Google have announced the latest stable version (19) of their browser, (announcement here). The latest update comes with various security holes fixes, mentioned here, 7 of which were high severity. But more importantly is the cool new feature of tab syncing. This allows the user to open a browser on one device and see the [...]
The GIMP project have today announced that version 2.8 of their software was released, with this version there seems to be a large number of major features introduced – many of which have been long-awaited: Layer groups On-canvas text editing Advanced brush dynamics Single-window mode more here: http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html Also recently announced was the fact that the [...]
The lightweight distro ArchBang has just released its latest incarnation. Based upon rolling distro Arch, it aims to provide a simple, fast and stable environment (or so the wallpaper tells us). The main difference between the upstream Arch and ArchBang is the openbox window manager, making this an uber-lightweight distro. [...]
Echostar Europe have today launched their much anticipated Ultra Slim PVR, weighing in at under 2 pounds and only 14mm thick. Being a million miles from last years behemoth HDS-600, the device features Freeview+HD giving access to around 50 digital channels plus 4 in HD. Usual PVR functions of time-shifting [...]
According to a post on the wayland-devel mailing list the up and coming Wayland X server has seen its first proper release. The version 0.85.0 release gives the community to see now what the X fork/replacement is to bring to the desktop GUI environment. Version 1 is set to be released later in the year. [...]
Jared Smith is stepping down from the role of project leader with the Fedora Project, taking over this role will be Robyn Bergeron. Interestingly another female lead in the technology industry, 2012 definitely seems to be the year for it… And I must admit, its a nice change! You can read the announcement here: Change [...]