December 18th, 2008 by admin
Mozilla team released Firefox version 3.0.5 today.
This release fixes several security vulnerabilities, adds more languages (Bengali, Esperanto, Galicia, Hindi, and Latvian) and no longer includes eula during installation.
Download: http://www.getfirefox.com
December 18th, 2008 by admin
Changelogs
User Interface
Added opera:config > UserPrefs > DoubleclicktoCloseTab to close tabs by double-clicking on them
Mail, News, Chat
Added a thread button in the mail toolbar
Removed Label button from mail toolbar
Reverted the Subject field back to its previous behavior where it is a text field and not a button
Added shortcuts for follow (Ctrl/Cmd-D), ignore (Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-D) and go to thread (D)
Security
Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Red XIII. See our advisory.
HTML parsing flaw can cause Opera to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Alexios Fakos. See our advisory.
Long hostnames in file: URLs can cause execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Vitaly McLain.
Script injection in feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds, as reported by David Bloom.
Built-in XSLT templates can allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.
Fixed an issue that could reveal random data, as reported by Matthew of Hispasec Sistemas. Details will be disclosed at a later date.
SVG images embedded using <img> tags can no longer execute Java or plugin content, suggested by Chris Evans.
Opera now imports .p12 private certificates.
Download: http://www.opera.com/download
December 4th, 2008 by admin
Changelog:
Presto 2.2 Engine
Performance boost
100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
Auto-update
Inline spelling checker
Opera Mail improvements, including rich text composition and delete after X days
Widget Improvements on Linux
What’s New
Below is an overview of the new functionality in Opera 10.0 Alpha 1.
Presto 2.2 Engine
Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 includes Presto 2.2 (Kestrel includes Presto 2.1.1), an updated version of Opera’s Core. Presto 2.2 features numerous new features and loads of bug fixes, such as:
100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
New regular expression engine, which greatly improves performance
Improved CSS performance
Pretty-printing of unstyled XML
Web font support
RGBA and HSLA support
Selectors API support
Auto-update
The long awaited auto-update functionality is here! That’s right, Opera will now update itself as new versions are released. And for those of you who want every single snapshot release just enable the “Download All Snapshots” setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate). Please be aware that if you do so, you will be upgrading to all snapshots - and as you know: snapshots contain the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all. You have been warned
Inline Spelling Checker
Opera now checks your spelling as you write! The inline spelling checker is enabled by default for multi-line edit fields and this Alpha comes with a US English dictionary. Use the context menu of input fields to change the settings, and to correct spelling errors. See the detailed changelog for information about using other dictionaries.
Opera Mail Improvements
Rich Text Composition
Opera Mail can now send rich text messages! You can insert inlined images, styled text, links, custom HTML, and more! You can also forward and redirect rich text messages or reply to them with styled text.
In the account settings select “Prefer HTML formatting” in the outgoing tab so that you can start writing rich text mails by default in our WYSIWYG editor!
Remove from server after X days (POP-only)
This new feature is for our POP users with limited server space. Opera Mail can now remove messages from the server that have been there for X days. Of course you can limit Opera Mail to only remove read messages from the server, and/or only fully downloaded messages, which works great in combination with low-bandwith mode.
Other Changes
When viewing a message, the message subjects are now a text field again instead of a button. We have added also a “Thread” button to the message list toolbar to make some features more visible.
Widget Improvements on Linux/UNIX
We have added experimental support for true transparency for widgets on Linux/UNIX. For this to work you have to have an X Server that provides a 32-bit visual device and a running composite manager. If you start Opera from a terminal it will print this message if it detects a suitable 32-bit visual device: “(experimental) ARGB visual detected: Use ‘-visual 0×6f’ to activate it”.
If you have a composite manager running you can then try it out by starting Opera with: “opera -visual 0×6f” (0×6f may be another number on your machine).
Download: http://snapshot.opera.com
December 2nd, 2008 by admin
If you receive this error message “windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or programs that may be using this drive, and close any open windows with the drive contents showing”, try the following solution.
Step 1: install Unlocker.
Step 2: After installation, right click on the drive you are going to format, and then click “Unlocker” on the menu.
Step 3: A list of processes will be shown. Simply click on Unlock All.
You should be able to format your disk drive by now.
Download: Unlocker
November 26th, 2008 by admin
Safari browser for Leopard, Tiger, and Windows has been updated to version 3.2.1. This update comes only 12 days after 3.2 was released.
Changelog
The only note about the changes is “This update includes stability improvements and is recommended for all Safari users.”
You can download Safari 3.2.1 for OS X using the built-in auto-update mechanism, by running the Apple Software Update tool in Windows or simply download it from Apple’s site.
Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/software/08/11/26/safari-321-update-released
Download: Safari 3.2.1
November 26th, 2008 by admin
Changelog
WordPress 2.6.5
By Ryan Boren. Filed under Development.WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. We recommend everyone upgrade to this release.
The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.
2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.
Note that we are skipping version 2.6.4 and jumping from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds. There is not and never will be a version 2.6.4.
Source: http://wordpress.org/development/
Download: http://wordpress.org/download/
November 25th, 2008 by admin
Opera Mini 4.2 Final was just released which features some great new features and performance improvements. With the release, new promotional video was made as well.
What’s new?
Skins - Personalize Opera Mini by choosing a new colorful skin.
Video - We are working to make video content available on more phones through Opera Mini.
Performance - Opera Mini 4.2 can use our newly established server park in the US. This means significantly faster page page downloads for users in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region.
Sync your Notes
Changes since beta:
Small font now contains Cyrillic
Some language fixes
Bugfixes based on your feedback
Download: http://www.operamini.com/download/
November 20th, 2008 by admin
Failed Hash Check
When you get a hash Check failed on a bittorrent client, it means someone has sent you a corrupted or altered piece of data. Torrent clients like uTorrent, Bitcomet will perform hash check on every piece of data that is uploaded from seeders or leechers to your computer. If that piece of data is mismatched, hash check failed occurs.
Do not worry, your torrent client will stop the changed data from being saved to your harddisk. The piece of data will be downloaded again. Therefore, you do not need to restart your torrent or do anything. If you get several failed hash check from the same ip address, it is likely your torrent client will ban that particular ip address to prevent bandwidth and time wasting. Utorrent will ban the ip address that failed 3 hash checks.
November 17th, 2008 by admin
ASRock has a ploy to sell more of its motherboards: Instant Boot. The BIOS update for select MoBos promises to boot XP or Vista systems 10 times faster than standard PCs — in other words, about 3 to 4 seconds from a full shutdown. ASRock achieves this minor of miracles through manipulation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface that Microsoft manipulates for its sleep and hibernate modes. At the risk of oversimplification, ASRock appears to add the processing baggage to the backend of the shutdown process, essentially rebooting the OS and then dropping it into a suspended state ready to instantly pop on the next time you hit the power button. Pretty smart actually. Here’s the catch: the system you’re using must be limited to a single user account without any password protection — a definite no-no for corporate environments. See what happens when Hugo and George steal Dad’s camcorder after the break.
News : http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/14/asrocks-instant-boot-from-0-to-vista-in-4-seconds/
Official : http://www.asrock.com/feature/instantboot/index.asp
November 16th, 2008 by admin
You can get file hash information easily by installing HashTab. The Hash algorithms supported are MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32.
HashTab description
A windows shell extension which installs a new tab with file hash information
HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called “File Hashes” to the Windows Explorer file properties.
HashTab will allow you to see file hash information.
The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files. Many download sites list the MD5 hash along with the download link.
The HashTab makes it very simple for Windows users to check these hashes on any file on the system without using external tools.
Screenshot of HashTab
HashTab installs a new tab with file hash information and allows you to perform hash comparisons.
What’s new in HashTab 2.1.0:
· Added drag and drop support for comparing files. Once the hash has completed, files can be dragged onto the HashTab. The dropped file will be hashed using the selected hash algorithm and the result is put in the text box and compared. This will make hash comparisons a little easier in some cases.
· Updated translations for German, Japanese, Italian, French.
· Fixed hash settings listbox layout
· Added a “copy all” menu item to copy all hash data to clipboard
· Fixed a problem where you had to hash a file in order to change settings
· Added French translation
· By popular demand, added support for MD2 and MD4 hashes.
· The translation file has been updated for the new UI elements. If you notice untranslated strings in your language, you can help by downloading the translation file, translating the missing strings and sending me the file. Thanks! To update, just download and install as usual. (This is the same file that you download at the top of the page.)
Download: http://beeblebrox.org/
