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Google Chrome 23 stable released

Post last modified:November 7, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google just released chrome 23 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame, a new stable version of its popular browser. What’s new in this chrome 23 stable ?

GPU-accelerated video decoding enabled for Chrome on Windows.
battery lasted 25% longer when GPU-accelerated video decoding was enabled.
Now easier to view and control any website’s permissions for capabilities such as geolocation, pop-ups, and camera/microphone access.
Includes an option to send a “do not track” request to websites and web services.
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Skype will replace Windows Live Messenger

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft announced that the Windows Live Messenger will be retired in the first quarter of 2013 and it wll be replaced by the Skype everywhere, except for China, which will retain the Messenger naming.
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Opera 12.10 released

Post last modified:November 7, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Opera 12.10 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Opera 12.10 is a contains new and improved features, plus security and stability enhancements.

Operating system compatibility: Windows 8 and Mac OSX
touch support also works on Windows 7
New and improved APIs:

API for URL filtering
Context Menu API
Screenshots API
Resource Loader API
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Kaspersky Lab IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2012 report

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

Some important results from the latest quarterly report of kaspersky lab’s IT Threat report:

Kaspersky Lab products detected and neutralized 1,347,231,728 threats in Q3 2012.
Java vulnerabilities are used in more than half of all attacks.
28% of all mobile devices attacked run Android OS version 2.3.6
56% of exploits blocked in Q3 use Java vulnerabilities.
TOP malicious program detected on the Internet is Trojan Script Generic and on user’s computer is Trojan Win32 Generic.
A total of 91.9 million URLs serving malicious code were detected, a 3% increase compared to Q2 2012.
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iOS 6.0.1 releases

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

iOS 6.0.1 is now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. what’s new in this release?

Fixes:

prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air
horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard
issue that could cause camera flash to not go off
Improves reliability of iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation) when connected to encrypted WPA2 Wi-Fi networks
an issue that prevents iPhone from using the cellular network in some instances
Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match
a Passcode Lock bug which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen
affecting Exchange meetings

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Windows Phone SDK 8.0 released

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

Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is now available for download for everyone.It provides the tools that you need to develop apps and games for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.5.
It also provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions.
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Happy halloween! google doodle 2012

Post last modified:October 31, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating halloween with a interactive with music google doodle on its homepage.This doodle features a haunted mansion (numbered 13) with black alley cat, a crowing crow and a spider. Just click each door to reveal google logo.

Halloween or Hallowe’en (a contraction of “All Hallows’ Evening”),also known as All Hallows’ Eve is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows (or All Saints). According to many scholars, it was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain. Others
maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has Christian roots.
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VirtualBox 4.2.4 released

Post last modified:October 29, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

VirtualBox 4.2.4 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.What’s new in this release?

GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page
GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain conditions
VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of ballooning module
VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the guest
BIOS: fixed broken DMI information
BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks
EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot
Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty error
NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used
Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances
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Mozilla firefox 16.0.2 released

Post last modified:October 27, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 16.0.2 final is now available for download.This is a security fix release.

what’s new in this firefox 16.0.2?

Fixed Security Vulnerability in Firefox 16.0.1.

Fixes for Location object issues.This is a critical Vulnerability.
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Firebug 1.10.5 released

Post last modified:October 27, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

FireBug 1.10.5 is now available for download. what’s new in this release?This is maintenance release.

Fixes:
Location list in the Script panel can be filtered
Title in Firebug detached window is correct
Firebug can be opened in popup windows
First-run page is not opened till Firefox restart when Firebug is updated
Firebug properly shows scripts coming from iframes
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