Apple updates iPhone SDK to allow VoIP over 3G
Apple has been accused of making VoIP unavailable in its iPhone developer SDK due to pressure from AT&T in the past. However, that seems like an unfair accusation now as they have finally updated the iPhone developer SDK to allow for VoIP over 3G network. VoIP in the iPhone has been a source of controversy… |
How to install Banshee 1.5.3 in Ubuntu 9.10
Banshee is an open-source media player which is available for both Linux and Mac OS X. The latest version of Banshee, Banshee 1.5.3 aka 1.6 Beta 4 was released yesterday. In this article we will show you how to install it in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. The new release brings a lot of new features… |
Mozilla goes against YouTube with HTML5 video codec
You might have already heard about YouTube and Vimeo rolling out support for the new HTML5 video. What many does not know is that the video codec that they are using now is a proprietary one called H.264. You would think that if Google is supporting a format, it would become the standard. Not quite… |
How to install Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.10
Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 today for Linux, Windows and Mac. It will take some time for Firefox 3.6 to come to the Ubuntu repository. So, in this post we will show you how to install Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.10. The method we are going to outline will still keep your previous version of Firefox… |
How to install Nmap 5.20 in Ubuntu [from source]
Nmap 5.20 was released recently with some exciting changes. However, it is not yet available for Ubuntu. In this article, we will show you how you can compile and install Nmap 5.20 from the source code in Ubuntu. To install Nmap 5.20, simply follow the steps given below: |
Nmap 5.20 released with 342 new fingerprints
Nmap, arguably the best network scanning tools available today, got a new release – Nmap 5.20. This is the first stable Nmap release since Nmap 5.0, which was released in July 2009. The new release comes with a lot of new features; most significant among them being the addition of 342 new signatures and the… |
How to install GNOME Activity Journal in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
The GNOME Activity Journal is a tool to easily find and access files and other resources in your computer. It was previously known as Zeitgeist. While the early release supports basic file management activities. It is expected to develop into a much more capable tool because of its underlying framework. In this post we will… |
Skype 2.1 Beta 2 released for Linux
The second beta of Skype 2.1 has been now released with a lot of improvements aimed at bringing the Linux client closer to that in Windows and Mac has to offer. This release fixes a lot of stability issues and also brings a lot of UI improvements. Chats are faster, styles can be switched on… |