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Firefox 30 moves into aurora

Post last modified:March 22, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Firefox 30 aurora is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this version?

Support for GStreamer 1.0
Mac OS X command-E sets find term to selected text
Disallow calling WebIDL constructors as functions on the web
Fixes to box-shadow and other visual overflow
Mute and volume available per window when using WebAudio
background-blend-mode enabled by default
Use of line-height allowed for input type=”reset|button|submit”
ES6 array and generator comprehensions implemented
Error stack now contains column number
CSS Property ‘line-height’ has no effects on input text fields
Ignore autocomplete=”off” when offering to save passwords via the password manager
TypedArrays don’t support new named properties
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Blender 2.70 released

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Blender 2.70 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

initial support for volumetrics in Cycles
faster rendering of hair and textures
motion tracker now supports weighted tracks
improved planar tracking
For mesh modeling there are new Laplacian deform and wireframe modifiers
more control in the bevel tool
game engine now supports object levels of detail.
the new user interface project
multithreaded dependency graph
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Newsbeat – Print and online news in a streaming radio

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Newsbeat is a streaming radio app based on your interests and large collection of high quality, trusted, local publications as well as national news organizations.

Main features:

Pick the topics of your interest and the news sections of your choice
Play the stories you like, skip those that you don’t
Weather and traffic narrated every 10 minutes
News from your local publications and national newspapers
Our streaming technology provides smooth, uninterrupted news while you drive
Explore various sources and voices for your stories, and go in-depth to related articles
Receive daily email news digest
Get latest breaking news
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WordPress 3.9 Beta 2 released

Post last modified:March 20, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.9 beta 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Rendering of embedded audio and video players directly in the visual editor.
Visual and functional improvements to the editor, the media manager, and theme installer.
Various bug fixes to TinyMCE, the software behind the visual editor.
Lots of fixes to widget management in the theme customizer.
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Yahoo Games Network launched

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

Yahoo has launched a gaming distribution portal Yahoo Games Network for developers who want distribution of the Yahoo network and authenticate players, monetize their games, provide social sharing, analytics and ongoing operational support.Yahoo also launching the new Yahoo Classic Games with a new design that plays seamlessly across the Web, Android devices and iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
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Java SE 8 Released

Post last modified:March 19, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Java SE 8 is now available for download.What’s new in this version?

Lambda Expressions.
Method references provide easy-to-read lambda expressions for methods that already have a name.
Default methods enable new functionality to be added to the interfaces of libraries and ensure binary compatibility with code written for older versions of those interfaces.
Repeating Annotations
Type Annotations
Improved type inference.
Method parameter reflection.
The JDBC-ODBC Bridge has been removed.
JDBC 4.2 introduces new features.
JDK 8 includes Java DB 10.10.
DK 8 includes Java Mission Control 5.3.
Enhanced text support including bi-directional text and complex text scripts such as Thai and Hindi in controls, and multi-line, multi-style text in text nodes.
Support for Kerberos 5 Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation.
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NetBeans IDE 8.0 Released

Post last modified:March 19, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

NetBeans IDE 8.0 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

JDK 8 support
Java SE Embedded support
Java ME Embedded 8 support
Several Java Editor enhancements
Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.
New PrimeFaces code generators
Tomcat 8.0 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.

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Mozilla firefox 28 released

Post last modified:March 19, 2014
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Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 28 stable is now available for download. What’s new in this firefox 28?

VP9 video decoding implemented
Mac OS X: Notification Center support for web notifications
Horizontal HTML5 audio/video volume control
Support for Opus in WebM
Now that spdy/3 is implemented support for spdy/2 has been removed and servers without spdy/3 will negotiate to http/1 without any penalty
Support for MathML 2.0 ‘mathvariant’ attribute
Background thread hang reporting
Support for multi-line flexbox in layout
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Thunderbird 24.4.0 released

Post last modified:March 19, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 24.4.0 is now available for download. What’s new in this version?

FIXED
Several fixes to improve handling of BCC when replying to messages.

Security fixes:
Out-of-bounds write through TypedArrayObject after neutering.
Out-of-bounds read/write through neutering ArrayBuffer objects.
Use-after-free in TypeObject.
Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs.
SVG filters information disclosure through feDisplacementMap.
Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering.
Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML.
Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding.
Files extracted during updates are not always read only.
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards.
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Microsoft launches free OneNote for Mac and Windows

Post last modified:March 18, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft announced that its note taking software is now available for free to download for Mac and windows.

Main features:

OneNote is now free.
OneNote for Mac is now available.
Premium features are available to paid customers.
OneNote service now provides a cloud API.
OneNote Clipper for saving web pages to OneNote.
[email protected] for emailing notes to OneNote.
Office Lens for capturing documents.
Sending blog and news articles to OneNote from Feedly, News360 and Weave.
Easy document scanning to OneNote with Brother, Doxie Go, Epson, and Neat.
Writing notes with pen and paper and sending them to OneNote with Livescribe.
Mobile document scanning to OneNote with Genius Scan and JotNot.
Having your physical notebooks scanned into OneNote with Mod Notebooks.
Connecting your world to OneNote with IFTTT.
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