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WordPress for Android 2.1 beta released

Post last modified:April 21, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress for Android 2.1 beta is now available for download and testing.what’s new in this beta?

Autosave timer while editing posts.
Every 60 seconds the post will be autosaved.
edit comments while on the go now.
now set the width for linked images.
new WordPress.com reader. Navigating posts is much faster and you can add comments to posts that you are reading. You can also share the post to other Android apps.
Small improvements to the UI, most notably that the delete post button has been moved to a less prominent spot to prevent accidental taps on it.
Reliability improvements
Translation updates
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Twitter sponsoring Apache Foundation

Post last modified:April 20, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Twitter announced that it has become an official sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), a non-profit and volunteer-run open source foundation. ASF was originally founded in 1999 to support the development community behind the Apache Web server.

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XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 3 released

Post last modified:April 20, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Apache (2.4.1)
MySQL (5.5.22)
PHP (5.4)
phpMyAdmin (3.4.10.1)
OpenSSL (1.0.0g)
XAMPP Control Panel (3.0.11)
Strawberry Perl (5.14.2-portable)
Added msvcr100.dll

Note:There will be no upgrade packages from and to beta versions.
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Notepad++ 6.1.1 released

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

Notepad++ 6.1.1 is now available for download.Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

what’s new in this release?

Enhance project’s License (GPL) to avoid the other malicious websites bundle Notepad++ release with their parasite software.
Fix selectAll-copy-paste on the same document crash bug while document map has been activated.
Fix a regression about auto-completion feature.
Fix focus on document map problem after its launch.

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Windows 8 Editions revealed

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced the Windows 8 Edition names.

Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro – For PCs and tablets powered by x86 processors (both 32 and 64 bit).
Windows RT – For ARM processors.
Windows 8 Enterprise – For enterprise
some number of local-language-only versions for China and other selected emerging markets.
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AMPPS 1.7 released

Post last modified:April 17, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

AMPPS 1.7 is now available for download.AMPPS is an Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Python and Softaculous STACK for desktops and office servers (localhost).what’s new in this version?

Now one click update for AMPPS binary is available.
supports SSL.
While adding a domain in AMPPS, it gives an option to add an entry to Host File.
FTP Users can be created and managed with the help of FTP Account & Manage FTP in Enduser respectively.
Active / Inactive Status for mod_ssl, FTP Server in Status Page.
Select / Deselect Scripts as per the Category in the Admin Software page.
When a package is downloaded now it will show the mirror from which it is being downloaded.
API Improvement of scripts.
Language Translation improved in some scripts.
Package unzipping improved.
Admin can specify a seperate FROM E-mail Address and Admin E-mail Address.
Email Settings Ajaxified in enduser.
Now any path can be specified in Domain Path while adding a domain.
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Robert Doisneau’s 100th birthday google doodle

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

Google is celebrating Robert Doisneau’s 100th birthday with his landmark shots in a new google doodle on its homepage.
Robert Doisneau (14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris; together with Henri Cartier-Bresson he was a pioneer of photojournalism.He is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l’hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), a photo of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. Robert Doisneau was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of the Légion d’honneur in 1984
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Firefox click-to-play option for plugins

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

The click-to-play option for plugins is now available in the Firefox nightly channel. When click_to_play is enabled, plugins will require an extra click to activate and start.

Example: The flash and silverlight videos won’t auto play automatically.

To enable click_to_play in firefox Just go to about:config in address bar and enable the plugins.click_to_play flag.

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Bing going to charge for it’s search API

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced that it will move the Bing Search API to Microsoft’s Windows Azure Marketplace and going to charge for it’s search API calls.

Some Notes:

approximately $40 (USD) per month for up to 20,000 queries.
transition will begin in several weeks and will take a few months to complete.
After the transition period, Bing Search API 2.0 will no longer be available for free public use
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Apple released java update to remove Flashback Trojan

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

Apple has released a new java software update that removes the most common variant of the Flashback Trojan.

From Apple security note “This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.”
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