Mozilla Labs has a new in-browser gaming project. (Credit: Mozilla) Computer games have played an important role in advancing the state of the art for computing, and now Mozilla hopes to draw upon gaming to advance browser application development. The Firefox backer launched the new Mozilla Labs Gaming project Tuesday with the goal of encouraging programmers to use a host of new browser and Web technologies
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Mozilla: Now is the time for browser-based games
Mozilla released two new versions of its browser on Tuesday, Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12 , to close 10 critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help Web site operators block a risk called clickjacking. Firefox 3.6.9 is also available from CNET Download.com for Windows , Mac , and Linux Critical vulnerabilities can let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on a computer. With Web browsers becoming both more important and more powerful, browser makers must constantly watch for new attack possibilities
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Mozilla fixes Firefox holes, curtails clickjacking
Norton Power Eraser is a new tool from Symantec that the company says is the home user’s last, best hope for eradicating an aggressive malware infection. Power Eraser is free, and one component of the update to Norton Internet Security 2011 and Norton AntiVirus 2011 . The new Reputation scan, seen here in the Norton 2011 beta, allows you to focus your security scan solely on the “reputations” of existing files on your system, as compared to other Norton users.
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Norton’s new Power Eraser goes free
Trend Micro redone security suites for 2011 introduce new names for their products and a new emphasis on cloud-based protection. Trend Micro Antivirus+ , Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security , and Trend Micro Maximum Security include the overhauled cloud-based Smart Protection Network proprietary engine to protect against viruses, malware, phishing attacks, and other threats. The suites are notable for the heavy reliance on cloud-based technology and Trend Micro’s emphasis on its Smart Scan tech
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Trend Micro bets on the cloud
Documents To Go got its start on Palm and is in a pitched battle with rival Quickoffice on iPhone. (Credit: Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) We heard the rumor on Friday that BlackBerry-maker RIM snapped up Data Viz , makers of the popular productivity app Documents To Go , but it wasn’t until Tuesday that RIM confirmed the purchase to CNET with a statement: RIM has acquired some of the assets of DataViz and hired the majority of its employees to focus on supporting the BlackBerry platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the transaction was not material to RIM in the context of RIM’s financial results.
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BlackBerry maker RIM buys Documents To Go’s Data Viz
The fifth Firefox 4 beta makes some small feature changes to the in-development browser, bringing a new audio API to the table, revamping its menu, and turning on hardware acceleration by default. Available for Windows , Mac , and Linux , Firefox 4 beta 5 continues Mozilla’s new beta release schedule, marked by more frequent releases and smaller feature revisions per update. The most visual change to the beta is the redone menu in the Windows version, which returns a lot of functionality that had been missing from the menu in previous betas
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I’m Aaron Smith, and I’m the product manager for CNET Downloads. Today I get the pleasure of writing about something that the CNET team built — a brand new software product called CNET TechTracker Plus. This is an upgrade from CNET TechTracker, our free application that keeps software up-to-date.
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Introducing CNET TechTracker Plus
If you are aware of mobile voip, then its is very likely that you have used Fring in your mobile phone to make voip calls. Skype and Fring the two big voip provider with Fring having a good hold on mobile voip market. Fring has been very popular for making..
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Fring : Cheap Voip International Calls Phone Calls
The latest version of Intuit’s small business accounting software, QuickBooks 2011, focuses on the fact that time is money for entrepreneurs. With that in mind, the update offers a host of new features aimed at streamlining important accounting tasks. Namely, QuickBooks 2011 hopes to make invoicing and collecting payments even faster and easier than before.
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QuickBooks update offers greater efficiency
This week saw the Government taking initiative to launch a heritage sites portal for the Father of the Nation. Also, MHRD partnered with HCL to roll out the $35 laptops. On the international front, Apple announced the launch for Ping, a music based cosial networking website, while Sony launched Qriocity to compete with iTunes.
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WWW: WAT Weekly WrapUp 29th August – 5th September 2010
I teach high school. I love all of high school, including high school sports, and including the fun that students have at Friday night (or Thursday night this week for us) football. So I understand the intent of the following headline in The Denver Post
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Dear Denver Post – You’re the Disappointment
Just received an email from Skype about their recent updates. Now you can use Skype to make group video calls with up to 10 people – letting you bring even more of your family, friends or business together, even if you’re cities or continents apart. Note..
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Skype Update : Group Video calls to 10 people
Headline: Slightly insane Finn decides to drive all over the Nordic countries looking for startups. “The Travelling Salesman” aka Kristoffer Lawson, Co-Founder of Scred.com, is setting out on expedition through every single Nordic city with a computer science department and a startup scene. So that’ll be over 30 cities, over 10000 km of continuous driving, through 5 countries in temperatures as low as -30C and in almost total darkness much of the time
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Startups in a cold climate: Finn plans Nordic startup tour. In Winter. In a car.
It has been an extremely exciting week again for tech news and moreover for me personally as I got a chance to open up my Sony Dash and it is a very cool addition to my desktop as it allows me to view my photos and take advantage of widgets of all kinds which among other thinks allow me to see the pandas at the San Diego Zoo. This handy gadget has a slew of communications, social networking and calendar features as well but for now, I just want to see the pandas.
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Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Google and ITEXPO News September 1, 2010
The iTunes-for-apps , Allmyapps , has just announced its first round of funding with French VC fund, Elaia Partners – the same firm that has backed French all-stars like Goom Radio , Goojet and Criteo . With 1 million in the bank, the Paris-based company founded in June 2009 plans to focus on product development and emerge as the leading Microsoft-dedicated app store. Just so happens that Allmyapps, founded by Thibauld Favre and Arnaud Coulondre , is also the company that won the startup pitch competition at TechCrunch Paris in March.
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Allmyapps grabs 1 million euros for iTunes-for-apps
So my Algebra blogging has been taking up what little “extra” blogging time I have, but here’s the summary of the first week of Algebra: I’m rusty. So far I’ve over-planned (or underestimated the amount of time things take, depending on your perspective) every day. I guess the good news is that I don’t think I’ve done any irreparable harm to my students
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Transparent Algebra: First Week
The following article is by Tim Lapetino, a principal at brand design firm Hexanine . —— For designers, it’s never enough to merely follow the design brief a client gives you. In identity design, we view our projects as opportunities to dig deep, mining the best parts of an organization to get at the heart of what makes each client unique
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The art of interviewing your client
Another example reading for you, this one for Jennifer Louden, whom I just introduced . I’m reading for as many of the Festival of Change speakers before the event as would like to be read for – obviously, not everyone has something share-able going on that calls for a reading. But Jen does… she’s moved by a strong sense that change wants to happen, that her work wants to move or evolve and something different wants to emerge, but she’s not clear or confident about its shape
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A reading for Jennifer
So I’ve been writing about my planning and thought processes as I get ready to teach Algebra for the first time in a long time. With students starting on Monday, I thought it was time to move that over to Transparent Algebra . I hope to find time to regularly reflect there, but we’ll see.
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Transparent Algebra: The Blog
India could go after Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Skype in addition to Research in Motion LTD (TSE:RIM), Reuters reported today. Following the potential crackdown on Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry, India said it will go after any company in its effort to keep its mobile phone market safe from cyber spying and millitants, Reuters reported.
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Month of July This month the world saw the Microsoft Windows LNK shortcut flaw bring a smile to black hat hackers running Stuxnet, Chymine, Vobfus, Sality and Zeus, as they quickly updated their malware to leverage the vulnerability.
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This Month in the Threat Webscape – July 2010
Motorola has brought Android fans a sibling of its successful Motorola DROID released last year. The new Motorola DROID X , a slimmed-down successor without a slide-out keyboard but a giant screen, a better camera and enhanced multimedia capabilities, is now available in the U.S. through Verizon Wireless
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Motorola DROID X – The New King of Android’s Lineup
Skype has once again some news for all the people making voip calls to India. Skype has again reduced its calling rates to India offering a cheaper voip plan. The news is official with a post on Skype voip blog and the rates are also updated on Skype website….
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Skype reduces call rates to India
(Credit: Microsoft) As planned , Microsoft released a fix on Monday for a critical Windows vulnerability that was being exploited by a fast-spreading virus and other malware. The software patch fixes the way Windows Shell handles shortcut files, which are links to a file represented by an icon and implemented with the .lnk extension.
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Microsoft plugs Windows shortcut hole
“Yertle the Turtle” is arguably the best book ever written on the subject of turtle-stacking. (Credit: Oceanhouse Media) A few months back I told you about five amazing iPad e-books for kids , noting that Apple’s tablet is arguably the single best platform for reading (and, thanks to various interactive features, experiencing) children’s books. App developers and book publishers seem to agree, as the App Store is now home to dozens, if not hundreds, of kid-friendly e-books.
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iPad e-books for children: Five more amazing titles
What do you do when your Hulu and Netflix streaming iPhone app remains in Apple’s App Store purgatory a little too long? You do just what Steve Jobs encouraged developers to do before there was even an App Store–you make your app in Safari instead. That’s just what PlayOn has done.
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PlayOn skips App Store, uses Safari for streaming
In less than a year on the market, Windows 7 is now being used more than predecessor Windows Vista, according to market researcher Netmarketshare. For July, Windows 7 was used on 14.46 percent of devices accessing the Internet, compared with Windows Vista’s 14.34 percent, marking the first time the newer version surpassed its predecessor. Microsoft has said that 175 million copies of Windows 7 have been purchased since the product was released last fall
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Windows 7 passes Vista in usage
Microsoft on Monday announced pricing and availability for its Office for Mac 2011 software suite. The version of the Office suite for users of Apple’s Mac computers is scheduled for release via retail outlets at the end of October, in two editions: Office for Mac Home and Business 2011, and Office for Mac Home and Student 2011. “For better alignment across platforms,” Microsoft said in a statement, “the Office 2011 pricing and edition options map closer with Office for the Windows operating system.” The software titan also said that anyone buying Office 2008 for Mac between August 1 and November 30 will be able to upgrade without an additional charge.
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Microsoft details Office for Mac 2011 release
We all know how much mobiles have progressed since its inception. Thanks to all the mobile applications, these days you can do pretty much anything through your mobile from getting answers to questions on your mobile to banking . So what part will the mobile phone play in the digital revolution
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Mobile Phones Will Lead The Digital Revolution In India
LAS VEGAS–A new JavaScript engine, HTML5, tabs on top, and a new add-on framework are not the only improvements that users can expect in Firefox 4. At Black Hat on Wednesday, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices
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Tighter security coming in Firefox 4