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Submission + - Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME for Xfce (digitizor.com)

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kai_hiwatari

on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @08:09PM

kai_hiwatari writes: "In Google+, Torvalds wrote criticized the direction that GNOME has taken with GNOME 3. He called GNOME 3 an "unholy mess" and said that the user experience in GNOME 3 is unacceptable. He said that because of GNOME 3, he has ditched GNOME for Xfce. He said that Xfce is a step down from GNOME 2 — but a huge step up from GNOME 3."

Comment Part of Google's defence (Score 5, Informative) 204

by kai_hiwatari on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @07:05AM (#36881600) Attached to: Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android

Google has already submitted the said blog post as part of its defense http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2010cv03561/231846/103/0.pdf (Exhibit M) So, this is not a new development and unlikely to change anything.

Submission + - Boot to Gecko – Mozilla's Web-Based OS (digitizor.com)

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kai_hiwatari

on Monday July 25, 2011 @06:42PM

kai_hiwatari writes: "Mozilla has launched a new project called “Boot to Gecko”. The aim of this project is to develop a complete operating system for the open web. Unlike Google’s version of a web-based OS – the Chrome OS – Mozilla’s version is not aimed at netbooks. With Boot to Gecko, Mozilla is aiming for smartphones – and Android forms a part of their plan."

Submission + - Google to discontinue Google Labs (digitizor.com)

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kai_hiwatari

on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @04:16PM

kai_hiwatari writes: "Today, Google has announced that they are closing down Google Labs. They say that this will help them prioritize their product effort. Google says that closing Google Labs means ending many of their experiments. However, not every experiment will be gone. Google will be incorporating the Labs experiments they have decided to continue in other product areas. Android apps such as Google Goggles, Google Listen etc. will continue to be available in the Android Market."

Submission + - 8% of Android Apps Are Leaking Private Information (digitizor.com) 1

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on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @03:42PM

kai_hiwatari writes: "Neil Daswani, who is also the CTO of security firm Dasient, says that they have studied around 10,000 Android apps and have found that 800 of them are leaking private information of the user to an unauthorized server. Neil Daswani is scheduled to present the full findings at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas which starts on July 30th. The Dasient researchers also found out that 11 of the apps they have examined are sending unwanted SMS messages."

Comment How long till Facebook break it? (Score 0) 71

by kai_hiwatari on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:02AM (#36810342) Attached to: Chrome Extension Adds Facebook, Twitter To Google+

I give it 24 hours before Facebook does something to break it.

Submission + - Adobe released 64-bit Flash for Linux (digitizor.com) 1

Submitted by kai_hiwatari on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @08:05PM

kai_hiwatari writes: Adobe has been taking quite a bashing from Linux supporters of late. First, there was the issue of them dropping AIR for Linux and then came the bashing because of the lack of updates on the experimental 64-bit Flash for Linux.

Well, guess what! They have just released Flash 11 and it includes native 64-bit support for Linux as well. When they discontinued their experimental 64-bit Flash earlier this year, Adobe promised to release a 64-bit version of Flash for Linux when they release the next major version. They have kept that promise.

Comment Re:Didn't quit (Score 4, Informative) 284

by kai_hiwatari on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @10:13AM (#36748204) Attached to: Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns

Yes, his profile is still visible at https://plus.google.com/104560124403688998123/about . Only the details like number of followers, followings etc has been made private.

Comment Re:But.. (Score 5, Informative) 107

by kai_hiwatari on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @02:11PM (#36737596) Attached to: Chris Dibona On Free Software and Google

He is the Open Source Manager at Google. Former Slashdot editor, I think.

Comment Do not make much sense right now (Score 1) 441

by kai_hiwatari on Monday July 11, 2011 @09:32AM (#36719504) Attached to: Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5

Firefox 8 is not even in the alpha. It will change a lot by the time it reached the users. So, i think there is no point in statements such as "Firefox 8 is 20% faster than firefox 5".

Comment Re:Well (Score 5, Informative) 127

by kai_hiwatari on Sunday July 10, 2011 @06:19PM (#36714840) Attached to: Google Blocks co.cc From Search Results

.co.cc is not an officially recognized second level domain. It is just sub-domains given out by a Korean company that owns the domain http://co.cc/ So, Google is actually removing just one domain with 11 million sub-domains. (source http://digitizor.com/2011/07/06/google-removes-cc-domains/ )

Comment Re:Hey, cool! (Score 2) 64

by kai_hiwatari on Saturday July 09, 2011 @06:27PM (#36707708) Attached to: Google: Orkut Will Co-Exist With Google+

Not in India anymore. I do not know anyone who still uses orkut. Everyone has moved to Facebook.

Submission + - Ubuntu 11.10 & 11.04 To Support Apple AirPrint (digitizor.com)

Submitted by kai_hiwatari on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @07:49AM

kai_hiwatari writes: According to an email in the Ubuntu-Devel mailing list, this feature is now available for Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” and Ubutnu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" as well — although it is in the testing phase for now. Developer Till Kamppeter sent an email to the mailing list inviting testers to test out his patch that enables AirPrint in Ubuntu.

Comment Re:So long as aptitude is still there I don't care (Score 1) 360

by kai_hiwatari on Thursday June 23, 2011 @07:05PM (#36548566) Attached to: Synaptic Dropped From Ubuntu 11.10

Aptitude hasn't been a part of the default installation since Ubuntu 10.10. http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/aptitude-removed-from-ubuntu-1010.html

Submission + - Google Chrome To Have Real-Time Communications (digitizor.com)

Submitted by kai_hiwatari on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @10:28AM

kai_hiwatari writes: Last month, Google released an open-source project called WebRTC which aims to enables Real-Time Communications capabilities in the web browsers through simple JavaScript APIs. Now, they have taken the first step towards having WebRTC built into Chrome.
With WebRTC, developers will be able to build voice and video applications using nothing more than HTML and JavaScript. This is a powerful technology which can challenge services like Skype.

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