CodeWeaver has released a new version of its popular application CrossOver. CrossOver is an application for Linux, Mac OS X using which you can run Windows applications. It is an improved version of Wine, the free software that allows Windows applications to run in Linux. The new version Crossover 9, codenamed “Snow Mallard” brings with it a new and simpler-to-use interface and support for more products.
The new Ubuntu Light theme has the windows control buttons on the left rather than the right, where it traditionally is. This has resulted in many users voicing their opinions how they do not like the change. Mark Shuttleworth has meanwhile said that the buttons on left is here to stay. So, here are two workarounds to get it back to the right:
Microsoft has releases a preview of Internet Explorer 9 at its MIX conference. They did not say it explicitly, but by now it is pretty clear that its new browser will not be supported in Windows Xp.
This is what Internet Explorer general manager Dean Hachamovitch said:
Building a modern browser requires a modern operating system.
At its Mix Conference at Las Vegas, Microsoft gave a preview of what is to come with its next web-browser Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft released the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview, which is a prototype to show how IE9 will handle the current web technologies and the new ones to come.
Arizona Web Design (PrimeView) is a 14 year old website design company that has worked with startups to fortune 500 clients, such as Nissan, National Car Rental and University of Phoenix to build their websites and provide web based solutions. One of PrimeView’s signature projects was taking a large unwieldy 800 page medical college website, and converting it to a leaner dynamic website. The new site, has everything from video interviews, faculty search, to an online medical center.
Canonical introduced a new design for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, which is due for release this April. The new theme introduced a radical change by putting the windows control buttons on the left instead of the right. This has caused quite a controversy with a lot of users demanding that it be put back on the right again.
The Amarok team has announced the release of Amarok 2.3 codenamed “Clear Light”. The new release has a much requested feature – an Equalizer. The equalizer however uses kdelibs 4.4 , so you will have to be running KDE 4.4 for it to work.
As Amarok 2 is largely stable by now, for Amarok 2.3, the developers have focused on some new features for this release – some slightly experimental. The new features include a brand new main toolbar, which has removed the “next” and “previous” buttons and replaced them with the names of the song. Amarok 2.3 also comes with an new and much simpler file browser and a mood-bar.
We have already told you how to install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 in Kubuntu. However, we have not really written anything else about what new features and improvements will come with Amarok 2.3. However, the Amarok team has very conveniently revived the Amarok Insider. So, here is whats new in Amarok 2.3 from their own words as published in the 14th issue of Amarok Insider:
Freenet is a decentralized, censorship-resistant distributed data store. Freenet aims to provide freedom of speech through a peer-to-peer network with strong protection of anonymity. Freenet works by pooling the contributed bandwidth and storage space of member computers to allow users to anonymously publish or retrieve various kinds of information. (via Wikipedia)
In some new builds of Google Chrome a bug has been reported which makes it the browser hang when it is used in KDE but it works fine in GNOME. In Google Chrome, the bugs results in the tab hanging after a page has been loaded. After sometime a pop-up usually comes saying some thing like “Some problem has occurred. Close or reload the page.” The problem happens only in KDE and Google Chrome works fine in GNOME.
How do you improve upon something as good as 3G ? Simple, move on to 4G. Without any doubt,3G was the next best thing in mobile data communication after EDGE/GPRS. I mean with download speeds as high as 7mbps, 3G redefined the way we thought of mobile broadband connectivity. But everything that has a beginning has an end and 3g’s short lived life eventually paved the way for 4g broadband.
With almost every other person making their own websites nowadays, knowledge about the various web site hosting services available today is very important. All the web-hosting services available gives detailed informations about the various plans that they provide. However, considering the sheer number web-hosting services available, it can sometime be a real task trying to decide which service to choose.
In such cases, Web Hosting Geeks can help you out. Web Hosting Geeks is a website which has been giving web hosting reviews, ratings and awards since 2004. In Web Hosting Geek, you can find rating sorted by various categories like Top 10 Web Hosting – which gives an overall rating of the best web hosting provider under $10 a month, Multiple Domain Hosting – which gives a list of the best services which allows you to have multiple domains. They also provide reviews by webmasters as well as users. A very interesting rating list that Web Hosting Geeks provide is the Green Web Hosting, which is for the environmentally conscious.
Choqok is a micro-blogging client for KDE and in my opinion, one of the best at that. Recently, the Choqok team released the first beta towards Choqok 1.0. It has various improvements like:
In this article we will tell you how you can install Choqok 1.0 Beta 1 in (K)Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Paint.NET is a photo editing tool for Windows system – small in size but heavily loaded with features. You can almost term it as the layman’s Photoshop. Although, Paint.NET has support for almost all famous file formats but it cannot handle other file formats such as the PSD (Photoshop Document – Adobe Photoshop’s Native Format). In this article we will tell you how to open or edit Photoshop PSD files in Paint.NET.
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