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Mozilla firefox 22 released

Post last modified:October 30, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 22 stable is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage.

What’s new in this firefox 22?

Windows: Firefox now follows display scaling options to render text larger on high-res displays
WebRTC is now enabled by default!
Mac OS X: Download progress in Dock application icon
HTML5 audio/video playback rate can now be changed
Social services management implemented in Add-ons Manager
asm.js optimizations (OdinMonkey) enabled for major performance improvements
Improved WebGL rendering performance through asynchronous canvas updates
Plain text files displayed within Firefox will now word-wrap
For user security, the |Components| object is no longer accessible from web content
Improved memory usage and display time when rendering images
Pointer Lock API can now be used outside of fullscreen
CSS3 Flexbox implemented and enabled by default
New Web Notifications API implemented
Added clipboardData API for JavaScript access to a user’s clipboard
New built-in font inspector
New HTML5 data and time elements
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Antoni Gaudi’s 161st birthday google doodle

Post last modified:June 26, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Antoni Gaudi’s 161st birthday with a new google doodle on its homepage.

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect born in Reus, in the Catalonia region of Spain and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.
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WordPress 3.5.2 released

Post last modified:June 22, 2013
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Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.5.2 is now available for download.This is a security release for all previous versions.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:

Blocking server-side request forgery attacks, which could potentially enable an attacker to gain access to a site.
Disallow contributors from improperly publishing posts.
An update to the SWFUpload external library to fix cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Prevention of a denial of service attack, affecting sites using password-protected posts.
An update to an external TinyMCE library to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Multiple fixes for cross-site scripting.
Avoid disclosing a full file path when a upload fails.
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Maxthon Cloud Browser 4.1.0.2000 released

Post last modified:June 22, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Maxthon Cloud Browser 4.1.0.2000 is now available download.What’s new in this release?

Customizable Mute Shortcuts.
GPU Acceleration in Ultra Mode.
URL ad blocking in Retro Mode.
Popup Blocker in Retro Mode.
Page Mute.
Support Magic Fill in Retro Mode.
Supported customizing global blocking rules.
Search suggestions in the Address Bar and Quick Access page.
Optimized the third-party cookies visiting policy with providing the related option .
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PHP 5.5.0 released

Post last modified:June 22, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.5.0 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

Added generators and coroutines.
Added the finally keyword.
Added a simplified password hashing API.
Added support for constant array/string dereferencing.
Added scalar class name resolution via ::class.
Added support for using empty on the result of function calls and other expressions.
Added support for non-scalar Iterator keys in foreach.
Added support for list constructs in foreach statements.
Added the Zend OPcache extension for opcode caching.
The GD library has been upgraded to version 2.1 adding new functions and improving existing functionality.
A lot more improvements and fixes.
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Instagram Adds Video support

Post last modified:June 21, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Facebook announced its new “Video on Instagram” service at Facebook’s Menlo Park campus event.Instagram now has 130 million monthly active users.

Main features:

Fifteen seconds of video length.
13 new filters.
select favorite scene from recorded video as your cover image.
image stabilization.
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Winamp 5.64 released

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

Winamp 5.64 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

Wireless desktop sync with Winamp for Android.
iTunes Library Import.
Major podcast overhaul including new directory powered by Mediafly.
New Windows 8 support.
Available in 16 languages including Russian, French, German and Polish.
Improved playlist generator.
Add the Winamp Toolbar and control playback from your browser (optional).
Option to run Winamp in Safe Mode (also via /SAFE=1 commandline switch)
XSPF playlist support (read only support, write support to follow).
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Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer released

Post last modified:June 20, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

AdBlock Plus browser add-on is now available on Internet Explorer.This is a just a preview version.

Some Points:

Compatible Internet Explorer versions are 8 and above.
It cannot support Metro mode Internet Explorer in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer in Windows RT
It blocks YouTube ads
provides element hiding functionality.
It will update automatically.
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Yahoo freeing up inactive IDs

Post last modified:June 13, 2013
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Post author:Manikandan

Yahoo has announced that they are going to freeing up inactive email addresses for 12 months or longer from July 15th and they will be made available again.Yahoo suggests that you simply log into any Yahoo product before July 15 to avoid your existing Yahoo ID to be reset.
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Opera Mail 1 released

Post last modified:June 12, 2013
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Post author:Manikandan

Opera Mail 1 is now available as a standalone mail client.It is based on the Opera email client found in the Opera 12.15 final version.
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