a laptop on holiday with them. read more

UK broadband users can now finally find out how much bandwidth really is made available by their providers, claiming “up-to” speeds in the dizzy heights, but as Ofcom’s long awaited search unveils, leaves speeds much within the grounded realms of disappointment. The data, compiled with the help of SamKnows, shows a vast lack in delivering the connection speeds promised and indeed paid for, with thousands of customers receiving as little as half of the levels advertised.Not all results have been released in Ofcom’s recednt press release (multiple download rates for example), but alone the table below shows pretty precisely how much customers could consider themselves ripped off by some, if not most providers. read more

This week’s deal of the week is a great opportunity for Mac users looking for a solid answer to NTFS compatibility problems to get their hands on a powerful piece of software for a really low price. Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0 is one of the only NTFS drivers on the market that provides full read/write access to NTFS with the same high speed as native HFS+ files, with a built-in “HFS+ for Windows” for  effective two-way communication between Mac OS X and Windows. Get your copy at the Softwareload Shop this week for just £14.90! For more information on Paragon’s NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0, read more

Safari users are warned to avoid saving sensitive data to the autofill option, with recent discoveries pointing towards the browser exposing personal data without the user’s consent. The problem is yet to be identified as purely a Safari issue, or whether it poses a potential threat to all WebKit-based browsers, including Google Chrome. Chrome and Safari Users are advised as a result to disable the autofill feature immediately, until further notice. read more

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this Wednesday that the platform now has a half-billion active users, and to mark the event is providing a new service to let every user “tell their own story”. The newly dubbed “Facebook Stories” app will enable users around the globe to share their experiences, in particular (to loosely quote Zuckerberg’s bloggerazzi video statement) the impact of their Facebook connections on their lives. The interactive story-telling app lets users type their story directly into it which can then be seen by users via map-based location navigation, or clicking on mini icons in the list view. read more

Google’s pioneer browser, Chrome has updated it’s screenshot add-on, Awesome Screenshot to include a range of new features enabling users to take their screenshots to the next level. Users will be pleased to embrace a diverse palette of capturing, editing and sharing functions  light years away from the rather rudimentary CTRL+Prnt Scrn function in Windows, or CMD+Shift+4 in Mac OS X, and thereby has earned itself pole position in this week’s Softwareload browser tips. read more

Google has rolled out powerful developer tools for Google Buzz, amongst others the much saught after Google Buzz ‘firehose’. The Firehose offers developers the opportunity to see all public activities grouped into a single area, as frequently requestedby its’ users, enabled according to the Buzz blog by the syndication via PubSubHubbub. read more

This week you can get your hands on ABBYY FineReader 10 Professional Edition at your Softwareload Shop for just £69,90! FineReader 10 pro offers a powerful solution for scanned documents, using OCRtechnology to turn them, as well as PDFs and digital camera photos into editable and searchable common formats compatible with programmes such as Word, Excel and Adobe Reader. Where ABBYY FineReader separates itself from the competition has to be its attention to detail, with processed documents being able to keep their original format. Download your copy from Softwareload now, or for the product description, read more

Firefox Add-On “Mozila Sniffer” was swiftly shown the door on Tuesday after its 5-week stint in Mozilla’s Add-on portfolio. The Add-on, downloaded by over 1800 Firefox browser users was being used to steal login details and send them to a remote server, proving an obviously severe security breach and on discovery quickly found itself on Mozilla’s blocklist. read more