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Thunderbird 31.2.0 released

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Thunderbird 31.2.0 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?

Fixed a case where having a contact and card in an address book with the same name could send to the mailing list.

Security fixes:

Inconsistent video sharing within iframe
Use-after-free interacting with text directionality
Out-of-bounds write with WebM video
Web Audio memory corruption issues with custom waveforms
Buffer overflow during CSS manipulation
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:33.0 / rv:31.2)

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0 A.D. Alpha 17 Quercus

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0 A.D. Alpha 17 Quercus is now available for download and testing.0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

What’s new in this version?

Major Core Combat Rebalance.
Naval Map Support.
Improved Fog of War.
Units On Walls.
Multiplayer Lobby Profiles.
New Maps.
new trigger system.
Mod Selector and Improved Mod Support.
Improved Culling for Shadows and Reflections
Improved Water Rendering.
Improved CJK text input using the Windows IME.
new and improved version of Honour Bound — the 0 A.D. main theme.

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Google chrome 38 stable released

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Google chrome 38 stable is now available download for Windows, Mac, Linux.

What’s new in this release?

A number of new apps/extension APIs
Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance

Security Fixes: (159 security fixes and including 113 relatively minor fixes)

V8 and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution outside of the sandbox.
Out-of-bounds read in PDFium.
Use-after-free in Events.
Use-after-free in Rendering.
Use-after-free in DOM.
Type confusion in Session Management.
Use-after-free in Web Workers.
Information Leak in V8.
Permissions bypass in Windows Sandbox.
Information Leak in XSS Auditor.
Out-of-bounds read in PDFium.
Release Assert in V8 bindings.
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Operating System Market share September 2014

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Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, in September the total market share of

microsoft windows is 91.98%,
mac 6.38%,
linux 1.64%.

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share in September:

The total market share of

Android 47.06%,
iOS 43.86%,
java ME 2.78%,
symbian 2.56%,
Windows Phone 2.38%.
blackberry 1.22%

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Microsoft Announces Windows 10

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Microsoft officially announced the next version of Windows, it’s Windows 10 and not Windows 9. The final version of windows 10  won’t be available until the middle of 2015.

Windows 10 highlights:

The Start Menu Is Back.
Modern Windows Store Apps Run in a Window.
New Task Switcher.
Virtual or Multiple Desktops.
Updated command prompt.
No Charms Bar on Desktops.
New Notification Center.

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Microsoft launches Developer Channel for Internet Explorer

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Microsoft has launched Internet Explorer Developer Channel.This ia a beta version of IE that gives early adopters a sneak peek of upcoming browser features. IE Developer Channel can run alongside and independently of IE11.Its available in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions.
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Dorothy Hodgkin’s 104th birthday google doodle

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Google is celebrating Dorothy Hodgkin’s 104th birthday with a new doodle on its homepage.
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin, OM, FRS (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994), born Crowfoot, was a British biochemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.
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