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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Bing adds adds Facebook Friends Photo feature that lets you easily search and browse your friends photo collections.
Note:Your Facebook friends will only be able to see the photos you have made viewable, and you will only see photos your friends have made viewable, and your photos will never be shared with the public.
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There was a time when the big blue “e” – Internet Explorer – was the gateway to the internet. People had no idea what browsers were, but since then the market for them has simply exploded. Today, there are more…
Thunderbird 15 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
What’s new in this version of thunderbird?
Multi-Channel Chat: You now can enjoy real time conversation with your contacts, right from your favorite messaging application.
Do Not Track: This option has been implemented as an addition to Search the Web.
Ubuntu One is now supported in Filelink – the option to upload large attachments to online storage services.
New User Interface: Thunderbird is replicating the new look and feel of Mozilla Firefox in an effort to provide a similar user experience across all Mozilla software desktop or mobile and all platforms.
Various fixes and performance improvements
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Contact Tab is a free wordpress plugin add a slides out contact form to WordPress site
Main features:
Slides out when tab on left/right of page/post is clicked
Slides in after successful completion of form
Includes three fields- name, email , textbox for message
Captcha to prevent spam (captcha is optional)
Ajax form submit
Appearance of Contact tab such as text color, background color etc can be customized.
Email sent can be forwarded to an additional email address besides the WordPress admin email account.
Social networking buttons
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Mozilla firefox 15 final is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in August 28, 2012
what’s new in this firefox 15?
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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HP has announced that it will refund the $14.99 Windows 8 upgrade price for people who buy selected new Windows 7 PCs from now until February 2, 2013.
Qualifying products:
HP Notebook PC
HP Envy Notebook PC
HP Spectre Notebook PC
Compaq Notebook PC
HP Desktop PC
HP Pavilion Desktop PC
HP ENVY Desktop PC
HP Pavilion AIO PC
HP ENVY AIO PC
HP ENVY TouchSmart AIO PC
Compaq Desktop PC
Note:This offer is only for US and Canadian residents.
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