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phpMyAdmin 4.0.5 released

Post last modified:August 6, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

phpMyAdmin 4.0.5 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:
Not detected configuration storage
Pressing enter in the filter field reloads page
Cannot insert in this table (PHP < 5.4)
Reloading privileges does not update the interface
NavigationBarIconic config not honored
Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding
Analyze option not shown for InnoDB tables
Forcing a storage engine for configuration storage
Incorrect Drizzle 7 detection
Create database if not exists (export): add an option to the
interface to enable generating CREATE DATABASE and USE (false by default)
Crash on CSV file import
Statistic Monitor shows only last 3 digits in graph
Non-permanent SQL history not working
Transformations for text/plain on a BLOB column
Improved protection against cross framing, see PMASA-2013-10
Reinstated configuration directive: AllowThirdPartyFraming
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WordPress 3.6 released

Post last modified:August 2, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.6 “Oscar” is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

New Twenty Thirteen theme.
Revamped Revisions.
Post Locking and Augmented Autosave.
Built-in HTML5 media player.
Menu Editor.
A new audio/video API gives you access to metadata like ID3 tags.
You can now choose HTML5 markup for things like comment and search forms, and comment lists.
Better filters for how revisions work – store a different amount of history for different post types.
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Browser Market Share July 2013

Post last modified:August 2, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in july Total market share of

microsoft internet explore is 56.61%,
firefox 18.29%,
chrome 17.76%
Safari 5.42% and
opera 1.49%.

Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in july Total market share of
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Operating System Market share July 2013

Post last modified:August 2, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, in july the total market share of

microsoft windows is 91.56%,
mac 7.19%,
linux 1.25%.

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share in july:

The total market share of
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Office for android released [Android]

Post last modified:August 1, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Office Mobile for Office 365 is now available for download from google play store. It requires a qualifying Office 365 subscription.

Main features:

Access Office documents that are stored on SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro, or SharePoint.
Documents you’ve recently viewed on your computer are readily available on your phone in the recent documents panel.
Email Attachments
Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents look great on your phone.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint have been optimized for the small screen of your phone.
Resume Reading
Presentation Views
make quick edits to Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Formatting and content remain intact when you edit Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents on your phone.
Edit While Offline
create new Word and Excel documents on your phone.
Comments
Share – send the document in email or save it to SkyDrive or SharePoint.
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VLC 2.0.8 released

Post last modified:August 1, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

VLC 2.0.8 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Fix ISDB-S tunning on Linux.
Fix crash in QTsound.
Fix use-after-free in sgimb module.
New Kannada translation.
Fix crashes in libavcodec module.
Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access module.
Improve resitance against malformed MKV files.
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview released

Post last modified:July 31, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this release?

Builds on the Window 8.1 Preview.
Windows To Go Creator.
Start Screen Control.
DirectAccess.
BranchCache.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
AppLocker.
Windows Enterprise Side-Loading.
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Notepad++ 6.4.3 released

Post last modified:July 30, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.4.3 is now available for download.
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

What’s new in this version?

Fix a crash issue while using Function list.
Enhance delimiter selection (Ctrl + Mouse Double Click) – add GUI settings in Preferences dialog.
Add open session in the new instance capacity.
Add new command line argument “-openSession” for opening a session file.
Add multi-instance option.
Fix regression -systemtray command line option not working properly.
Fix begin/end selection bug after the text modification between the begin and end position.
Add localization command line option -LlangCode where langCode is browser language code.
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IE11 Developers Preview for Windows 7 released

Post last modified:January 8, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

IE11 Developer preview for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now availablefor download and testing.

What’s new in this release?

Faster, More Responsive Browsing.
render text on the GPU.
W3C Resource Priorities standard.
ECMAScript 6 standard.
IE11 supports features including let, const, Map, Set, and WeakMap, as well as __proto__ for improved interoperability.
support for WebGL.
closed captioning (TTML and SDP).
HTML Full Screen API.
WebCrypto.
All-new F12 Developer Tools.
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Rosalind Franklin’s 93rd birthday google doodle

Post last modified:July 25, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Rosalind Franklin’s 93rd birthday with a new google doodle on its homepage.Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London,into an affluent and influential British Jewish family. Her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894–1964), a London merchant banker, and her mother was Muriel Frances Waley (1894–1976).

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