Ubuntu 13.10 codenamed Saucy Salamander
Ubuntu 13.10 gets a codename Saucy Salamander, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed on his personal blog post.
Ubuntu 13.10 is scheduled for release in late October, 2013
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Ubuntu 13.10 gets a codename Saucy Salamander, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed on his personal blog post.
Ubuntu 13.10 is scheduled for release in late October, 2013
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Google is celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s 96th birthday with a new google doodle on its homepage.
Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the “First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”, and “Lady Ella”, was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D?3 to D?6).She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70-plus albums, won 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.
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Yahoo is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:
Yahoo! Deals – April 30, 2013
Upcoming – April 30, 2013
Yahoo! SMS Alerts – April 30, 2013
Yahoo! Kids – April 30, 2013
Yahoo! Mail and Messenger feature phone (J2ME) apps – April 30, 2013
Older versions of Yahoo! Mail – June 3, 2013
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Twitter has launched twitter #music,a new music discover service based on Twitter activity. It comes as a web appand a standalone iPhone client.
Main features:
songs on Twitter #music currently come from iTunes, Spotify or Rdio.
tweet songs right from the app.
Follow your favorite artists and see which artists they follow.
currently the service is available in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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Google has published a list of google glass technical specifications.
Google glass specifications:
Adjustable nosepads and durable frame fits any face.
Extra nosepads in two sizes.
High resolution display is the equivalent of a 25 inch high definition screen from eight feet away.
Camera Photos – 5 MP and Videos – 720p
Audio-Bone Conduction Transducer
Wifi – 802.11b/g and Bluetooth
12 GB of usable memory, synced with Google cloud storage. 16 GB Flash total.
One full day of typical use.
Included Micro USB cable and charger.
Compatibility-Bluetooth-capable phone.
The MyGlass companion app requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher.
MyGlass enables GPS and SMS messaging.
Opera 12.15 is now available for download.What’s new in this release? This is a bug fix release.
Fixed an issue where the search bar’s default engine could be overridden by third-party apps.
Fixed a moderately severe issue.
Added safeguards against attacks on the RC4 encryption protocol.
Fixed an issue where cookies could be set for a top-level domain.
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Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?
New Ubuntu spins Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu Kylin
Linux kernel 3.8.5
Upstart 1.8
New shutdown and session exit dialogs
Python 3.3
A new sync menu for Ubuntu One
Unity user interface changes
New interface animations, including window snap
Scroll-switching of open windows from Unity Launcher
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Thunderbird 17.0.5 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?
Fixes:
Adjusting font size when composing emails should be easier
Security fixes:
Out-of-bounds array read in CERT_DecodeCertPackage
Cross-site scripting (XSS) using timed history navigations
Bypass of SOW protections allows cloning of protected nodes
WebGL crash with Mesa graphics driver on Linux
Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater
Privilege escalation through Mozilla Maintenance Service
Out-of-bounds write in Cairo library
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:20.0 / rv:17.0.5)
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Notepad++ 6.3.2 is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.What’s new in this version?
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
Bug fixes:
Fix a regression (performance issue).
Recognize wscript and Rakefile respectively as python and ruby file.
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Mozilla has announced a collaboration with Samsung to build a new browser engine Servo for ARM devices and Android. Servo is based on Mozilla’s Rust programming language.
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