InnoDB Plugin 1.0.4 for MySQL 5.1.37 is out

InnoDB version 1.0.3 was a historical one because integrates several patches what boost the InnoDB with more than 100% speed in some cases. Now version 1.0.4 is out and it comes also with some improvements. Some of the new features:

1. Multiple Background Threads
2. Master Thread I/O Capacity Tuning
3. Group commit now allows InnoDB to scale better from 16 to 64 users
4. Adaptive flushing dramatically eliminates throughput dips during checkpoints

For more detailed features please read: http://www.innodb.com/wp/products/innodb_plugin/license/third-party-contributions-in-innodb-plugin-1-0-4/

If you want to see some tests just look here: http://www.innodb.com/wp/products/innodb_plugin/plugin-performance/innodb-plugin-1-0-4-performance-tests-and-results/

Also with this version some bugs was fixed.

Firefox 3.6 Alpha is Out

Firefox 3.6 Alpha is out, but his target only for developers and testers. Code name of Firefox 3.6 is Namoroka and is using Geko 1.9.2. The stable release of the 3.6 is expected to be released on October 2009.

The most notable features of 3.6 are

Speed improvements to the JavaScript engine (TraceMonkey)
Startup and responsiveness improvements throughout the application
The CSS measurement unit rem, which is the font size of the root element, is now supported in Firefox 3.6 Alpha.
Several new CSS3 properties including background size and gradients for background images
The background-size property is now supported (-moz-background-size)
The chromedir attribute has been replaced with a pseudoclass

Download Firefox 3.6

Windows 7 Available For Download

Windows 7 is available for download to MSDN and Tech net subscribers, but for general cusomers will be available only in 22 October. The new version of windows is coming with a lot of new features like:

Improved taskbar previews
Bigger icons
Pinning
Speedy access to your favorite pictures, songs, websites, and documents.

or better read here all the improvements: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features

Also it seem the Beta 1 of .NET is doesn’t survive to an update so is better to have Beta 2.

And the latest news:

It seems the chkdsk utility from the latest version of windows 7 is leaking memory.

When scanning a second hard disk (a non-boot partition or second physical drive) using the “/r” (read and verify all file data) parameter the utility starts to leak memory like its a monsoon and quickly runs up a high enough memory debt that it blue screens and crashes the system, according to some (others merely report a memory usage of around 98 percent within seconds, but without the legendary “blue screen of death”).

Anyway as usual Microsoft say is not their fault and is probably a chipset problem.

http://www.dailytech.com/Nasty+Memory+Leak+Found+in+Windows+7+RTM+Build/article15901.htm