Jeb's Pre-Release 4 Tweet

**Update: our updated guide on how to install pre-release 5**

The guys at Mojang are at it again: pumping out yet another version of the 1.9 pre-release, this time with more Ender. Some of the new features in Minecraft 1.9 include NPCs, and updated things in the nether like Nether dungeons and new blocks. New features of 1.9 pre-4 specifically are:

• Item Enchanting
• Ender Dragons
• The End (new world where Endermen and Enderdragons spawn)

This morning, Jeb tweeted out the 1.9 pre-release 4 JAR file which can be downloaded here. The updated JAR file should be placed in your Miencraft bin folder. Only mess with this is you know what you’re doing. To get to your Minecraft bin folder simply visit the folder “Local” then “Roaming” inside your user file in Windows. Then inside the bin file in Minecraft, you’ll see “minecraft.jar”. Rename this to something like “minecraft18.jar because you’ll need this later when the final version comes out. Simply place the 1.9 jar file that Jeb tweeted about inside that bin folder and boot up Minecraft. Everything should be ready to go.

Well that was fast. It seems that Apple has already cooked up a beta version of iOS 4.1. The beta is now available to anybody who is signed up for the Apple Developers Program. There aren’t a lot of updates but iOS 4.1 does feature some new APIs, updates to the yet-to-be-launched Game Center, and confirmed signal improvement. The last one is the biggie. It’s not a definitive fix but sources are saying that they do see an increase in signal. So, if you’re a dev, go ahead and download the beta of iOS 4.1 right now.

Update: It looks like the only signal-related fix the iOS 4.1 beta does provide is to the bar display. No actual boost in signal. Just more accurate viewing of how strong your signal actually is.

Some exclusive game-play of the Halo Reach multiplayer beta

Learn more about Halo Reach: http://www.bungie.net/

All you have to do is follow this link:

Get the new YouTube 2010 Layout

For those of you that don’t know, YouTube is currently testing out a new HTML5 layout that will go into effect sometime within the next few months. This is still in beta so don’t expect everything to be completely ready yet.

Any chance we’ll be seeing a release candidate soon, Mozilla? In the mean time, the 5th beta version of Firefox 3.6 is now available. You can download it right now at: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html. This new beta features a ton of bug fixes, speed improvements, and stability improvements.

Mozilla has just officially released the first official beta of Firefox 3.6. If you’d like to be a beta tester, simply head over to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html.