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NetBSD 5.1.2 Available for Download

NetBSD, a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source OS available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices, is now at version 5.1.2. NetBSD 5.1.2 comes with a lot of changes, but most of them are fixes regarding OpenSSL, BIND, Ker...

11 February 2012
04:36 GMT

GNOME Shell 3.3.5 Available for Download

GNOME Shell, a user interface which provides functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just received a new update and it's now at version 3.3.5. As usual, versions from development branch of GNOME Shell come packed with a lot of updates and feature, and GNOME Shell 3.3.5 is now exception. Here are some ...

9 February 2012
10:47 GMT

Wine 1.4 RC2 is Now in Code Freeze

Wine 1.4 RC2, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. This version is the second release candidate for the Wine 1.4 branch and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Wi...

3 February 2012
04:30 GMT

Ten Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched for Debian 6.0

Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel, that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation.These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2183, CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2898, CVE-2011-3353, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4127, ...

17 January 2012
21:09 GMT

FreeBSD 8.0.3 Fixes NTFS Volume Import

FreeNAS, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, has just reached version 8.0.3, bringing some serious updates. FreeNAS 8.0.3 is a major change and benefits from tons of updates. A complete list can found in the official announcement.Highlights of FreeBSD 8.0.3:· Smaller block and frag sizes f...

5 January 2012
05:54 GMT

Webconverger 10.2 Brings Flash Update

The Webconverger project, an evolution of the hybrid client for deployments in places like offices or Internet cafes where only web applications are used, is now at version 10.2. Webconverger 10.2 comes with some necessary updates, but also with a complete site redesign made by Patric Schwarz.The main change in the W...

20 December 2011
05:20 GMT

Calibre 0.8.30 Brings Fixes for MOBI Conversion

The e-book reader and management software Calibre has been updated to 0.8.30, and this time there are a LOT of changes. Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, announced that version 0.8.30 is now available for download. Usually, updates for Calibre are small in size, but 0.8.30 is rather hefty.The main features and c...

9 December 2011
09:00 GMT

Calibre 0.8.28 Adds Support for iPhone 4S

Calibre, one of the best e-book management software available for the Linux platform, has now reached version 0.8.28. We reviewed Calibre a few weeks ago and we found out that it's an amazing software. One of the great things about this particular application is the number of updates the developers implement, ev...

25 November 2011
10:22 GMT

Download Linux Kernel 3.2 RC3 Now

Linus Torvalds announced that Linux kernel 3.2 RC3 is now available for download and testing as a tar archive, from the kernel.org website. Linux kernel 3.2 RC3 comes with a lot of small changes and a drm update. As expected, the commits are small, but numerous, maybe a little too much for Linus Torvalds' t...

25 November 2011
09:47 GMT

Streamlined Android Updates to Improve the Platform's Security

Google has outlined plans to streamline Android updates in cooperation with carriers and device manufacturers, which will help get security fixes to consumers faster.Google has failed to advertise Android as a secure platform, especially because of the platform's openness which allows users to install apps from ...

10 May 2011
14:49 GMT

Download NVIDIA GeForce Driver Release 266.35 Beta

It's been quite a while (well, a few weeks, actually) since NVIDIA released its latest drivers, but now, the GPU manufacturer ushered in a completely new software series, and although we're talking about a beta release, not a WHQL, the new 265 family of drivers does manage to bring some interesting enhancem...

4 January 2011
14:12 GMT

Download NVIDIA GeForce/ION Release 260.99 WHQL Drivers for Fallout:New Vegas Enhacement

From time to time, NVIDIA brings forth some much needed drivers that will enhance the display capabilities provided by the company's various GPUs, and that's exactly the case right now, with the latest addition to the Release 260 family of drivers being available for download, these latest update also being...

25 October 2010
10:34 GMT

Facebook Chat Added to Messenger in Canada, Australia and 5 More

The new Messenger officially came out of beta yesterday for over 300 million customers worldwide, announced Jeff Kunins, the Group Program Manager, on the Windows Live blog.What will make most people happy is that Facebook chat, one of the new features of the beta version of Messenger, is now available to some 30.1 m...

1 October 2010
04:27 GMT

Google Maps for Mobile Now with NYC Subway Maps

One of the newest features Google has decided to include in its Google Maps for mobile is the New York City subway system. What this means is that the solution now sports “a layer that overlays NYC subway routes on a map,” something that should offer users a simple way to navigate through the subway syste...

7 November 2009
04:41 GMT

Championship Manager 2010 Arrives in September

Beautiful Game Studios is sending word that it plans to get Championship Manager 2010 to gamers in September 2009. Publishing duties for the title are set to be handled by Eidos.One of the biggest new features of Championship Manager 2010 will be the Season Live concept, which basically allows players to update the g...

25 June 2009
16:51 GMT

WinMo 6.5 Might Be Followed by Another WinMo 6.x OS

One of the interesting tidbits that came down the pipe today is connected to the upcoming Windows Mobile releases. We are all waiting to see what the Redmond company has in store for us with the future Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, not to mention that the next-generation platform that is supposed to be the Windows Mobile 7 ...

7 April 2009
10:26 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.5 to Include Over-the-Air Update Feature

Many of us were expecting to see Windows Mobile 6.5 coming around as just another minor cosmetic update of the popular operating system, yet the latest news on the Web shows that we're going to actually see a rather nice-packed software update. And even more reports in this direction are coming down the pipe, th...

28 March 2009
07:11 GMT

Skype to Unveil New Software Versions at MWC

According to the latest news on the Web, Skype is expected to announce the release of new versions for its software applications at the Mobile World Congress next month in Barcelona. It seems that the eBay-owned company recently stated that it would launch “new versions of Skype for various operating systems us...

31 January 2009
06:46 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Receives New Updates

Among all the holiday titles this year, one particular game really stands out from the entire bunch of shooters or Role Playing Games, LittleBigPlanet. Media Molecule's puzzle platformer has promised to deliver gamers a completely innovative experience, in which they can create their own levels, using the tools ...

22 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets Legendary Cars

After a busy 2008, in which it added a variety of new game modes and even motorbikes to its Burnout Paradise title, Criterion is getting ready for another busy year, in which it plans to release four updates for the game. The second of them will be dubbed the Legendary Cars Pack, and will offer players a chance to pl...

10 November 2008
15:41 GMT

Team Fortress 2 Updates Not Coming to the PS3

Valve, through the voice of Gabe Newell, has confirmed that it does not plan to deliver any content patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Team Fortress 2.The videogame, which was initially included in The Orange Box, was launched for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. But the PS3 version of the game was not...

26 September 2008
18:41 GMT

Code Search Updates from Google

Google has always been in the habit of lending a helping hand to programmers in distress. This time around, the Code Search Team has introduced six new features to come in handy to the developers who work with such large bases of code that searching through them becomes an ordeal. The first feature that Dmitry Barash...

12 July 2008
07:34 GMT

Hellgate: London Patch 0.7 Released

The official Hellgate: London website has announced that the 0.7 patch for the action-RPG is now available for players to download. It has a really great changelist, among which, arguably the most important is the chapter regarding memory usage."The instability of the client is something that has embarrassed and bot...

21 December 2007
02:45 GMT

Microsoft Does Not Know Your E-mail Address!

I don't know if you've noticed the recent hullabaloo caused by the Microsoft updates. The company is patching up, which is good, and security experts, such as Sophos and McAfee are advising users to plug the holes to keep anything nasty from happening. So, based on these facts, people are going to bring th...

11 October 2007
06:36 GMT

Apple Plans on Making Unlocked iPhones Useless

Apple will start a race to prevent all SIM unlocks for the iPhone from now on. The company will rather look to make all the hacked devices impossible to use in any network rather than try to bring them back under the support of the original carrier.The iPhone meant a considerably large expense, especially for early a...

20 September 2007
06:57 GMT

Microsoft Redesigns Windows Vista

Microsoft has announced a redesign for Windows Vista Advanced Notification Service and Security Bulletin information. But not only this, because the overhauling of the data infrastructure delivered by the Redmond Company with the Advanced Notification Service (ANS) and the format refresh of the security bulletins wil...

17 May 2007
06:34 GMT

Windows Vista Will No Longer Corrupt iPods

While Apple is still dragging its feet when it comes to delivering support and compatibility for Windows Vista, Microsoft has addressed a problem this month. Concomitantly with the release of iTunes 7.1 at the beginning of March 2007, Apple has warned of potential iPod corruptions with Windows Vista. "Ejecting iPod ...

28 March 2007
03:06 GMT

The Latest Updates Available for Windows Vista

There has been a consistent amount of feedback from Windows Vista users after the operating system's general availability pointing out various functionality issues. Well, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is hammering away at Windows Vista perfecting it. No less than six new updates have been made availab...

28 March 2007
02:51 GMT

Gmail Updates and Alerts Available to Everyone

Google Groups was designed to represent the best alternative to help customers of all the Google products by allowing them to communicate with other users of the services or even with the company's officials. Today, the search giant introduces a new topic created especially for Gmail, the mail solution recently ...

5 March 2007
06:10 GMT


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