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How to install Komodo Edit on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:July 22, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Komodo Edit is free and open-source code editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl, on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

To install Komodo Edit on ubuntu 12.04

1.Go to Komodo Edit download page and download the latest Linux version AS Package. (like Komodo-Edit-7.1.0-10496-linux-x86.tar.gz ).

Copy your downloaded Komodo Edit .tar.gz file to your Desktop.

Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.

Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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Mozilla Firefox 16 Aurora released

Post last modified:July 22, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox 16 Aurora is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this release?

Firefox for the Mac now has VoiceOver support turned on by default
Web App Support (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Improved our experimental support for reading pdf files in the browser using PDF.js
CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16
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
Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
FIXED:No longer supporting MD5 as a hash algorithm in digital signatures
FIXED:Opus support by default
FIXED:Reverse animation direction has been implemented
FIXED:Per tab reporting in about:memory
FIXED:User Agent strings for pre-release Firefox versions now show only major version
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VLC Media Player 2.0.3 released

Post last modified:July 21, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

VLC Media Player 2.0.3 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Adds support for OS X Mountain Lion.
Mac-specific bug fixes – hotkey handling, fullscreen toggling when using a remote app on a phone,some Flash Video (flv), APE files and a small number of radio streams broadcasted through the HTTP protocol.

VLC’s interface will be drawn correctly On Windows 8.
includes updates for 18 translations.
added support for Uzbek and Marathi.
Fixed:Bugs preventing the activation of the Gaelic and Thai translations.
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PHP 5.4.5 released

Post last modified:July 21, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.4.5 is now available for download.This release fixes over 30 bugs.What’s new in this release?

Fixes:

Crypt SHA256/512 Segfaults With Malformed Salt
ReflectionMethod random corrupt memory on high concurrent
serialize() generates wrong reference to the object
compile failure: (S) Arguments missing for built-in function __memcmp
Using traits with method aliases appears to result in crash during execution
parse_ini_file() with INI_SCANNER_RAW cuts a value that includes a semi-colon
potential overflow in _php_stream_scandir
information leak in ext exi
php-fpm segfaults (null passed to strstr)
Add process.priority to set nice(2) priorities
when using unix sockets, multiples FPM instances
php-fpm exits with status 0 on some failures to start
Unable to cross-compile PHP with –enable-fpm
php-fpm is not allowed to run as root
php-fpm should not fail with commented ‘user’
FPM drops connection while receiving some binary values in FastCGI requests
fpm don’t send error log to fastcgi clients). (fat) for non-root start
FPM pools can listen on the same address). (fat) can be launched without errors
Erealloc in iconv.c unsafe
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Google acquires Sparrow

Post last modified:July 21, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has acquired iOS and Mac email client Sparrow.according to Sparrow, Sparrow’s developers will now be joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision.Sparrow mail client would continue to be supported and critical bugs and security issues would be patched but but no new features will be added.
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Mozilla Firefox 15 beta 1 released

Post last modified:July 20, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox 15 beta 1 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta version?

Preliminary native PDF support (Aurora/Beta only)
Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
Optimized memory usage for add-ons
JavaScript debugger integrated into developer tools
New layout view added to Inspector
The CSS word-break property has been implemented.
High precision event timer implemented
New responsive design tool allows web developers to switch between desktop and mobile views of sites
Native support for the Opus audio codec added
The source element now supports the media attribute
The audio and video elements now support the played attribute
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Thunderbird 15 Beta released

Post last modified:July 20, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 15 Beta is now available for download and testing. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation. what’s new in this beta version of thunderbird?

Integration of Chat with unified global search
Do Not Track option has been added
New Australis User Interface
Ubuntu One has been added to the list of online storage providers for Filelink
Various fixes and performance improvements
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Maxthon 3.4.2.2000 released

Post last modified:July 20, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Maxthon 3.4.2.2000 is now available for download. What’s new in this version?

Main Frame Fixes:

Side Bar display problem
Focus lose problem of Address Bar

Webkit Core Fixes:

mailto protocol could not invoke mail clients
Sometimes site background images could not display in Night Mode
Sync problem of Quick Access background images
“Save as” dialog box could not remember the type
It might lose cookies when switched the browsing mode in some pages
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Bing adds 215 terabytes of new images

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced in a blog post that it has added a 215 terabytes of new satellite and Global Ortho images to the Bing Maps database. United States and features certain areas in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 230,004 square kilometers and consists of over 1.1 million files.
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Wine 1.5.9 released

Post last modified:July 20, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wine 1.5.9 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.
What’s new in this version?

Support for GPOS font tables in Uniscribe.
Support for XRandr 1.2 and 1.3.
Parser improvements for the HLSL compiler.
More key exchange algorithms supported on Mac OS.
Relay tracing on ARM.
Various bug fixes.
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