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Kubuntu team has released Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron alpha with KDE 4.0.1. Kubuntu now carries two different alpha versions for Hardy Heron. One is, commercially supported KDE 3.x version and the other one is community supported KDE 4.x version. KDE 4.x version of Kubuntu 8.04 is still under heavy development, so use with caution. Some [...]

Bloglines team is in the process of adding the following features to their Bloglines beta product.
1. Bloglines beta to includes Ask.com’s related searches results on the right hand column of the search result page. The team is also planning to add CPC oriented advertisements in the future.

2. Flickr photo feeds to include preview mode.

3. Bloglines’s [...]

Mozilla released an update (Thunderbird 2.0.0.12) to their Thunderbird email client. The update contains the following 5 security fixes:

Heap buffer overflow in external MIME bodies
Possible information disclosure in BMP decoder
Directory traversal via chrome: URI
Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12)

Source: Mozilla.
Technorati Tags: Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.12, MIME, XSS

I bought Acer 320U scanner long time back. I didn’t use it for sometime. I thought I would start using it since my Dell All-in-one A962 printer/scanner didn’t work with Ubuntu. Ubuntu got XSane image scanner program installed by default under Applications -> Graphics. I thought once I connect my scanner, I should be able [...]

Ubuntu has released the 5th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04. I was going to upgrade to aplha 5 thinking they would have fixed the bugs that existed in alpha 4, but alpha 5 carries the same bugs plus a lot more. I’ll now wait till beta is released before upgrading.
Here are some highlights of [...]

Our office is closed due to ice storm warning. Hooray!!!

Mark Shuttleworth announced in the Ubuntu mailing list today that the successor to Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron will be code named Intrepid Ibex. He wrote that Ubuntu will be concentrating on user interaction model and pervasive internet access for Ubuntu 8.10. It’s expected to be released in October 08.
Technorati Tags: Ubuntu 8.10, Hardy Heron, [...]

Toshiba today made an official announcement that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. In other words, HD DVD is dead. I’m little sad because my brother gifted me a HD DVD player few months back.
Toshiba will continue to provide full product support and
after-sales service for all [...]

Watch this funny youtube clip about Microsoft’s Windows Vista.
Source: Digg.
Technorati Tags: Youtube, Windows Vista, Microsoft

You might have read the news few months back about Mozilla’s plan to move Thunderbird to a separate organization settings. Mozilla has created a new subsidiary namely Mozilla Messaging which will take care of Thunderbird development starting with Thunderbird 3.0. Thunderbird 3.0 will integrate Lightning calender with the email client, better searching capability and user [...]