VirtualBox 4.1.18 released

VirtualBox 4.1.18 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release.What’s new in this release?

VMM: fixed VERR_REM_VIRTUAL_CPU_ERROR under rare conditions after the guest has been reset
VMM: fixed host freezes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit Linux hosts
VRDP: added a workaround for rdesktop clients not properly updating the screen size when minimized
AHCI: fixed a rare bug which can cause a guest memory corruption after the guest storage controler has been reset
NAT: another attempt to fix crashes under rare conditions
Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running Leopard / Snow Leopard
Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with device driver unloading on kernels 3.2.18 and newer due to an invalid reference counter
Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.5-rc1 fixes
Linux Additions: the guest content was sometimes not properly updated
Solaris Additions: installer fix for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12
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How to install Skype 4.0 on ubuntu 12.04

  • Post last modified:June 20, 2012
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What’s new in skype 4.0

1.Go to skype for linux download page and download the deb package file for ubuntu (32-bit or 64-bit).

2.Double click the downloaded .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.

4.After the successful installation,click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type skype in the search field.And click Skype to open.

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Google detect 9500 new malicious websites every day

Google announced that it finds an average of 9500 new malicious sites every day.

Some important points from google blog:

Google protect 600 million users through built-in protection for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
Find about 9,500 new malicious websites every day.
12-14 million Google Search queries per day show the google security warning.
Google provide malware warnings for about 300 thousand downloads per day.
send thousands of notifications daily to webmasters.
also send thousands of notifications daily to Internet Service Providers.
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Maxthon 3.4.1.1000 released

Maxthon 3.4.1.1000 is now available for download.What’s new in this version?

Improved the layout of Quick Access
Supported playing .flv files
Supported HTML5 datalist
Updated JavaScript engine
Added right-click menu into Side Bar extensions
Added search suggestion into Search Bar
Proxy white list
“Always use Ultra Mode” option
Added “Don’t track me” option
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Microsoft Announces Surface – Windows 8/RT tablets

Microsoft has announced Surface,  windows 8 pro and windows RT based tablets at the company’s Los Angeles press event by the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet features:

Os:Windows RT
10.6″ cleartype display
micro SD,USB2.0,micro HD video,2×2 MIMO antenna
VaporMg Case and stand
Touch cover and Type cover
32 GB and 64GB editions
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PHP 5.4.4 released

PHP 5.4.4 is now available for download.The release fixes multiple security issues (over 30 bugs).

Implemented FR -Need CLI web-server support for files with .htm & svg extensions
Improved performance while sending error page
Fixed functions related to current script failed when chdir() in cli sapi
Fixed missing bound check in iptcparse()
Fixed CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE ” raises open_basedir restriction
Fixed json_encode() incorrectly truncates/discards information
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XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 8 released

XAMPP 1.8.0 Beta 8 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

Windows:
Apache (2.4.2)
MySQL (5.5.25)
PHP (5.4.4)
phpMyAdmin (3.5.1)
OpenSSL (1.0.1c)
XAMPP Control Panel (3.0.12)
Strawberry Perl (5.16.0.1 portable)
Added msvcr100.dll
Linux:
Apache (2.4.2)
MySQL (5.5.25)
PHP (5.4.4)
phpMyAdmin (3.5.1)
OpenSSL (1.0.1c)
Perl (5.14.2)
ProFTPD (1.3.4a)
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