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Archive for December, 2007
Happy New Year 2008 With Technology Predictions
Dec 31st
Top 5 technology predictions for 2008 from Cnet. Enjoy the video and we wish all of our readers a happy new year 2008.
WordPress 2.3.2 Released
Dec 29th
Wordpress has just released a new version of widely used blogging platform. This is a security release which means there are no significant features added to WordPress, rather, the security of the application has been strengthened. WordPress has released a brief statement regarding the new release and has listed all the changes between version 2.3.1 and 2.3.2
WordPress 2.3.2 release has fixed a previous bug which allowed visitors to see future, draft and scheduled posts in advance. More details about the bug can be found here. For a complete list of bugs fixed in WordPress 2.3.2 go here.
Source: WordPress
Netscape Browser Finally Kicks The Bucket
Dec 29th
Netscape, the once mammoth browser, which roamed the internet freely and widely, has finally been discontinued. AOL has announced that they will stop supporting Netscape browser beginning February 2008. In the heated market of web browsers Netscape could not defend its turf against Internet Explorer and Firefox.
From Nescape Blog … While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have not been successful in gaining market share from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
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AOL’s focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be.
Netscape blog puts everything quite clearly that no more security patches or updates will be provided after February 1st 2008. They advise users to adopt Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Netscape. In fact, Netscape browsers once dominant 90% market share has currently dwindled down to a meager 0.6% A quick look at traffic pouring in to Netscape’s website sums up the trend quite well.
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Source: BBC
Use Wii Controllers To Navigate Virtual Earth
Dec 29th
Are you one of the lucky ones to get a Wii this Christmas? Then stop playing Wii Tennis, Golf, Bowling and try flying through Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D using your Wii remote. Brian Peek from MSDN blogs shows how you can take advantage of this feature. From his blog …
WiiEarth — Wiimote Interface for Virtual Earth
Normally this control is loaded via the web browser and allows interaction with a keyboard, mouse, and Xbox 360 controller. In this article, we will take the Virtual Earth control out of the web browser, use it in a WinForms application, and control it with a Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote).
Video: Wiimote Interface for Virtual Earth
Source: MSDN Blog
Adobe Is Spying On Creative Suite 3 Users
Dec 28th
If you think Adobe is spying on you, you are correct. Adobe is collecting data on How you use Adobe products via a behavioral analytics firm called Omniture. UneasySilence has posted a screenshot of Adobe program trying to connect to the mother-ship.
Omniture has tried to conceal this “user tracking” by using 192.168.112.2O7.net as the server where the program connects to. 192.168.X.X is a private address range which generally indicates your local network behind your home router. This is a very shady technique and Omniture provides an obscure link to opt-out. Adobe could have simply provided a poll to see how the users use the program instead of secretly collecting usage data. Hopefully the publicity will make Adobe change the setting to make it an opt-in feature.
Source: Valleywag
