Archive for March 20th, 2010
Mar
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“Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine,” or ANGLE for short is a new Google’s open source project – aims to implement most of OpenGL ES 2.0 API over DirectX 9.0c API calls. “We're open-sourcing ANGLE under BSD license as an early work-in-progress, but when complete, it’ll enable browsers like Google Chrome to run WebGL content on Windows
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Mar
20
Opera has seen a massive increased in downloads of its browser following the introduction of the browser ballot 'choice screen' into Microsoft Windows 7. According to three days worth of Opera data, the ballot screen has handed the company a massive boost across Europe – with the UK seeing an 85% increase in downloads
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Mar
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At SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Google launched "the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) for musicians, aka Musicians Wanted. It's just the latest step in the YPP's continual expansion. Musicians and bands on the program get paid when their videos are played, even when they're embedded on other sites. Not everyone can get in on the program;
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Mar
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March 2010 Security Updates available on ECE for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and/or Microsoft Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Feature Pack 2007, Update Rollup 1.0 and Service Pack 3. This month’s security updates can be applied directly to runtime images, and is a cumulative update incorporates all updates from prior months for current year.
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Mar
20
Google announced the list of accepted mentoring organizations for Google Summer of Code 2010. “After reviewing over 365 applications, we finally narrowed to 150 Free and Open Source projects. The accepted projects are now busy adding details about their participation in Google Summer of Code to program website, but you can already
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Mar
20
Yahoo! Search for mobile will now power the mobile search experience on “Telef No Comments » - Posted by DG
Mar
20
The social media bug has bitten Microsoft, as the company look into ways to make social computing services part of business users’ lives with a new pilot program called “OfficeTalk,” ‘applies the base capabilities of microblogging to a business environment, enabling employees to post their thoughts, activities, and potentially valuable information to anyone who might be
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Mar
20
In addition to making it simple to import Facebook email addresses; Yahoo! rolled out an “auto-updating” Address Book! for Yahoo! Contacts. If you share your personal information with friends, next time you change details, Yahoo Contacts will automatically update the info you shared with them previously. The same thing happens with your friends’ details on your
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Mar
20
At MIX10, Microsoft released the developer preview of Internet Explorer 9, and will release updates bringing new code every 2 months until the beta release of IE9. “CSS Corner is about the border-radius property, by far most heavily requested feature of CSS3 Backgrounds & Borders module. “IE9 preview build includes
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Mar
20
Microsoft rolled out an exciting update to “Windows PC Scout” an “interactive guide” designed to help people choose right Windows PC for them based on specific needs or requirements they might have. “Today, we’re taking the interactive experience to a new level by introducing ‘HD Zooming’ powered by Seadragon Tech from Microsoft Live Labs, thus allowing
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Mar
20
If you’re a large enterprise than you probably already using and testing MED-V. However for small operations who may welln’t have MDOP and have compatibility issues with applications from XP to Win7 need a solution. Drum roll please….. welcome Windows XP Mode. Microsoft created a guidance for deploying Windows XP mode in small and midsize businesses.
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Mar
20
Back in January, Google started a program to pay developers who found security vulnerabilities in Chromium and Chromium OS source codes. “As per Mozilla, our base reward for eligible bugs is $500. If the panel finds a particular bug particularly severe or particularly clever, we envisage rewards of $1337. Any security bug may be
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Mar
20
At Google D.C. office, Sunlight Foundation announced its “Public=Online campaign,” is the “rallying cry during this year’s Sunshine Week, an annual event to highlight importance of open government and freedom of information. It’s exciting to see growing support for transparency and to see progress that’s been made in last year alone. Every day, through
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Mar
20
Brad Gosse made a video explaining ‘Google new algorithm updates,’ – “essentially Google has now admitted that they are using twitter results as a part of their link popularity engine.” [Source] No Comments » - Posted by DG
Mar
20
Yahoo! Jellytalks is a monthly speaker series aimed at developers, designers and entrepreneurs. “Each month a relevant speaker attends a Jelly (casual co-working space for collaborative work) and they’re streamed live. Through a Meebo chat in page and a Twitter feed, global audience can ask questions and receive answers by using Twitter hash tag i#jellytalks. Here’s
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Random From The Yahoo! Jellytalks hosts ‘developers, designers and entrepreneurs’
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