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PHP 5.4.4 released

Post last modified:June 19, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.4.4 is now available for download.The release fixes multiple security issues (over 30 bugs).

Implemented FR -Need CLI web-server support for files with .htm & svg extensions
Improved performance while sending error page
Fixed functions related to current script failed when chdir() in cli sapi
Fixed missing bound check in iptcparse()
Fixed CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE ” raises open_basedir restriction
Fixed json_encode() incorrectly truncates/discards information
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XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 8 released

Post last modified:June 19, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 8 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Windows:
Apache (2.4.2)
MySQL (5.5.25)
PHP (5.4.4)
phpMyAdmin (3.5.1)
OpenSSL (1.0.1c)
XAMPP Control Panel (3.0.12)
Strawberry Perl (5.16.0.1 portable)
Added msvcr100.dll
Linux:
Apache (2.4.2)
MySQL (5.5.25)
PHP (5.4.4)
phpMyAdmin (3.5.1)
OpenSSL (1.0.1c)
Perl (5.14.2)
ProFTPD (1.3.4a)
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Facebook acquires Face.com

Post last modified:February 18, 2013
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Post author:Manikandan

Facebook has acquired Face.com.Face.com offers tools for both desktop and mobile that can scan a photo to identify a person or persons in that photo,launched in 2007 in Israel.
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Mozilla firefox 13.0.1 released

Post last modified:June 16, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 13.0.1 is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:
Windows Messenger did not load in Hotmail, and the Hotmail inbox did not auto-update
Hebrew text sometimes rendered incorrectly
Flash 11.3 sometimes caused a crash on quit

Security fixes:

Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
NSS parsing errors with zero length items
Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
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Thunderbird 13.0.1 released

Post last modified:June 16, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 13.0.1 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.This is a bug fix release.

what’s new in this version of thunderbird?

Fixed:
YouSendIt no longer expires Filelinks after 1 week.
The prompt given when a password had changed sometimes referred to a network error rather than a change of password.
Some Linux users may have been unable to start Thunderbird from outside the installation directory.
Miscellaneous other stability and display updates.
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New YouTube design and how to enable it

Post last modified:June 15, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Once again google is changing the look and feel of the video hosting site youtube.

follow the below steps to enable it.

Open your browser’s development tools (only firefox and chrome)

In Firefox: Ctrl + Shift + K (Win) | Cmd + Shift + K (Mac)

In Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + J (Win) | or Cmd + Alt + J (Mac)

Then add below code to the console and hit enter.

document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=nH7tBenIlCs;path=/; domain=.youtube.com";window.location.reload();

close the browser development tool and reload the youtube page.

To go back to the old design just clear all cookies that YouTube has set on your computer.

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Opera 12 released

Post last modified:June 15, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Opera 12 final is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Faster startup with many tabs
Experimental Hardware Acceleration and WebGL
Out-of-Process Plug-ins
Improved loading performance
Improved performance on secure connections
support Right-To-Left languages
Improved HTML5 support
opera:cpu
64 bit Windows and Mac
Improved extensions support
Do Not Track
Improved address field suggestions
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Skype 4.0 for Linux released

Post last modified:June 15, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

New Conversations View where users can easily track all of their chats in a unified window.
brand new Call View.
investments in audio quality
investments in video call quality
extended support for more cameras
improved chat synchronization
new presence and emoticon icons
the ability to store and view phone numbers in a Skype contact’s profile
much lower chance Skype for Linux will crash or freeze
chat history loading is now much faster
support for two new languages: Czech (flag:cz) and Norwegian (flag:no)
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WordPress 3.4 released

Post last modified:June 14, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.4 (Green) is now available for download. what’s new in this release?

Theme Customizer with Previewer
Flexible Custom Header Sizes
Selecting Custom Header and Background Images from Media Library
Better experience searching for and choosing a theme
Twitter embeds
image captions

improvements in XML-RPC, themes,
custom header APIs,
performance improvements in WP_Query
the translation system
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Conversation Ads in Skype launched

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Skype announced that it will be display new ad units within the skype calling window of users who do not have Skype Credit or subscriptions when they’re making 1:1 Skype-to-Skype audio calls using Skype for Windows os.
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