Geeks and techies around the globe are looking forward to the release of Mozilla’s Firefox 3 web browser, scheduled for official release on June 17th. In addition to the rollout, the Firefox marketing community at SpreadFirefox.com (which I am conveniently a member) is looking to set a Guiness World Record for most software downloads in 24 hours (since no previous record of that kind has been set, it shouldn’t be too hard to achieve).

I’ve been using a portable version Firefox 3 RC2 for the past few weeks and I must highly recommend the download. All of my friends and family are faithful Firefox converts, thanks to me, and I’m sure to be installing this latest major release for them as well. When its finally released tomorrow (June 17), head on over to GetFirefox.com to upgrade!

SpreadFirefox.com Download Day 2008

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The video above is a version of a game I recently discovered called Crayon Physics, which you can download here. And I highly recommend doing so indeed.The goal of the game is very simple: get the ball to where the star (or stars) are. To do so you’ll have do draw paths, overcome obstacles and bump the ball along its merry quest.

The download is a short prototype version of the in-progress Crayon Physics Deluxe, which is shown in the video. Despite the short gameplay of the prototype, each level is a workout for your mind, and you are rewarded at the end with a platform to play around with the physics in this crayon world.

Let us know how you do in the comments!

Crayon Physics by Kloonigames [via Gizmodo]

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Everyone’s favorite little digital planet, Google Earth, recently received an update including new layers to display real-time weather information, including radar, clouds and forecasts. I, along with most everyone else it seems, has been wondering what took so long.

Although I didn’t find it right away, this update also includes looped radar and cloud animations. You can find it by clicking the “Information” tab under the Weather grouping, which offers links to download the 24-hour cloud animation or 6-hour radar animation. I’ve noticed these animations aren’t as fluid or high resolution as can be found directly on Weather.com, but its a good feature I hope they eventually refine.

Either way, this should make your Google Earth flight simulator adventures all the more realistic!

Google Earth 

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