The latest version of Firefox was available for a few hours before official launch and will be launched on 21 June. Firefox 5 is available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux users and with this version you get support for CSS animations and improved performance over Firefox 4……………
Facebook is working on a top-secret project codenamed “Spartan”. It is said to be a mobile platform that runs in a web browser. We must say thanks to HTML5 support.An epic battle was needed, and pundits are already saying that this could spell the end of the Apple AppStore and the beginning of a new era in which Facebook would dominate the mobile world! Hubert Nguyen has reviewed on this project for ubergizmo. Lets checkout his findings bellow.
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Engineering has concluded that WebGL, the royalty free cross-platform API for browser-based 3D graphics is overly permissive, insecure and potentially harmful to machines using it, development of the technology was spearheaded by Mozilla, Google, Opera, AMD, and Nvidia. WebGL is the 3D rendering standard used in both Chrome and Firefox and can be turned on in Apple’s Safari browser, it turns out the technology has a flaw, allowing hackers low level access to graphics cards and possible entry to grab at user’s data. The Cupertino crew plans to bring WebGL to iOS 5 with one very strange restriction and it will only be available to iAd developers. It will eventually be opened up in mobile Safari for everyone, but for the moment it seems browser-based 3D graphics will be limited to advertisements on the iPhone…………
Hackers have been jailbreaking iOS 5 beta pretty much ever since Apple released the preview version of the next-gen mobile operating system and now iH8Sn0w has updated Sn0wBeeze to perform an untethered jailbreak of the old bootrom iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.0b1. Sn0wBreeze is a Windows application that creates a custom ipsw similar to PwnageTool and will not update your baseband, however UltraSn0w has not yet been updated for iOS 5………..
Adobe has decided to end official support for the Linux version of Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) owing to the limited popularity of Linux as a desktop operating system and no signs that it will become more popular in the future and AIR 2.6 incidentally was the last release of the platform for desktop version of Linux. AIR allows programmers to create cross platform applications and a host of popular apps are built around the adobe runtime environment, including Tweetdeck, iPlayer and more. Analysts believe that it makes more sense for Adobe to focus on Google’s Android OS and iOS which are steadily increasing their market share and Linux has only gained about a percent of market share in that time, so it’s no surprise that a sliver of PC users are no longer a priority……….
ASUS has just bring AMD Dual-Core Processor E350 powered 12.1-Inch Laptop. The Eee PC 1215B-P provides users the best portable multimedia enjoyment for its size. With the latest AMD Brazos E350 dual core processor a high performance CPU and discrete GPU; expect the best in multimedia enjoyment. With the super low power consumption that the Eee PC 1215B-P draws, enjoy up to 8 hours of battery life.
Apple has released the fourth developer preview of the forthcoming OS upgrade, Mac OS X Lion and brought a new linen look to the login screen. It used to be a light grayish feel of the screen which has been now changed to the Dark grey and Apple has included the restart to safari option which lets you reboot directly in the browser, thereby preventing the access to the private date of the user…………..
Google updated its Sync service, in order to offer additional features to iOS devices users and this service is designed to keep your native Mail and Calendar apps constantly up-to-date, now offers many improvements, especially when it comes to exchanging information with Google’s servers. Google Sync mobile app is available for download for BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, SyncML, Windows. Google Sync uses the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol and when etting up a new Exchange ActiveSync account on your device, existing data may be removed from your phone, make sure to back up before you set up Google Sync…………