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Mozilla Firefox 10 beta 3 released

Post last modified:January 14, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox 10 beta 3 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
New bdi tag element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks
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PHP 5.3.9 released

Post last modified:January 12, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.3.9 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?
This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 90 bug fixes, some of which are security related.

Added max_input_vars directive to prevent attacks based on hash collisions.
Fixed (Integer overflow during the parsing of invalid exif header).
Fixed (is_a() triggers autoloader, new optional 3rd argument to is_a and is_subclass_of).
Fixed (mysqlnd cannot be built shared)
Many changes to the FPM SAPI module
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Nicolas Steno’s 374th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:January 12, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

The search giant Google is celebrating the 374th birthday of Nicolas Steno with fossils,various earth bottom layers and a green surface google doodle on its homepage. Nicolas Steno (11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686) was a Danish Catholic cleric and scientist who was a pioneer in both anatomy and geology. By 1659, Steno had decided not to accept a statement as true simply because it was written in a book, but rather to rely on his own research. He is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy.
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FileZilla Client 3.5.3 released

Post last modified:January 9, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

FileZilla Client 3.5.3 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

Ctrl+Shift+O can be used to toggle between modification time and filesize based directory comparison.
It is now possible to use custom passwords if using “anonymous” as user name
After un-hiding toolbar, update toolbar button states
Fix TLS compatibility issues with TLS 1.2 servers
MSW: Unset hidden attribute on FileZilla’s settings files
Building FileZilla from source now requires wxWidgets 2.8.12 or higher
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Google chrome beta 17 released

Post last modified:January 6, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google chrome beta 17 (17.0.963.26) is now available for download.what’s new in this beta?

New Extensions APIs
Speed:Updated Omnibox Prerendering
Security:Download Scanning Protection (analyze executable files such as “.exe” and “.msi” files)
Many other small changes

Update google chrome beta or download
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Notepad++ 5.9.8 released

Post last modified:January 6, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 5.9.8 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

Add drag and drop capacity in Project Manager (only inside of Project Manager).
Add “Move Up” (Ctrl+Up) and “Move Down” (Ctrl+Down) commands in Project Panel.
Edit Zone border can be customizable via “Editing” tab of Preferences dialog.
Fix an aesthetic problem in incremental search bar.
Fix “Save all” GUI bug.
Make plugins in %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ override les plugins in Notepad++ installation directory.
(Plugins loading from %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ is enabled only if NPP_INSTALLED_DIR\Notepad++\ allowAppDataPlugins.xml is present)

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Reddit 2 Billion pageviews

Post last modified:January 6, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Reddit reached 2.07 billion pageviews in December 2011.check below for complete details.

2,065,237,338 pageviews
34,879,881 unique visitors
12.97 pages / visit
16 minutes average time on site
Over 100 million monthly pageviews per employee
100,000+ subreddits
8,400+ subreddits with over 100 subscribers
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WordPress 3.3.1 released

Post last modified:January 4, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.3.1 is now available for download. This is a Security and Maintenance Release. What’s new in this release?

This maintenance release fixes 15 issues with WordPress 3.3
To know more about the fixes click here
As well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3
Update via wordpres admin dashboard or
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scribus 1.4.0 released

Post last modified:January 3, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Scribus is an Open Source software that brings professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design.

Scribus 1.4.0 is now available to download.what’s new in this release?

1.4.0 is based on the Qt4 application framework.
Feature enhancements to object handling
New features for vector objects, like Boolean path operations, vector effects or a line style editor.
new frame type Render Frame.
advanced options for text and typography, like character styles, optical margins, or glyph extension.

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New year’s day 2012 google doodle

Post last modified:January 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Today the search giant Google is celebrating New year’s day 2012 with an new google doodle on its homepage. New Year’s Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar.With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year’s Day is the closest thing to being the world’s only truly global public holiday.
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