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WordPress 3.5.1 released

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

Wordpress 3.5.1 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:

Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed or modified in rare cases.
Media: Fix a collection of minor workflow and compatibility issues in the new media manager.
Networks: Suggest proper rewrite rules when creating a new network.
Prevent scheduled posts from being stripped of certain HTML, such as video embeds, when they are published.
Work around some misconfigurations that may have caused some JavaScript in the WordPress admin area to fail.
Suppress some warnings that could occur when a plugin misused the database or user APIs.
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facebook announces Feature eXtraction Language (FXL)

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

Facebook announced it has developed a programming language called Feature eXtraction Language (FXL) in an effort to help combat spam on the social networking service. FXL described as a narrowly-optimized implementation of a well-chosen subset of Standard ML (with some customized syntax).FXL offers two key advantages: it is simple and easy to write, yet extremely efficient for Facebook-sized workloads.
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Firefox OS Developer Preview Phones

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

Mozilla has announced two Developer Preview Phones for app developers.These developer phones are being developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica and Geeksphone. We are looking to make them available in February.

The Keon model
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Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro to launch Feb 9

Post last modified:January 23, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has now confirmed via a blog post that Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro will go on sale February 9 in the US and Canada.Surface Windows 8 Pro pricing starting at $899 and that it will be available in 64 GB and 128 GB models. Both devices include a pen but no keyboard which costs an extra $119 for a type cover or $129 for a touch cover.
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Windows Phone 7.8 SDK releasesd

Post last modified:January 23, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows Phone 7.8 SDK is now available for download.What’s new in this windows phone SDK?

Windows Phone 7.8 emulator: This OS image emulates your app running on a 512-MB device running Windows Phone 7.8 (build 8858).
Windows Phone 7.8 256MB emulator: This OS image emulates Windows Phone 7.8 (build 8858) running on a 256-MB device.
If you’re running a Windows Phone SDK 7.1 installation, the update will also download and install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 update onto your machine as part of the update.
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SSL for Logged In WordPress Users

Post last modified:January 22, 2013
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

SSL for Logged In Users is a free wordpress plugin and it Forces all logged in users to stay on SSL connection.

Main features:

SSL Login
SSL enforced for entire logged-in session
SSL for Admin and front-end of site
No messing with ‘wp-config.php’ or ‘htaccess’ directives
no configuration required
Network/Multisite compatible
Buddypress compatible
WP-Super-Cache compatible
S2Member compatible
Bulletproof Security compatible
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Mozilla firefox 18.0.1 released

Post last modified:January 19, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 18.0.1 final is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.

what’s new in this firefox 18.0.1?

Fixed:
Problems involving HTTP Proxy Transactions (Associated bugs)
Unity player crashes on Mac OS X
Disabled HIDPI support on external monitors to avoid rendering glitches (bug 814434)
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Alpine PhotoTile for Picasa and Google Plus

Post last modified:January 19, 2013
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

Alpine PhotoTile for Picasa and Google Plus is a free wordpress plugin to display Picasa and Google Plus images in a sidebar, post, or page.

Main features:

Display Picasa and Google Plus images in a sidebar, post, or page
Multiple styles to allow for customization
Lighbox feature for interactive slideshow (Fancybox, prettyBox, or ColorBox)
Widget & shortcode options
Feed caching/storage for improved page loading
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Windows 8 Pricing after january 31, 2013

Post last modified:January 19, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows 8 upgrade editions will be sold as follows after jan 31st 2013:

The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.).
The Windows 8 upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $119.99 MSRP (U.S.).
The Windows 8 Pro Pack will cost $99.99 MSRP (U.S.).
The Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99 MSRP (U.S.).
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LiLi USB Creator 2.8.19 released

Post last modified:January 19, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

LiLi USB Creator 2.8.19 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

New Linux Distributions supported :

Fedora 18 “Spherical Cow” Gnome/KDE/Xfce/LXDE/SoaS/Design
Manjaro 0.8.3 MATE/Openbox
Slax 7.0.4
Linux Mint 14.1 “Nadia” MATE/Cinnamon DVD
Linux Mint 14 “Maya” KDE/Xfce DVD
Gparted Live CD 0.14.1-6
Finnix 107
Fuduntu 2013.1
Clonezilla Live CD 2.0.1-15
Tails 0.16
SMS (Superb Mini Server) Live 2.0.2
ArchBang 2012.12.03
ArchLinux 2013.01.04 x86/amd64
Chakra 2013.01
Gentoo Live DVD 20121221 x86/amd64
Pear Linux 6.1 R2
KNOPPIX 7.0.5
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