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kai_hiwatari writes:
At the Inside Search event being held at San Francisco, Google has announced a new addition to its search features — Search by Image. The Search by Image feature is something like Google’s image search application for mobile devices – Google Goggles — but for the desktop.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Mozilla Labs has introduced its concept of a desktop replacement called Webian Shell. The Webian Shell basically consist of a browser which will replace the traditional desktop, and where the web applications are given more importance than the native applications. Right now, the prototype of the Webian Shell is nothing more than a full screen browser with a dock which holds the tabs and the clock.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
In what can be termed as one of the most disastrous online incidents, hackers have managed to get pass the "whatsoever security" implemented by India's leading payment gateway — CCAvenue. It is being said that the hack has been made possible by "Hidden SQL Injection".
Here is what all the hackers have laid their hands on:
- All administrative passwords at CCAvenue
- list of databases
- some information on tables within the databases
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orion writes:
There is no doubt about Mark Shuttleworth's aim for Ubuntu (see Bug #1), but this should come as a pleasant surprise to many – Canonical is launching a Ubuntu Developer Portal. This shows that Canonical is planning to market Ubuntu as a viable platform for application developers. They already have the Ubuntu Software Center, which supports paid applications from Ubuntu 10.10, as a platform to sell the applications.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
If you try to use Sandy Bridge under Linux, it is simply broken. We tried to test an Intel DH67BL (Bearup Lake) with 2GB of Kingston HyperX DDR3, an Intel 32GB SLC SSD, and a ThermalTake Toughpower 550W PSU. At first we tried to install vanilla Ubuntu 10.10/AMD64 from a Kingston Datatraveler Ultimate 32GB USB3 stick. The idea was that it would speed things up significantly on install.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Today the Symbian Foundation announced that they will be shutting down the websites. The Foundation will now be responsible for licensing software and other intellectual property, such as the Symbian trademark. The development of Symbian will now be taken over by Nokia.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
With new cool hacks for Kinect coming up every other day, Microsoft has taken an u-turn from their earlier decision. Around two week ago when Adafruit announced a bounty for developing an open-source driver for the Kinect, Microsoft made it clear that they condone it.
Now Microsoft seem to have realized the potential of their device and has made an u-turn. Alex Kipman, Xbox Director of Incubation, now says that they left the Kinect open by design.
This is what Alex Kipman said:
"What has happened is someone wrote an open-source driver for PCs that essentially opens the USB connection, which we didn’t protect, by design, and reads the inputs from the sensor."
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Excerpt:
"Now Oracle's lawsuit threatens to undo all the good will that has been built up in the years since. Programmers will justifiably steer clear of Java when they stand to be sued if they use it in some way that Oracle doesn't like. One of the great benefits of free software is that it allows programs to be combined in ways that none of the original developers would've anticipated, to create something new and exciting. Oracle is signaling to the world that they intend to limit everyone's ability to do this with Java, and that's unjustifiable.
Oracle once claimed that it only sought software patents for defensive purposes. Now it is using them to proactively attack free software. It's not the first company to make this about-face, and unfortunately it probably won't be the last."
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Canonical planned on introducing Btrfs support in the upcoming Ubuntu release, i.e. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. They even said that it might be the default filesystem in Maverick. However, according to a recent update in the Ubuntu Btrfs Support blueprints, Btrfs will not make it to Maverick, instead it will most likely come in Ubuntu 11.04, which is scheduled for release in April 2011.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Jolicloud 1.0, a Linux based OS for netbooks, was launched a few days back. In this new release, the developers have completely replaced the old interface based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix in favor of a new one based on HTML5. Jolicloud 1.0 also features a new syncing feature using which you can sync installed applications across all your systems running on Jolicloud. Other interesting features includes new app center, social stream etc.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Mozilla has discovered a Firefox add-on that steals the user passwords and send them to a remote location. The add-on is called "Mozilla Sniffer" and has been downloaded around 1800 times. After its discovery it has been removed and put in the blocklist. The add-on was in the experimental section so users are warned that it has not been reviewed when they download it.
This incident, along with the Google Chrome extension that steals user details, only goes on to show that whatever they might have done to make the browser secure, the biggest factor is still the user knowledge.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
According to Digitizor, "Indian ISP Sify Technologies is planning to leverage its already existing 1200+ cyber cafes to offer a suite of cloud computing applications aimed at users who do not own computers or have internet access at home. The service is branded as “Sify mylife”."
Sify is also planning to offer commonly used applications such as word processors, spreadsheet etc. in a SaaS model. For the vast majority of the people in India who do not own a computer, this seems like a good move.
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, has just updated its site design to a new cleaner and more appealing design. Not only that, they have introduced a lot of new features designed to make editing and navigation easier.This is the first major initiative between the Wikimedia Foundation and its millions of volunteers on the usability front for Wikipedia. However, they have already been rolling out new design and features in Wikinews and Wikimedia Commons for about a year.
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rubyonrailsuser writes:
Today when I tried to access the Ruby on Rails website, all I saw was a page full of ads. I googled it and saw this article which says it might have been hacked or the domain might have expired. Anybody have any idea if it has been hacked or not?
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kai_hiwatari writes:
Sometime back Canonical decided to change the default search in Firefox that comes Ubuntu 10.04 to Yahoo! from Google. In a surprising turn-around, Canonical have decided to ditch Yahoo! for Google. Rick Spencer from Canonical announced that Google will now be the default Firefox search in Ubuntu 10.04, not Yahoo! as was previously decided.
This flip-flop by Canonical between Yahoo! and Google raises the question if there is some sort of bidding going on behind the scene or if it has anything to do with the partnership that Yahoo! entered into with Microsoft earlier.
