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Rembrandt van Rijn’s 407th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:July 15, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Rembrandt van Rijn’s 407th birthday with a The self portrait or ‘Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar’ google doodle on its homepage.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( 15 July 1606[1] – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher.RembrandtHarmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in Leiden,in the Dutch Republic, nowadays the Netherlands. He was the ninth child born to Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn and Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuytbrouck. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.
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Ubuntu 13.10 Wallpaper Contest

Post last modified:July 13, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wallpaper Contest for Ubuntu 13.10 is open for submissions.

Rules:

Use PNG format for bitmap files and Use JPGs for photos.
No version numbers.
Avoid text.
careful with small patterns.
Consider how the wallpaper will interact with the panels, icons and windows.
Show restraint in your use of color tone and contrast.
desired image format is 2560 x 1600 pixels.
Submissions must adhere to the Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0 license.
Attribution must be declared if the submission is based on another design.
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Google chrome 28 stable released

Post last modified:July 11, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google chrome 28 stable is now available download for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.

What’s new in this release?

New rendering engine Blink.
richer notifications.

Fixes:
Block pop-unders in various scenarios.
Confusion setting up sign-in and sync.
Incorrect sync of NPAPI extension component.
Out-of-bounds read in JPEG2000 handling.
Use-after-free with network sockets.
Man-in-the-middle attack against HTTP in SSL.
Use-after-free in input handling.
Possible lack of entropy in renderers.
Use-after-free in resource loading.
Screen data leak with GL textures.
Out-of-bounds-read in SVG.
Extensions permissions confusion with interstitials.
Out-of-bounds read in XML parsing.
Remove the “viewsource” attribute on iframes.
Out-of-bounds read in text handling.
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Chrome for Android 28 released [Android]

Post last modified:July 11, 2013
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Google chrome 28 for android is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

Google Translate – web pages in other languages, Chrome will automatically detect and offer to translate them to your language.
Fullscreen on tablets – scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
New user interface for right-to-left (RTL) languages including Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew.
Lots of stability and performance fixes

Price:FREE
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Opera for Android 15 released [Android]

Post last modified:July 10, 2013
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Opera for Android 15 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

Based on Chromium 28
Improved startup-time
Download video. Possible to download video files that can be played in Opera
Set download location (where your files are downloaded to)
Improved tab-UI animations
Opening files from external SD Card now possible
New “open in private tab” context menu
Cookie clearing mechanism improved
Fix for bug causing Opera to be uninstalled from selected Samsung devices
Memory leaks plugged and general stability improvements.

Price:FREE
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Yahoo! Mail 2.6 for android released [Android]

Post last modified:July 10, 2013
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Yahoo! Mail 2.6 for android is now available for download.Whta’s new in this release?

Dropbox: Tap on the attachment (paper clip) icon and choose “Share from Dropbox”.
Easy browsing through your Inbox: simply swipe on a message to view the next one.
Business Mail accounts: Yahoo! Small Business customers can now access their email through this app, with all supported features such as push notifications, Yahoo! contacts, and photo attachments.
Performance & stability improvements

Price:FREE
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Skype 2.8 for Windows Phone released [Windows Phone]

Post last modified:July 10, 2013
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Skype 2.8 for Windows Phone 8 is now available for download. What’s new in this version?

Improved start and resume experience.

Changed the Live Tile notifications to show only the number of unread conversations, rather than the total number of unread messages.

Skype for Windows Phone is now available to download in South Korea.

Price:FREE
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VirtualBox 4.2.16 released

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

VirtualBox 4.2.16 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

OVF/OVA: don’t crash on import if no manifest is used
GUI: do not restore the current snapshot if we power-off after a Guru Mediation
Storage: fixed a crash when hotplugging an empty DVD drive to the VM
Storage: fixed a crash when a guest read from a DVD drive attached to the SATA controller under certain circumstances
EFI: don’t fail with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts
Autostart: fixed VM startup on OS X
Windows hosts: native Windows 8 controls
Windows hosts: restore native style on Vista 32
Windows hosts / guests: Windows 8.1 adaptions
Mac OS X hosts: after removing VirtualBox with VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool, remove it from the pkgutil –pkgs list as well
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Opera 15 stable releaed

Post last modified:July 3, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 15 is now available for download for windows and mac. What’s new in this release?

New UI
Refreshed Speed Dial
New Discover feature
Stash – save page for later
Based on Webkit engine.

And also introduced new release streams:

Opera Stable – Released every couple of weeks, this is the most solid version.

Opera Next – Updated more frequently than Stable, this is the feature-complete candidate for the Stable version.

Opera Developer – A bleeding edge version.
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Fedora 19 released

Post last modified:July 3, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Fedora 19 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

New Developer’s Assistant
3D modelling and printing support
OpenShift Origin
node.js
Ruby 2.0.0
MariaDB
Improved systemd Resource Control
Checkpoint & Restore
OpenLMI
GNOME 3.8
KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.10
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