Monthly Archives: October 2007

Walmart to sell Linux PC using Ubuntu derivative

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Arun

Walmart is planning to sell $199 Linux PC called the “Green gPC” that is made by Everex of Taiwan, costs $199 and runs Linux. It will be available in about 600 stores, as well as online. The variant of Linux … Continue reading →

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KDE 4.0 Beta 4 released

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Arun

KDE team has released their 4th beta version of KDE 4.0. This beta version contains tons of bug fixes. Some minor features were added. Source: KDE. Technorati Tags: KDE 4.0

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Propeller (Netscape) spreading spam?

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Arun

I have subscribed to Propeller (Netscape) news feeds for sometime now. Some of those news items are spammed, I believe. When you click on the news item, it’ll open a new tab or window and ask you install activex and … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Messsenger 9 beta released for Windows

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Arun

Yahoo has released beta version of Yahoo Messenger 9. This version has a new theme and look. Here are some of the changes in Yahoo Messenger 9, other than the theme: You can expand the contact list to see the … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.3.1 released

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Arun

WordPress 2.3.1 was released few hours back. I have already blogged about the canges in 2.3.1 when RC was released. This release includes a security fix for XSS problem that can be exploited if your php setup has register_globals enabled.

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USB not working with Virtualbox in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Arun

I first installed Virtualbox OSE (Open Source Edition) from Ubuntu repo. I didn’t see any option to load USB devices in the settings. The OSE version was 1.5 whereas the current Virtualbox version is 1.5.2. I thought, may be the … Continue reading →

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Lightning and Sunbird 0.7 released

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Arun

The Mozilla calendar team  has released Lightning and Sunbird 0.7 today. According to the calendar weblog, the notable improvements are: It is now much easier to switch between the mail and calendar parts of Thunderbird thanks to a user interface … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.3.1 Release Candidate 1 available

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Arun

WordPress has released the 1st release candidate for WordPress 2.3.1. There are over 20 bugs that were fixed in Release 2.3.1. Some of the important fixes according to WordPress are: Tagging support for Windows Live Writer A login bug that … Continue reading →

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GIMP 2.4.0 released

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Arun

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) 2.4.0 was released today. It has some cool improvements/addition.  Here are some of the changes in GIMP 2.4.0. New Tango style icons across all platforms The tool options now include a brush size slider that … Continue reading →

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Gizmo 4.0 beta with video support – Windows only

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Arun

Gizmo Project has released a beta version of Gizmo 4.0 with video conference support. Video support, from what I could tell, is for Windows only. Send me the download link if I’m wrong. Here are some of the fixes and … Continue reading →

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