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The search giant Google is celebrating the 75th birthday of Jim Henson with an interactive google doodle on its homepage.This doodle turns user into a puppeteer. select your Muppet with the bottom hand button, hover over the logo or click themuppet. The Jim Henson Company and The Creature Shop partnered with Google to create this doodle.
James Maury “Jim” Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets.Henson, who was born in Mississippi, and educated at University of Maryland, College Park.
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2?
Many Bug fixes and performances improvements.
Padding and alignment issues have been solved in software center.
UI tweaks to the Dash and unity Launcher.
LightDM-added an Accessibility Menu.
Default application version numbers:
Firefox 7 Beta
GNOME 3.1.92
Banshee 2.2.0
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OpenShot 1.4 is now available for download.OpenShot Video Editor is a free open-source video editing software for Linux, built with Python, GTK, and the MLT Framework.
To install OpenShot on ubuntu 11.04 click Here.
what’s new in this OpenShot 1.4?
Timeline improvements.
More stable video & audio effects engine.
Many new & exciting video & audio effects.
15 new video profiles & updated descriptions
New 3D animations and transitions
Many enhancements to the project files tree
Improved internationalization, translations,thumbnail, title editing and color accuracy with 3D animated title color pickers.
New keyboard shortcuts
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The Google Chrome team released a new beta version of chrome 15.0.874.24 for Windows, Mac, and Chrome Frame and 15.0.874.21 for Linux.what’s new in this new chrome beta?
A new Reredesigned New Tab Page.
Javascript Fullscreen API is now enabled by default.
Chrome Web Store items can now be installed inline by their verified site .
Omnibox History is now an additional sync data type.
Reredesigned New Tab Page features:
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Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at the f8 conference in San Francisco Thursday introduced some of facebook changes.
1.New Timeline feature
2.Facebook apps need only ask permission once to share stories on your behalf.
3.Now do all within Facebook- TV,movies,music,news.
4.Ticker-Status updates,list of things your friends are posting now that scrolls down the side of your screen.
5.Facebook Gestures
Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at the f8 conference in San Francisco Thursday announced some facebook stats “Now the social king Facebook has passed 800 million active users (users logged in during the past 30 days). That means Facebook has added about 50 million users since July and it set a new record for the most visitors in one day: 500 million.
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XAMPP 1.7.7 is now available for download on Windows, Mac Os x, Linux and Solaris.
what’s new in this XAMPP 1.7.7?
Apache- 2.2.21,
MySQL- 5.5.16,
PHP- 5.3.8,
phpMyAdmin- 3.4.5,
minor updates of libraries or system-specific components,
New Solaris version for x86 processors
both Solaris versions now support the PHP Oracle extension out-of-the-box.
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Banshee 2.2 is now available for download. what’s new in this Banshee 2.2 stable?
New eMusic Store
New custom support for the Barnes & Noble Nook
Support default internet radio stations
Add “Stop when finished” option in the notification popup menu
Add “Smiley Face Curve” default equalizer
Support .spc files
MiniMode: Reduce height of window
New Devices Supported: Motorola Atrix,Notion Ink Adam, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy S2, Xperia X12
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