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WordPress 3.8.2 released

Post last modified:April 9, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.8.2 is now available for download.This is a security release. What’s new in this release?

Potential authentication cookie forgery.
Privilege escalation: prevent contributors from publishing posts.
Pass along additional information when processing pingbacks to help hosts identify potentially abusive requests.
Fix a low-impact SQL injection by trusted users.
Prevent possible cross-domain scripting through Plupload, the third-party library WordPress uses for uploading files
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WordPress 3.9 Release Candidate 1 released

Post last modified:April 9, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.9 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this RC?

TinyMCE received a major update, to version 4.0. Any editor plugins written for TinyMCE 3.x might require some updates.
WordPress 3.9 now uses the MySQLi Improved extension for sites running PHP 5.5. Any plugins that made direct calls to mysql_* functions will experience some problems on these sites.
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WordPress 3.9 Beta 3 released

Post last modified:March 31, 2014
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Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.9 beta 3 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

live widget previews and the new theme installer
UI refinements when editing images and when working with media in the editor
advanced display settings for images
links will appear in the media manager once you’ve uploaded an audio or video file
added HTML5 caption support to match the new gallery support
The formatting function that turns straight quotes into smart quotes underwent some changes to drastically speed it up
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Ubuntu 14.04 Beta 2 released

Post last modified:January 8, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 14.04 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

New Application Menu Options.
Minimise on Click.
Integrated Lock Screen.
HiDPI screen will notice a crisper looking.
Antialiased corners.
borderless windows.
warning prompt for guest sessions.
brand new Unity Control Centre.
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Maxthon for Linux released

Post last modified:March 27, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Maxthon has released Maxthon Cloud Browser for Linux.

Main features:

Maxthon Passport – encrypt and share your Favorites, Quick Access and Magic Fill across all devices.
Personalized Quick Access – speed dial.
Mouse Gestures.
Tab Management – Right and left click close and reload last tabs visited.
Last Session.
Restore Last button.
Drag & Drop.
Magic Fill – An AES 256 level encrypted password and user account prompt.
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Microsoft releases MS-DOS and Word source code

Post last modified:March 26, 2014
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has released the source code to MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and MS Word for Windows 1.1a to the Computer History Museum.
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Firefox 30 moves into aurora

Post last modified:March 22, 2014
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Post author:Manikandan

Firefox 30 aurora is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this version?

Support for GStreamer 1.0
Mac OS X command-E sets find term to selected text
Disallow calling WebIDL constructors as functions on the web
Fixes to box-shadow and other visual overflow
Mute and volume available per window when using WebAudio
background-blend-mode enabled by default
Use of line-height allowed for input type=”reset|button|submit”
ES6 array and generator comprehensions implemented
Error stack now contains column number
CSS Property ‘line-height’ has no effects on input text fields
Ignore autocomplete=”off” when offering to save passwords via the password manager
TypedArrays don’t support new named properties
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Blender 2.70 released

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
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Post author:Manikandan

Blender 2.70 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

initial support for volumetrics in Cycles
faster rendering of hair and textures
motion tracker now supports weighted tracks
improved planar tracking
For mesh modeling there are new Laplacian deform and wireframe modifiers
more control in the bevel tool
game engine now supports object levels of detail.
the new user interface project
multithreaded dependency graph
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Newsbeat – Print and online news in a streaming radio

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Newsbeat is a streaming radio app based on your interests and large collection of high quality, trusted, local publications as well as national news organizations.

Main features:

Pick the topics of your interest and the news sections of your choice
Play the stories you like, skip those that you don’t
Weather and traffic narrated every 10 minutes
News from your local publications and national newspapers
Our streaming technology provides smooth, uninterrupted news while you drive
Explore various sources and voices for your stories, and go in-depth to related articles
Receive daily email news digest
Get latest breaking news
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WordPress 3.9 Beta 2 released

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.9 beta 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Rendering of embedded audio and video players directly in the visual editor.
Visual and functional improvements to the editor, the media manager, and theme installer.
Various bug fixes to TinyMCE, the software behind the visual editor.
Lots of fixes to widget management in the theme customizer.
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