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Gather around terrain makers, level designers and everyone interested in machining your own worlds! World Machine 2 has been released, and a free edition is yet again available for everyone to try out with almost each feature of the full version.

World Machine 2 allows you to seamlessly use vector-based drawing tools to manipulate your terrain. Combine the power of infinitely detailed fractals with intutively drawn shapes to define your major terrain features.

—World Machine website

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That’s right, with over 8 million downloads within 24 hours, a new Guinness World Record was set with the title of “Most software downloaded in 24 hours.” If you downloaded Firefox 3 on the download day, you can brag for being part of a world record. Congratulations for the Mozilla team for the victory!

Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web.

—Spread Firefox

After releasing Firefox 3, nearly 30 million people have downloaded it, compared to the mere few million who promised to download it on the download day. I too, am a happy Firefox 3 user at the moment. You can also read about the ins and outs of the new and better Firefox at SitePoint.