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Mozilla Firefox 17 beta released

Post last modified:October 19, 2012
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Mozilla Firefox 17 beta is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Click-to-play blocklisting implemented to prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without the user’s permission
Mac OS X 10.8: Support for Notification Center
Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons
JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable
SVG FillPaint and StrokePaint implemented
Improvements that make the Web Console, Debugger and Developer Toolbar faster and easier to use
New Markup panel in the Page Inspector allows easy editing of the DOM
Sandbox attribute for iframes implemented, enabling increased security
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PHP 5.4.8 released

Post last modified:October 19, 2012
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PHP 5.4.8 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Changed response to unknown HTTP method to 501 according to RFC.
Support HTTP PATCH method.
Added optional second argument for assert() to specify custom message.
Support building PHP with the native client toolchain.
Added –offline option for tests.
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VirtualBox 4.2.2 released

Post last modified:October 19, 2012
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VirtualBox 4.2.2 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

VMM: adapted to changes in Mac OS X 10.8.2
GUI: restored VM item tool-tip functionality
GUI: added group item tool-tip functionality
GUI: fixed handling of the .ova/.ovf file name association
GUI: it was not possible to change any setting before the first VM was created
GUI: disable grouping action if all the selected items are full children list of the same group already
GUI: added menu for runtime drag-and-drop option change
GUI: cleanup shared-clipboard menu on visual-mode change

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161st anniversary of Moby-Dick google doodle

Post last modified:October 18, 2012
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Google is celebrating 161st anniversary of Moby-Dick with a new google doodle on its homepage. Moby-Dick or The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab.
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IE10 preview on Windows 7 available in November

Post last modified:October 18, 2012
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IE10 preview on Windows 7 available in November

Microsoft announced today that preview release of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 it will be available in mid-November.
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107th anniversary of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland google doodle

Post last modified:October 15, 2012
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Google is celebrating 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland with a interactive google doodle on its homepage. Each slide featured a letter from the word Google.

Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst’s New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905 – July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 – July 26, 1914; respectively.The strip was first called Little Nemo in Slumberland and then In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when it changed papers. A brief revival of the original title occurred from 1924 to 1927.
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WordPress 3.5 beta 2 released

Post last modified:October 15, 2012
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WordPress 3.5 beta 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this release?

New workflow for working with image galleries, including drag-and-drop reordering and quick caption editing.
New user interface for setting static front pages for the Reading Settings screen.
New image editing API.
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Mozilla firefox 16.0.1 released

Post last modified:October 12, 2012
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Mozilla firefox 16.0.1 final is now available for download.This is a security fix release.

what’s new in this firefox 16.0.1?

Fixed Security Vulnerability in Firefox 16.

This vulnerability could allow a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited and have access to the URL or URL parameters.
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Thunderbird 16 released

Post last modified:October 11, 2012
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Thunderbird 16 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

What’s new in this version of thunderbird?

Now added box.com to the list of online storage services that are available for use with Thunderbird Filelink.
Silent, background updates. Thunderbird will now download and apply updates in the background.

Fixed:
Various fixes and performance improvements
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Notepad++ 6.2 released

Post last modified:October 2, 2019
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Notepad++ 6.2 is now available for download.What’s new in this version.

new User Defined Languge (UDL2) system introduced in this version.
More keyword groups were added (more syntax highlighting can be defined).
Multipart keywords are supported now.
Whitespace is no longer mandatory as keyword separator.

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