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Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2 Released

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this alpha version?

3.5.0-2.2 Ubuntu kernel which was based on the v3.5-rc4 upstream Linux kernel
Python 3.0
e2fsprogs updated to 1.42.4
mdadm updated to 3.2.5
autofs updated to 2012-06-01 from 5.0.6 release tag
btrfs-tools update to 2012-03-28
current Firefox beta version
Thunderbird upated to the the current beta channel version
GTK updated to 3.5 series
Xorg stack updated
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310 million active Google Chrome users

Post last modified:October 2, 2019
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google announced in San Francisco today, at his annual Google I/O developer conference that the four year old browser google chrome now has 310 million active users worldwide. Google’s Sundar Pichai said that Chrome is now the most popular browser…

Sentry Vision Security

Post last modified:June 29, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Sentry Vision Security is a free webcam security and surveillance software for windows.It turns a webcam into a complete home security system.

Main features:

Motion detection
Motion alerts (text msg, and E-mail)
Motion alarm
Hidden mode
Auto startup on Windows login
Time stamp
Multiple Camera support
Saves recordings as WMV video files
Records audio from microphone
Webcam broadcast (View/Control your webcam online. Smart phone compatible)
Remote control with simple text msg or E-mail commands
Scheduler to turn on/off Sentry Vision features at specified times
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WordPress 3.4.1 released

Post last modified:June 28, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.4.1 is now available for download.This is a maintenance release and addresses 18 bugs.

Fixes an issue where a theme’s page templates were sometimes not detected.
Addresses problems with some category permalink structures.
Better handling for plugins or themes loading JavaScript incorrectly.
Adds early support for uploading images on iOS 6 devices.
Allows for a technique commonly used by plugins to detect a network-wide activation.
Better compatibility with servers running certain versions of PHP (5.2.4, 5.4) or with uncommon setups (safe mode, open_basedir), which had caused warnings or in some cases prevented emails from being sent.

And security fixes.
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Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Post last modified:June 28, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has announced Android 4.1 at Google I/O.Google will make Jelly Bean available for the Motorola Xoom, Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S in mid-July.

Some new features of the Jelly Bean:

Project Butter- to improve the overall speed and performance of the mobile operating system.
offline speech recognition
camera app improvements
search cards
enhanced Widget organization -automatic repositioning and resizing
new keyboard
Notifications can now be interactive
Google Now

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1 million Android device activations per day

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google revealed that 400 million Android devices have been activated since it launched and now up to 1 million Android hardware activations per day.Note that just 100 million Android devices and 500,000 activations per day a year ago. Some other notes

There have been 20 billion app installs across Google Play.
There are now 600,000 games and apps available on Google Play.
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250 million Google+ accounts

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google revealed in the Google I/O developer conference that Google+ now has over 250 million accounts and only about 150 million of those accounts are currently active.More users access Google+ on their mobile device than through a desktop computer and the average Google+ user spends 12 minutes a day “in stream”, up from 9 minutes just a few months ago.
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Microsoft Office 365 for education launched

Post last modified:June 28, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft officially announced Officer 365 for education and it is now available for K-12 and college students and faculty members for free.Office 365 for education offers Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote — and combines it with Microsoft Lync, SharePoint.

Main features:

shared workspaces
synchronized notebooks
instant messaging
audio- and videoconferencing
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Automated daily security updates in OS X Mountain Lion

Post last modified:June 28, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Apple added a new automated security update tool in the latest update to its OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview operating system.This new security Update tool automatically check for updates daily to ensure the operating system has the latest security patches and it will do all of this without any user interaction.

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Firefox for Android

Post last modified:June 27, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla has released a major update of the Firefox web browser for Android.What’s new in this release?

Faster start-up and page load times
Support for Adobe Flash
The user interface has been completely re-designed with a new Awesome Screen
New personalized Start Page with top sites and tabs from last time
Better text readability through font size inflation
Tap-to-play is default for plugins
Google searches now utilize HTTPS
New panning/zooming architecture implemented for better touch responsiveness
Top Sites, Bookmarks, and History are now even more accessible from the Awesome Bar
Pointer Lock API implemented
New API to prevent your display from sleeping
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
FIXED:Reloading a page increases the zoom level
FIXED:Blinking characters in form fields
FIXED:Your previous tab session may not be re-opened on launch in some instances
FIXED:Some text may appear too large
FIXED:Opening links from external apps may not open properly
FIXED:Full screen does not work correctly on Flash video
FIXED:Holding the Galaxy Note’s stylus close to the phone dismisses the virtual keyboard on the Awesome Screen
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