According to NBC, Neil Armstrong has died at 82. Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, to Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel. He was the first person to walk on the Moon.
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Twitter updated its TweetDeck Chrome and web apps.
What’s new in this release?
Now interact with Tweets wherever they appear in TweetDeck without having to add a new column first.
improved follow and unfollow actions if you only have a single Twitter account added.
fixed a few minor bugs.
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Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 is now available for download.As of December 2011,OpenOffice is officially known as Apache OpenOffice.
What’s new in this version?
Support for Khmer, Finnish, British English, Slovenian and Slovak languages.
Improved Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Hungarian translations have also been .
Now Apache OpenOffice supports 20 languages.
Added support for Microsoft Windows XP up to Windows 8 (32-bit), Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, and Apple Mac OS.
compatibility fixes for improved operation in Microsoft Windows 8.
Enhancements in performance, interoperability and security
Fixes for 69 bugs reported by users.
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OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update is now available.This is a bug fix release.
Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials
Wine 1.5.11 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.
What’s new in this version?
Multi-channel support in the ALSA driver.
Removal of the big X11 lock.
Support for pair positioning adjustments in Uniscribe.
More I/O stream implementations in the C++ runtime.
Various bug fixes.
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Microsoft officially launched its new corporate logo. The logo has two parts, logotype and the symbol. Logotype (“Microsoft”) in the Segoe font and the symbol is a four colored squares (red, green, yellow and blue),represent all the different products that Microsoft have on offer.
Microsoft updates its logo for the first time in 25 years.
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The Twitter option has been removed from tumblr “find Find people you know” feature. This was initially noticed by Matt Buchanan of Buzzfeed. The find friends feature was also removed from Instagram late last month.
According to TheNextWeb,Both Twitter and Tumblr confirmed this development.
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EasyPHP is a free WAMP package that includes PHP, Apache, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, Xdebug and many others.
Main features:
available server port automatically detected (no more port conflict)
apache configuration manager (timezone, port)
php configuration manager (max execution time, error reporting, upload max filesize)
create/delete alias
add/list modules (wordpress, drupal, joomla, prestashop, spip, webgrind, xdebug manager…)
phpinfo
extensions
mysql manager : phpmyadmin
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Google Play gift cards are now available fron local retail store (RadioShack,Target,Gamestop) in amounts of $10, $25 and $50. And Use your gift card to purchase android apps, movies, TV shows, music, books and virtual currency on Google Play.
Note:Google Play gift cards cannot be redeemed for Android app subscriptions, magazine subscriptions, or hardware and accessory purchases.
Wallpaper Contest for Ubuntu 12.10 is open for submissions.
Rules:
Dont create busy and filled with too many shapes and colours.
Use a similar tone throughout is good.
Use a single point of focus, a single area that draws the eye in.
Avoid having anything on the left and top edges as this will clash with Launcher and Panel.
Try your image at different aspect ratios.
limited to one entry per user.
Only 10 winners
need your image licensed as CC by SA
Last date:5pm August 28th
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