Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 Has Firefox 6 and Thunderbird 6

The third Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system was made available for   testing by the Ubuntu developers. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest  changes in the Ubuntu 11.10 development.

What's new in Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3? Well, Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 is now powered by the latest stable version of Linux kernel 3.0 and the GNOME 3.1.4 desktop environment. The kernel in Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 has the following features:

· Rebase to upstream v3.0 final kernel;
· Enabled Overlayfs;
· Enabled Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU Wi-Fi driver;
· Enabled support for rt53xx wireless chipset family;
· Enabled Intellimouse mode for Lenovo Zhaoyang E47;
· Numerous config updates.

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 is now the default email client and Mozilla Firefox 6.0 is the default web browser. Unity menu and launcher integration has also been added for Thunderbird.

Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 under Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3

Mozilla Firefox 6.0 under Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3

Last but not least, a lot of new options for a pleasant desktop experience have been added to the power indicator, such aseasy access to setup your monitor, bluetooth devices, startup applications, printers, USB devices, and system updates.

Ubuntu Software Center got a new "top rated" views feature to all the subcategory pages and the main category page. Moreover, installing individual deb files is a lot faster now.

On October 13th, 2011, Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) will become the fifthteenth release of the Ubuntu operating system. See you again in about one month (September 1st), for the first Beta release of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot).

The Oneiric Ocelot Release Schedule: 
June 2nd, 2011 - Alpha 1 release
July 7th, 2011 - Alpha 2 release
August 4th, 2011 - Alpha 3 release
September 1st, 2011 - Beta 1 release
September 22nd, 2011 - Beta 2 release
October 13th, 2011 - Final release of Ubuntu 11.10

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DotA Guide: Icarus - Phoenix Introduction

DotA is short for Defense of The Ancients, one of the most popular custom made maps for Warcraft III. To give players a better understanding of this complex and sometimes complicated game here is a hero guide.

Icarus the Phoenix was first introduced to DotA as an awesome secret boss in version 6.69. It later became a playable hero in 6.70 and there were really mixed feelings about him. It can be recruited at the Neutral Strength Tavern.

The hero has a great story as you can see next: "Ancient scriptures spoke of seven sacred emanations of light, and of their convergence in great conflict. The collision of these rays upon the mortal realm created a pyre of the highest purity, giving birth to the mythical Phoenix. 

As a manifestation of divine flames, Icarus can discharge either flames of death and destruction,  or of life and healing. The 

concentrated beam of energy that he can emit can incinerate whole armies from across the battlefield. 

Unafraid to utilize his own life-force in order to vanquish his enemies, Icarus can also harness the direct power of the sun to create a stellar explosion."

This hero has slightly more difficult skills, that can be a little hard to master, but once you learn them you're going to dominate the opposition:

• Icarus Dive (Shortkey D) - The Phoenix will dive forward to a fixed targeted direction, dealing 100/150/200/250 damage and disabling any unit it touches for 2/2.5/3.0/3.5 seconds; after which returns to his original position. If Phoenix initiates another skill during the dive, then the Icarus Dive spell ends. Be careful as this spell will cost you 10% of current HP to cast.

• Fire Spirits (Shortkey F) - Using 10% of the current HP, Icarus will create 4 fire spirits that orbit around him. Each of them will grow in power and does (7.5/12.5/17.5/22.5 minimum up to 30/50/70/90 maximum) damage or heal allies. 
• Sun Ray (R) - The Phoenix fires a massive light beam at the cost of 25% of current HP of his own life energy. The ray of light will damage enemies for a percentage of their life: 15/30/45/60 dmg/sec + 6% of target's max life. 
• Supernova (Shortkey V) - Phoenix puts an end to his current life and will be reborn from ashes. The process transforms him into a burning sun that cuts deep into his enemies health (60/80/100 damage/seconds) within 1000 range. The ball of fire can be attacked only by heroes using 5/7/9 attacks; and if it is destroyed, Phoenix dies as well. 

Here are, in my opinion, some luxury items you may want to posses later in the game: Heart of Tarasque, Eye of Skadi, Assult Cuirass, Stygian Desolator, Buriza-do Kyanon.

Overall, Icarus is a fun hero to play, there are so many ways to effectively use his skills and it’s possible to play a lot of different roles: ganker, support, pusher and even tank!

Icarus - Phoenix

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Windows 8 MinWin Evolution from Windows 7

Microsoft has moved onward with its plans to isolate the heart of Windows, and as such MinWin has evolved as the Redmond company made its way from Windows 7 to Windows 8. 

The next major iteration of Windows features in excess of 6,000 references to MinWin, that’s 60 times more than the 100 references sported by Windows 7. (via ITWorld)

For those that don’t know, MinWin came into focus as the software giant was building Windows Vista’s successor. But it appears that the project was yet to mature sufficiently, and this is what’s happening with the advent of Windows 8.

Some have referred to MinWin as the Windows 7 kernel. It’s not. Just as it’s not the kernel of Windows 8 either. Instead, users need to think of MinWin as the bottom most part of both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The core. 

MinWin is the result of intensive Microsoft efforts to create the smallest, standalone, bootable, core of Windows, that’s still usable. There were no dependencies outside of MinWin in Windows 7, and I expect this to also be the case in Windows 8. 

I also think that the Redmond company continued its work to relocate application programming interfaces (APIs) inside the Windows 8 core, in order to have the next generation of MinWin completely isolated from the rest of the operating system. 

At the same time, I think that Microsoft managed to lower the overall size of MinWin in Windows 8, compared to Windows 7 (it was approximately 40 MB, with work being done to get it down to 30 MB, or even as low as 25 MB on disk). 

But despite its very small size, Windows 8 MinWin still packs everything it needs to boot and run independently, such as the Windows NT kernel plus the executive subsystem, the memory manager, networking, file system drivers, etc. 

Since Windows 8 is an operating system designed to go beyond traditional computers, and tailored to next generation form factors, I expect Windows 8 MinWin to play a larger role, especially on devices that feature limited hardware resources. 

It also seems that Windows 8 MinWin will have a role to play in client virtualization, especially in connection to the next version of Hyper-V. Apparently, Microsoft has worked to accommodate scenarios in which Windows 8 MinWin plus Hyper-V vNext will be used much in the same manner as Windows Server Core.

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Windows 8 Server More Virtual Processors and Unlimited VM Replication

Detail on the upcoming Windows 8 client and Windows Server 8 operating systems are scarce at best, especially considering only the official information coming directly from Microsoft.

Jeff Woolsey, the Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Virtualization shared some additional info this week around the hypervisor technology (Hyper-V) in Windows Server 8, and also recalled the first demo of Windows Server 2008 R2’s successor. 

Essentially, along with the commitment that Windows Server 8 will support more RAM than ever before, Woolsey is also stressing that Hyper-V will play nice with an increased number of virtual processors and will allow for unlimited virtual machine replication. 

“We are keenly aware that our customers want more virtual processors within a virtual machine to support large scale up workloads and the new version goes above and beyond in addressing that need. I demoed a 16-virtual-processor virtual machine under heavy load,” he stated. 

“I pointed out that 16 virtual processors is not the maximum number of virtual processors. It was simply the largest server I was able to ship for the demo. As for support for more virtual processors, I’ll just say, “Stay Tuned” for some good news.”

Hyper-V Replica is a new feature which Microsoft included into Windows Server 8. According to Woolsey, Hyper-V Replica comes to do nothing else but to democratize virtual machine replication. 

“Hyper-V Replica is asynchronous, application consistent, virtual machine replication. Hyper-V Replica lets you replicate a virtual machine from one location to another, using Hyper-V and a network connection. Hyper-V Replica works with virtually any vendor’s server hardware, networking and storage products. In addition, we will provide unlimited VM replication in the box,” he added. 

And it appears that the software giant is not kidding in the least, especially when I comes down to the “unlimited” part of unlimited VM replication. 

Customers running Windows Server 8 Hyper-V will be able to replicate virtual machines as much as they want with no limit imposed on the amount they can copy. 

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PC World - August 2011 (US) (True PDF)

PC World - August 2011 (US)

English | True PDF | 100 pages | 16 Mb

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ESET NOD32 Offline Update 6348 (20110803)

ESET NOD32 Offline Update 6348 (20110803) | 39.3 MB
Update your NOD32 without internet connection.

Compatable with:
 - NOD32 Smart Security (all versions)
 - NOD32 Antivirus (all versions)

Steps To Offline Update:
 - Extract to any folder. You should get a folder called "eset_upd" along with the update files inside.
 - Move that folder to the C:\. (You should have "c:\eset_upd")
 - Open up the NOD32 Control Center by clicking on the system tray icon.
 - Open the "Update" screen and click on "Setup"
 - In the "Server" dropdown list, choose the last item which should point to C:\eset_upd.
 - Click OK to close the update setup window.
 - Back at the update screen, click "Update now"

Download here or here

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Firefox New UI Preview

Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 4 user-interface transition was something not everybody was comfortable with, but this has not stopped Mozilla for trying out new UI's which might get finalized when Firefox 7 or 8 gets released later this year. Screenshots of new Mozilla Firefox UI proposal after the jump.

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Diablo III Preview

Diablo III the much awaited upcoming dark fantasy/horror-themed action role-playing gameplay is now officially unveiled as an video from first ever D3 Media/Press event, on July 27th, 2011.

The third installment of hugely popular Diablo game series by Blizzard, Diablo III is similar in style to its predecessor. The aim this time is to make the game run on a wide range of systems, and have stated that DirectX 10 will not be required. In development since 2001 the game is expected to be released for external beta testing in Q3 of 2011. Diablo III Beta Gameplay video and screenshots are posted next.

Diablo III Screnshots:

Diablo III Features :

• Explore fully realized realms of Sanctuary – the living, breathing gothic fantasy world of Diablo III – rendered in gorgeous 3D.
• Battle the unholy forces of the Burning Hells with all-new character classes such as the otherworldly Witch Doctor, or with re-imagined warriors from Diablo’s past, like the powerful Barbarian.
• Rain Hell on your enemies and use the interactive environment as a weapon: lay cunning traps, turn destructible objects against your foes, and use environmental obstacles to your advantage.
• Experience the intensity of multiplayer Diablo III over an all-new, wickedly enhanced Battle.net platform with numerous enhancements to make connecting with your friends easier, and cooperative gameplay more fun.

Diablo III Beta Gameplay Video:

Source: Megaleecher

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Open Quran 1.9.25 by Ayman Teryaki

Most Quran Software are consisting of a Quran version and some translations, which users can't choose or change. For studying purpose this can't help much and the user has to use many software for getting results which has to be written else where.

OpenQuran is in this case very easy to use and can be developed the way the user like to.
Including own version of Quran and with many translation as possible. Writing own Comments to every Vers in the Quran, also importing written comments. Viewing some verses with own comments in-between, This can be saved as .oq file and shared with other OpenqQuran users.

The OpenQuran application can be translated easily to any language by changing a xml file, Suras names can be changed although the way user like to and many other options.

Here are some key features of "Open Quran":

Changing Suras Names to your own language:
· In this version of Openquran we've included only the arabic names of the Suras. If you would like to change the Suras names to your own native language, edit the xml file

Search selected (Alt+F):
· any selected word or phrase in the browser can be send to search box

Show selected Sura (CtrlAltSpace):
· selecting any verse number from the browser and clicking this option will navigate directly to choosen Sura. Selecting 2 numbers with double point inbetween (e.g. 1:1) will show the choosen verse.

Sort Verse numbers:
· This option shows only verse numbers from displayed verses (such as search results) in case we would like to share only the numbers of verses with some one else. It shows also the count of "even" and "odd" verse numbers.

Sort only text:
· Browser content will be clearyfied from all formating, if we need only the text.

Write comments (Alt+C) to every verse:
· selecting a verse numbers (e.g. 1:1) and choosing write comments will lead directly to the "comments Editor" to write comments to the choosen verse

Gematrical Value:
· If you select the verse text und choose "Gematrical Value", OQ will calculate the value of every letter and give the sum of the whole verse/s. If did not select a text, this will prompt a popup window letting you type your own text (Only for arabic language).
· The (P) beside the number means that the Result is a prime number.
· Also if result is divisible to 19, this will be shown. To change the divisible number, click on the "statusbar" and type your number.

The "Translation Tab" :
· of Open Quran shows all translation tables, which are installed in your database.
· We need to select at least one of them to browse the information we require.
Right click menu:
· Select All of the tables
· Move UP or DOWN sorting table
· Make writable for your own comments
· Remove selected table

· Search box with RightClick menu
Search (Return):
· searching for letter, word or phrase in the search box

Match Whole Word:
· Select this Checkbox in case you're looking for a phrase, else OQ willl search for every word in this phrase alone

Case Sensitive:
· Search for the same letter/word/phrase

Whole Quran:
· will search in the whole quranic text

Only in selected Sura:
· Select one or many Suras from the Suras Names (Down left) to search only in them

· Within Browser
· Content: It allows user to search many times in the same browsed text

Analyse (Alt+Space):
· The result of search will show only calculated numbers of Enteries, Suras, Verses, count of letters etc….

search unique:
· count(); function allows user to find letters, words or phrases with a specifed repitation in every verse.
· ( S means searched letter/word/phrase)
· ( = means equal to the specified number)
· ( < smaller than specified number)
· ( > bigger than specified number).

· RTL (RightToLeft Searchbox direction)
· Declaring own search expressions
· If you press ( F9) a listBox will appear under the searchBox, which contains some expressions that can be usefull by searching.
· All expressions listed here are saved in a xml file: "C:\My Documents(or User)\User name\openquran\xml\expressions.xml".
Users of OpenQuran can edit or modify this listBox by opening the expressions.xml. All we have to do is to add one more Tag like this one:

Requirements:
.NET Framework 2.0

Download Here

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Samsung intros 8GB SDHC, high-speed microSD card

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today announced that it has developed an 8Gigabyte (GB) microSD (Secure Digital) memory card, a size optimal for today's multimedia mobile phones. Featuring the highest capacity today for a microSD card, the new fingernail-sized card is capable of storing 2,000 MP3 music files, 4,000 digital photos, or approximately five DVD-quality movies.

SD cards, to date, have been largely used for data storage in digital still cameras and increasingly in televisions. MicroSD cards, which are a quarter the size of an SD card, are backward compatible with SD cards using an extender, to allow multimedia files downloaded by mobile phones to be easily displayed on other media.

With a read speed of 16 Megabytes (MBs) per second and a write speed of 6MB/s, Samsung's 8GB microSD card well exceeds the Speed Class 4 SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) standard which requires a data write speed of 4MB/s. This is also much faster than the SD Speed Class 2 designation carried by most competing microSD cards currently on the market.



This achievement is the latest in a string of record-breaking improvements in flash memory cards for Samsung as it continues to aggressively pursue its goal of being the development leader for the SD card market, as well as the competing MMC (multimedia card) market.

The market research firm Dataquest predicts that the memory card market as a whole will average 10 percent annual growth between 2006 and 2010, while demand for high density 8GB cards will grow an average of 2.6 times per year over the same period. By 2010, the 8GB memory card will be the market mainstream in terms of units sold.

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