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Google is shutting down Google buzz, code search, jaiku and some other

Post last modified:October 15, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:

Code Search along with the Code Search API on January 15, 2012.
Google Buzz and the Buzz API in few weeks.
Jaiku will shut down on January 15, 2012.
iGoogle’s social features on January 15, 2012. iGoogle and non-social iGoogle applications, will stay as they are.
The University Research Program for Google Search will close on January 15, 2012.

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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Post last modified:October 14, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) is now available for download. What’s new in ubuntu 11.10?

Dash is now opened by a launcher icon.
improved lenses
new Music Lens
Improved the default Ubuntu themes
14 new HQ photo wallpapers
new login screen called ‘LightDM’
Mozilla Thunderbird replaces Evolution
Deja Dup backup tool
Ubuntu Software Centre version 5.0
new feature multiarch
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Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 (unix & c creator)

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie died on October 8, 2011 at the age of 70 after a prolonged illness (prostate cancer and heart disease). Dennis Ritchie was born September 9, 1941 in Bronxville, New York. He was the principal designer of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system. whose variants — most notably Linux and OS X.
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200 million chrome and 40 million google+ users

Post last modified:October 14, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

In a press release from Google, CEO Larry Page said that “Google+ is now open to everyone and we just passed the 40 million user mark. People are flocking into Google+ at an incredible rate and we are just getting started!”
And the three year old google chrome browser hits the 200 million users. According to Net Applications,in September Total market share of google chrome is 16.20%.

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Google MapsGL

Post last modified:October 14, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google announced a new google maps feature called Google MapsGL. It uses Google’s Web Graphics Library (GL) to bring 3D-like graphics to the browser without additional software. Supported browsers are Chrome 14+ or Firefox Beta with compatible video cards. It lets you swoop into Street View without a plugin and offer better 3D buildings. Visit maps.google.com/gl or visit maps.google.com and click “Try it now”.
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WordPress 3.3 beta 1 released

Post last modified:October 13, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.3 beta 1 is now available for download and testing. WordPress 3.3 is scheduled to be released at the end of November. What’s new in this version of wordpress?

New Media uploader (with Plupload)
Improved admin bar (contains admin pointers)
Fly out admin menus
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Notepad++ 5.9.4 released

Post last modified:October 13, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ is now available for download. Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages and based on the editing component Scintilla. It is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL. What’s new in notepad++ 5.9.4 ?

Two bug fixes for the crash issue.
Added new feature ‘Project Manager’
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iOS 5 released

Post last modified:October 13, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

iOS 5 is now available for download through itunes 10.5
what’s new in iOS 5?

Notification Center -personalized news feed
iMessage -group messaging as well as photo, video, location and contact sharing
Reminders
Deep Twitter Integration-directly tweet from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube or maps,contacts.
open the Camera app directly from the lock screen
Reading List – safari
The iOS calender now has year view

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Mozilla firefox 8 beta 2 released

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 8 beta 2 is now available for download and testing on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. what’s new in this firefox 8 beta 2 ?

Fixed several stability issues
Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
Improved WebSocket support and CSS hyphen
Added support for HTML5 context menus,insertAdjacentHTML,cross-domain textures in WebGL and Twitter to the search bar
Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs
Improved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and <video> elements
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Your Browser Matters

Post last modified:October 12, 2011
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft launched a new website called yourbrowsermatters.org to give users a detailed look at how secure their browser is. This website automatically detects the visitor’s browser and returns a browser security score on a scale of 4 points.

Internet Explorer 9 – 4 points
Firefox 7.0.1 – 2 points
latest Google chrome – 2.5 points
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