Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this release?
Unity 2D has been removed
Unity Previews
Online Accounts
Photo Lens
ubuntu one Sharing links/options and File search
Software versions:
Firefox 15
LibreOffice 3.6.1
Rhythmbox 2.96
Opera has released a new snapshot of Opera 12.50 web browser. It adds windows 8 classic desktop support for touch devices.
New features:
support for pinch to zoom
support for Inertia scrolling of UI
support for Inertia page scrolling
support for touch based drag and drop of UI elements – with inertia
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InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning sofware for windows
Main features:
Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs.
Create custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs and disc images.
Blank (erase) rewritable discs using four different methods.
Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE).
Fixate discs
Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect information about their capabilities.
Create disc copies, on the fly and using a temporary disc image.
Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them.
Display disc information.
Save audio and data tracks to files (.wav, .wma, .ogg, .mp3 and .iso).
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Desktop Browser Market Share:
According to Net Applications,in August Total market share of
microsoft internet explore is 53.60%,
firefox 20.05%,
chrome 19.13%
Safari 5.10% and
opera 1.58%.
Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:
According to Net Applications,in August Total market share of
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Desktop Operating System Market Share:
According to Net Applications, in August the total market share of
microsoft windows is 91.77%,
mac 7.13%,
linux 1.10%%.
Windows 7 has finally passed Windows XP to become the world’s most popular operating system.
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Mozilla Firefox 17 Aurora is now available for download and testing.
What’s new in this release?
Mac OS X 10.8: Support for Notification Center
Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons
JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable
SVG FillPaint and StrokePaint implemented
Support for @supports added
Improvements that make the Web Console, Debugger and Developer Toolbar faster and easier to use
New Markup panel in the Page Inspector allows easy editing of the DOM
Sandbox attribute for iframes implemented, enabling increased security
Over twenty performance improvements, including fixes around the New Tab page
Page scrolling on sites with fixed headers
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Google is celebrating Maria Montessori 142’nd birthday with Educational tools doodle on its homepage.
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world.
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Mozilla Firefox 16 beta 1 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing.
What’s new in this beta version?
Firefox on Mac OS X now has preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default
Initial web app support (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Acholi localization added
Improvements around JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection
New Developer Toolbar with buttons for quick access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access
CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16
Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
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Opera 12.02 is now available for download.What’s new in this release? Opera 12.02 is a security and stability update.
Several general fixes and stability improvements.
Resolved an issue with Speed Dial thumbnails when automatic scaling is enabled.
Windows-only:The Windows 32-bit version has been reverted to in-process plugins while stability issues.
stemming from the out-of-process plugin system are investigated and resolved.
Security:Fixed an issue where truncated dialogs may be used to trick users.
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Java SE 7 update 7 is now available for download.This release fixes latest Java vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild right now.
This Security Alert addresses security issues CVE-2012-4681 (US-CERT Alert TA12-240A) and two other vulnerabilities affecting Java running in web browsers on desktops.
These vulnerabilities are not applicable to Java running on servers or standalone Java desktop applications and Oracle server-based software.
These vulnerabilities may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. To be successfully exploited, an unsuspecting user running an affected release in a browser will need to visit a malicious web page that leverages this vulnerability. Successful exploits can impact the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the user’s system.
security-in-depth fix in the AWT subcomponent of the Java Runtime Environment.
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