Users of the Trillian instant messaging client received a big surprise today as they found that their clients could no longer connect to the ICQ network.

No authoritative details have been revealed, but it is possible that it has something to do with attempts to keep non-official clients off the network. Interestly, Gaim does not seem to be affected.

Update: A new patch fixing the problem was released shortly after they learned about the issue.

It seems, folks, that the next official release of Mozilla Firefox, quite possibly the hippest browser around, is not too far away.

Late last night the first release candidate was released for version 0.9, which one can download for Windows, Linux, or Mac.

I’ve been using the nightlies for a few days now, and have been amazed at the progress they have made over such a short time. Now if only they would do something about the new default theme… 🙁