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Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 released

Post last modified:August 24, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 is now available for download.As of December 2011,OpenOffice is officially known as Apache OpenOffice.

What’s new in this version?

Support for Khmer, Finnish, British English, Slovenian and Slovak languages.
Improved Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Hungarian translations have also been .
Now Apache OpenOffice supports 20 languages.
Added support for Microsoft Windows XP up to Windows 8 (32-bit), Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, and Apple Mac OS.
compatibility fixes for improved operation in Microsoft Windows 8.
Enhancements in performance, interoperability and security
Fixes for 69 bugs reported by users.
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OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1 Update released

Post last modified:August 24, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update is now available.This is a bug fix release.

Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials

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Wine 1.5.11 released

Post last modified:August 24, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Wine 1.5.11 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.

What’s new in this version?

Multi-channel support in the ALSA driver.
Removal of the big X11 lock.
Support for pair positioning adjustments in Uniscribe.
More I/O stream implementations in the C++ runtime.
Various bug fixes.
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New Microsoft Logo

Post last modified:August 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft officially launched its new corporate logo. The logo has two parts, logotype and the symbol. Logotype (“Microsoft”) in the Segoe font and the symbol is a four colored squares (red, green, yellow and blue),represent all the different products that Microsoft have on offer.
Microsoft updates its logo for the first time in 25 years.
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Twitter blocks Tumblr find friends feature

Post last modified:August 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

The Twitter option has been removed from tumblr “find Find people you know” feature. This was initially noticed by Matt Buchanan of Buzzfeed. The find friends feature was also removed from Instagram late last month.

According to TheNextWeb,Both Twitter and Tumblr confirmed this development.
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Google Play gift cards now available

Post last modified:August 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google Play gift cards are now available fron local retail store (RadioShack,Target,Gamestop) in amounts of $10, $25 and $50. And Use your gift card to purchase android apps, movies, TV shows, music, books and virtual currency on Google Play.

Note:Google Play gift cards cannot be redeemed for Android app subscriptions, magazine subscriptions, or hardware and accessory purchases.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Wallpaper Contest

Post last modified:August 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Wallpaper Contest for Ubuntu 12.10 is open for submissions.

Rules:

Dont create busy and filled with too many shapes and colours.
Use a similar tone throughout is good.
Use a single point of focus, a single area that draws the eye in.
Avoid having anything on the left and top edges as this will clash with Launcher and Panel.
Try your image at different aspect ratios.

limited to one entry per user.
Only 10 winners
need your image licensed as CC by SA
Last date:5pm August 28th
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Adobe Flash Player 11.4 released

Post last modified:August 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Adobe Flash Player 11.4 (11.4.402.26) is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

ActionScript Workers
Sandbox Bridge support
Licensing support: Flash Player Premium Features for Gaming
Stage3D “constrained” profile for increased GPU reach
LZMA support for ByteArray
StageVideo attachCamera/Camera improvements
Compressed texture with alpha support for Stage3D
And some bug fixes.
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LiLi USB Creator 2.8.15 released

Post last modified:August 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

LiLi USB Creator 2.8.15 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

New Linux Distributions supported :

Linux Mint 13 “Maya” KDE/Xfce DVD
BackTrack 5 R3 KDE/GNOME
Peppermint OS Three 20120722
CrunchBang 11
antiX 12
SolusOS 1.2
Parted Magic 2012_08_09
Gparted Live CD 0.13.1-2
SystemRescueCD 2.8.1
Slitaz 4.0
MacPup 529
ArchLinux 2012.08.04 x86/amd64
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VirtualBox 4.1.20 released

Post last modified:August 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

VirtualBox 4.1.20 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.What’s new in this release?

VMM: fixed a crash under rare circumstances for VMs running without hardware virtualization
VMM: fixed a code analysis bug for certain displacement instructions for VMs running without hardware virtualization
VMM: fixed an interpretion bug for TPR read instructions under rare conditions
Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old snapshot when powering off a VM
VBoxSVC: be more tolerant against environment variables with strange encodings
VGA: fixed wrong access check which might cause a crash under certain conditions
NAT: final fix for crashes under rare conditions
Virtio-net: fixed the problem with receiving of GSO packets in Windows XP guests causing packet loss in host-to-VM transfers
HPET: several fixes
Clipboard: disable the clipboard by default for new VMs
BIOS: the PCI BIOS was not properly detected with the chipset type set to ICH9
Mac OS X hosts: adaptions to Mountain Lion
Linux Installer: fixes for Gentoo Linux
Linux guests: fixed mouse integration on Fedora 17 guests
Linux Additions: compile fixes for RHEL/CentOS 6.3
Linux Additions: compile fixes for Linux 3.5-rc1 and Linux 3.6-rc1
Solaris host: fixed a guru meditation while allocating large pages
Solaris host: fixed possible kernel panics while freeing memory
Solaris Installer: fixed missing icon for menu and desktop shortcuts
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