Download AMD Catalyst 12.1 Display Driver

 Download AMD Catalyst 12.1 Display Driver



AMD has unleashed the Catalyst software suite 12.1, which includes the AMD display driver version 8.93 and a few other things.

The AMD Catalyst Control Center version 8.93 / AMD Vision Engine Control Center version 8.93 is one of the other components.

The others are a new Southbridge/IXP Driver and HydraVision for Windows XP, Windows Vista and

Oil Rush Launched on Ubuntu Software Cente

 Oil Rush Launched on Ubuntu Software Cente

Oil Rush, a unique blend of strategy and tower defense game, CoreBreach, an anti-gravity racing game with combat-based gameplay, and “And Yet It Moves”, a physics-based platform game, have all made it to Ubuntu Software Center in January.
 



Oil Rush is a strategy combined with a tower defense game that is built on the UNIGINE technology,

Macbuntu 11.10 theme for Ubuntu 11.10 - New!

New! Mac OS X theme for Ubuntu 11.10 and install in your Ubuntu!

Adwaita Cupertino Theme, the solution if you can't install macbuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot










Adwaita Cupertino Theme
It’s a Mac OS X like theme for Ubuntu 11.10 users. The theme is based on Adwaita, and the theme is designed by the user trastes.


Download Adwaita Cupertino Theme








It is based

Download Bada 2.0 Update for Samsung Wave S8500

Download Bada 2.0 Update for Samsung Wave S8500 - get the better performance!

It looks like bada 2.0 update has finally been released after Samsung delayed it last year. Initially slated for a 2011 release bada 2.0 update for Wave smartphone is now available for download.




However, the major software update is only available for Samsung Wave S8500. Those who own this model will need to

Download VLC Media Player 2.0.0 RC1

Download VLC Media Player 2.0.0 RC1 for Linux, Apple, Windows platform

The wait for VLC media player 2.0 is almost over, as the development team readied the first release candidate for this version.




Modifications available in this build are plenty, touching on packagers, core, access, codecs, demuxers, interfaces, video output, audio output and filters, video filters and stream output.

How to Install KDE SC 4.8 on Ubuntu 11.10

How to Install KDE SC 4.8 on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system

After another six months of hard work, the famous KDE Software Compilation (SC) suite reached version 4.8 on January 25th, 2012.

Loaded with many interesting and new features, updated applications, new technologies and functionality, breath-taking effects, KDE SC 4.8.0 is composed of the KDE Plasma

Download KDE Software Compilation 4.8

Download KDE Software Compilation 4.8




After six month of hard work, the KDE Software Compilation 4.8 is finally here, bringing beautiful new features, various software updates, and lots of performance improvements.


Click here to Install KDE SC 4.8 on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system!

KDE Software Compilation 4.8.0 is composed of the KDE Plasma Workspace, the

Download GhostBSD 2.5

GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME and LXDE desktop environments, is now at version 2.5.
 




After a few release candidates, the final version of GhostBSD 2.5 is here. The developers have assured us that a lot of important bugs have been fixed and the operating system was updated and fine-tuned.

GhostBSD 2.5 comes in two distinct flavors. One is based on GNOME

Download VMware Workstation and Player Updated

Download VMware Workstation and Player Updated

VMware just updated two of their main products, Workstation and Player to new builds. The two applications share almost the same changes.





One fix refers to a failure with an unrecoverable error when releasing input from the guest to the host (e.g.: moving the cursor from the virtual machine window to the host screen).

Most of the fixes,

Download Thunderbird 9.0 for Ubuntu 11.10

 Thunderbird 9.0 Officially Lands in Ubuntu 11.10

After the official upgrade to Firefox 9 in Ubuntu 11.10 at the beginning of the month, Canonical announced on January 24th that the Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 email client is now available on the official software repositories of the Oneiric Ocelot operating system. 





All Ubuntu 11.10 users can upgrade now (by running the Software Update app

OpenJDK 6 Vulnerabilities Fixed for Ubuntu OSes

OpenJDK 6 Vulnerabilities Fixed for Ubuntu OSes




Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the OpenJDK 6 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx), Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat), Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), and Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating systems, were announced by Canonical.

These are the kernel vulnerabilities

Jailbreak Tweak Said to Fix iOS 5 Battery Woes

Jailbreak Tweak Said to Fix iOS 5 Battery Woes



Apple never got around to fixing the battery drainage problem on iPhone 4S handsets, but a new jailbreak tweak might do the trick.

According to this CydiaHelp post, a new tweak released in Cydia called ‘iOS 5 Battery Fix’ should help alleviate the battery drain caused by iOS 5 and / or iOS 5.0.1.

It’s hard to believe it simply kills off the

Download Joomla 2.5, a Long-Term Support Release

Download Joomla 2.5, a Long-Term Support Release

One month after the first beta landed, Joomla 2.5 is here. The big news in Joomla 2.5 is support for Microsoft SQL in addition to MySQL, the first time a different database system has been supported. More are expected to be supported in the future.



Other highlights in this release are update notifications for the main software as well as

New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 11.04

New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 11.04

Canonical announced last evening, January 24th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Natty Narwhal) operating system is now available, fixing three security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. 

 


These are the three kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel

2 New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

2 New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Canonical announced last evening, January 24th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system is now available, fixing two security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. 




These are the two kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel

Samsung Galaxy S III Specs and Launch Date Leaked

Samsung Galaxy S III Specs and Launch Date Leaked




Samsung’s Galaxy S family of devices has already made a name for itself, through phones like the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, and might soon climb to new heights.

Rumor has it that the South Korean mobile phone maker is already working on the next member of the family, the Galaxy S III, and that it will launch it sometime in April.

This

Download OS X Lion 10.7.3 Build 11D50

Download OS X Lion 10.7.3 Build 11D50 - Developer News

Apple developers in charge with OS X testing have been handed a new beta build of the latest version of Lion - OS X 10.7.3. Build 11D50 has no known issues and should precede the final / public version of the software, or at least the Golden Master seed.




Seeded in developers extended almost identical attitude issues that are unknown

Download Opera 11.61 for Linux

Opera, a full-featured Internet browser, which includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and other advanced functions, is now at version 11.61.
 




The last major update for the stable version of the famous Opera browser was announced in December, 2011. After a month of development, the changelog is quite hefty and it can be found here.

Highlights of Opera 11.61:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Will Have Next-Gen Menus

 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Will Have Next-Gen Menus

Mark Shuttleworth announced a few minutes ago, January 24th, on his blog that the next version of the Ubuntu operating system, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), will feature a HUD (head-up display) system, replacing the old menus.



"Say hello to the Head-Up Display, or HUD, which will ultimately replace menus in Unity applications." - said Mark

New Kernel Vulnerability Affects Ubuntu 11.10

Canonical announced last evening, January 23rd, in a security notice, that a new kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is now available, fixing one security vulnerability discovered in the Linux kernel packages by Jüri Aedla.




These kernel vulnerability was found (CVE-2012-0056) because the kernel couldn't handle /proc//mem permissions, allowing a local

Natty Backport Kernel Fixed for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical.




These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, and CVE-2011-4110.

As usual, you can click on each one to see how it

Oneiric Backport Kernel Fixed for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical.



These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4330, and CVE-2012-0044.

As

Untethered Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Under Linux

The Chronic Dev Team has just released a few minutes ago the a new version of their Absinthe jailbreak tool for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, bringing support for the Linux platform. 
 




Image comment: Absinthe Jailbreak tool under Ubuntu 11.10

Until now, the Absinthe untethered jailbreak utility for Apple A5 devices had support only for thr Mac and Windows operating systems, but

Download HWiNFO 3.92.1500

Download HWiNFO 3.92.1500

A new release for HWiNFO is now available for download, for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. The new build adds a few new things, which are not necessarily related to hardware support but the inherent functionality of the application.


For instance, the graph position can now be preserved and there is a button that lets you reset the minimum and maximum values in

Free Download ArtistX 1.2

ArtistX 1.2, a Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to enable artists and creators from a number of fields to work via a live and free environment, has just been released. 




ArtistX 1.2 has been in development for more than ten years and now it has moved from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot).

This particular distribution was created with Relinux software for

Canonical Removes Java from Ubuntu on February 16

As announced last month, Canonical is preparing to remove the Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the software repositories, starting with February 16th, 2012, affecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04.




Users should not be worried, as Canonical will NOT remove the Java packages from their systems! They will be removed ONLY from the software repository and no

iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Officially Revealed

Captioning this image (left) with a terse “No more to say!”, French hacker Pod2g is officially unveiling his iPad 2 jailbreak to the world. Owners of a second-generation Apple tablet, as well as those owning an iPhone 4S, have very little to wait for a public release.

Earlier this week, the infamous Pod2g released a YouTube video demonstrating his iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak. A5 devices

Apple Discontinues Printer Rebate Program for Mac Buyers

People working in the Apple retail environment are signaling that Cupertino has discontinued the annual $100 printer rebate promotion for new Mac purchases.





There is no formal announcement regarding the ending of this promotion, nor should there be, as Apple reserves the right to discontinue such offers without notice.

The company’s retail staff, however, has been handed a formal notice

Install Ubuntu DeviantArt Scope for Unity

How to Install Ubuntu DeviantArt Scope for Unity?




for Unity, today we are introducing the Ubuntu DeviantArt Scope for the Unity interface.

Ubuntu DeviantArt Scope is a Unity Launcher plugin that allows users to easily search and access paletts, icons, brushes, and designs on the popular DeviantArt website.

To install the Unity DeviantArt Scope plugin in your Ubuntu operating system,

Ten Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched for Debian 6.0

Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel, that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation.




These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2183, CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2898, CVE-2011-3353, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4127, CVE-2011-4611, CVE-2011-4622, and CVE-2011-4914.

As usual, you can

How to Access Wikipedia During the SOPA Blackout

Wikipedia is protesting the SOPA and PIPA bills, two very ugly pieces of legislation that threaten the wellbeing of the internet, globally. That's all fine and dandy, but a lot of people would still like to access the site and may rely on it for plenty of things that can't wait for a full day.

Luckily, even the slightly-determined have many options for accessing the site as they always do.

Download Start Screen Editor for Windows 8

Download Start Screen Editor for Windows 8  - Change Metro UI background in Windows 8 with Start Screen Editor

Those in the Windows 8 news loop know that the current release of the operating system does not allow you to change the background of the Metro UI. This will be possible, however, in the beta version of the OS, scheduled to pop up in late February.




Until then, if you want to

Download LibreOffice 3.4.5 for Linux, Windows, Macintosh

Download LibreOffice 3.4.5 for Linux, Windows, Macintosh

The Document Foundation company proudly announced the fifth maintenance release of the LibreOffice 3.4 open source office suite software for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms, bringing several bugfixes and improvements. 





LibreOffice 3.4.5 is here to fix some of the most-important issues found by various users in the previous

Download Shazam 4.8.7 with iPhone 4S Improvements

Shazam, the popular music discovery application for iPhone and iPad, has received an update that improves stability on iPhone 4S handsets. The fix extends to most versions of the app, including Shazam Encore and Shazam RED.



Shazam apps now feature LyricPlay, a new addition that offers full-screen visualization of lyrics that play in time to the music you’re tagging. The app also serves

Download Dropbox 1.2.50 Stable for Windows, Apple, Linux

Download Dropbox 1.2.50 Stable for Windows, Apple, Linux



The list of changes is very brief, with only two entries. One improves the error message for common registry problems on Windows, while the other takes care of a rare bug that prevented the application from starting on Windows systems.

The previous version of the application also fixed a problem that hindered Dropbox from launching

How to Download and Install iOS 5.1 OTA (Over-the-Air)

How to Download and Install iOS 5.1 OTA (Over-the-AirHow to Download and Install iOS 5.1 OTA (Over-the-Air)

With the introduction of iOS 5 last year, Apple kicked off over-the-air updates, a method of installing new software on your iPhone or iPad without downloading the whole IPSW file, but just the bits you need to apply the latest changes.

Apple is currently testing iOS 5.1 internally.

Ubuntu User Days: 14-15 January

Even if you're an Ubuntu user or you just heard about it and you want to learn more about Ubuntu, you can attend the Ubuntu User Days event this weekend! 
 




Ubuntu User Days will be take place from Saturday 13:30 UTC through Sunday 03:00 UTC on the Ubuntu Classroom IRC channel.

Canonical created the Ubuntu User Days as a set of chat-based classes, distributed during a one day period,

Download Linux kernel 3.2.1 for Linux

Download Linux kernel 3.2.1 for Linux



Linux kernel 3.2.1 incorporates lots of fixes, new drivers, especially for USB, and a couple of EXT3 and XFS improvements.

"I'm announcing the release of the 3.2.1 kernel. All users of the 3.2 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.2.y and

Unity Gets Improved in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

The developers behind the Unity interface of the Ubuntu operating system unleashed these days the first development packages of the upcoming Unity interface, which will be included in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin).



Being the first development snapshots, there aren't many new features, but there are a lot of general/stability/performance improvements in the new Unity shell. It's a

Consumer Electronics Show 2012: World's Smallest Media Player

Consumer Electronics Show 2012 News - World's Smallest Media Player Needs No Power Plug

Sigma Designs, like so many other companies, did not miss out on the opportunity provided by CES 2012.




The main attraction at its booth is said to be the EasyTV, basically the smallest media player ever to be created.

Still in the stage of reference design, a prototype as it were, the

BlackBerry Bold 9900 ‘No Sound’ Issue Gets Fix

There are many BlackBerry fans who purchased one of the latest BlackBerry 7 smartphones unveiled by Research In Motion (RIM) last year, namely the Bold 9900. Some of them experience problems with the phone, which renders the device unusable for phone calls.
 




If you are one of those who have bought a BlackBerry Bold 9900 and noticed that your phone has suddenly went “silent,” then you

Apple: How to Use iTunes in the Cloud to Your Benefit

Apple: How to Use iTunes in the Cloud to Your Benefit




Apple pushed out a new iTunes tip to customers informing them of the coolness surrounding iTunes in the Cloud, which allows them to get instant access to their iTunes purchases wherever they are.

iCloud is old news, but Apple is using its Inside iTunes section to market the free iTunes in the Cloud service that allows you to download

Free Download Shazam Player App for iPhone, iPad

Shazam added a new offering to its iOS lineup by introducing Shazam Player, described as a unique music player that includes the Shazam discovery features and social sharing on Facebook and Twitter.





Switch to a music player with a difference - Shazam Player™ the NEW app from Shazam! Why just listen to your music when you can now see streaming lyrics, watch YouTube videos and read reviews

Edubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04 Will be LTS

The Ubuntu Technical Board decided , January 9th, to make the upcoming Xubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu 12.04 and Edubuntu 12.04 operating system, LTS releases. 





Therefore, Xubuntu 12.04 LTS, Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and Edubuntu 12.04 LTS will be supported for five years for both desktops and servers.

This is no surprise, as in mid November 2011 we've announced the highlights of the upcoming Precise

Download Fuduntu 2012.1 with Linux Kernel 3.1.6

Download Fuduntu 2012.1 Features Linux Kernel 3.1.6


Fuduntu 2012.1 is a maintenance release, featuring small improvements and fixing existing bugs. It is powered by Linux kernel 3.1.6, and has Chromium 16 web browser, as well as the latest Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55 pllugin.





Starting with this version the developer decided to change the release numbering to Year.Release, instead

Potential Apple iPad 3 Prototype Leaked

Reported Hands-On with Potential iPad 3 Prototype

With spring 2012 approaching fast, anticipation for an iPad 3 unveiling is building up. One person now claims to have had a hands-on experience with a potential prototype.




It’s not unheard of to gain access to prototype parts of an upcoming Apple product, but according to iLounge, this new iPad was fully assembled and looked almost

Download Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta for Mac OS X

Free  Download Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta for Mac OS X

Adobe Systems Incorporated has released a free Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta for Mac OS X, labeled as a preview of new features and capabilities that will be offered in the final release of Lightroom 4.





According to the software company behind Flash, the new beta features refined technology for superior shadow and highlight

Adobe Updates Acrobat and Reader X to Version 10.1.2

Built-in capabilities to sign PDF files as well as send them to be signed are available in both applications.



PDF printing has been improved and offers more control (a new print dialog is available). The new options allow you to print on both sides of a page and include multiple PDF pages on a single piece of paper. Conversely, one page of the PDF file can be printed on multiple pieces

Download Wireshark 1.6.5

A free network protocol analyzer for Windows and Unix,  Wireshark 1.6.5

A new release for Wireshark is out, fixing vulnerabilities and squashing various bugs. The new version number for the stable build is 1.6.5.





All of the vulnerabilities eliminated span across multiple builds of the program: 1.4.0 through 1.4.10 and 1.6.0 through 1.6.4.

These included failure to properly check record

Download Ubuntu 11.10 Razor-qt Remix

Ubuntu Razor-qt Remix is a simple Live CD based on the Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, that uses Razor-qt as default desktop environment.





Ubuntu Razor-qt Remix includes applications such as Dragon Player, Dolphin, KDE Partition Manager, Ark, KCalc, Kate, Gwenview, rekonq, KPPP, Konsole, KSystemLog, and Muon Package Manager & Muon Software Center.

Razor-qt is a

Download SMPlayer 0.6.10 With VDPAU Configuration

Download SMPlayer 0.6.10 With VDPAU Configuration plus a package with SMPlayer themes





SMPlayer 0.6.10 comes after a few months of development and it brings interesting features, such as:

· Added VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) configuration dialog, which allows users to select the VDPAU codecs to be used;
* SMPlayer was ported for OS/2 and eCS by Silvan Scherrer;
*

Download VLC Player 1.2.0 Pre 3 for Mac OS X

VLC, the free and open source cross-platform multimedia player, has been updated to version 1.2.0 Pre 3, which delivers support for the native full screen mode in OS X Lion and other goodies.





A mile-long changelog accompanying the new VLC build for Mac OS X reveals that there are quite a few platform-specific tweaks and enhancements.

Some of the changes targeting the Mac user base are

How to Install Firefox 10 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 11.04

 How to Install Firefox 10 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 11.04

The following tutorial will teach all Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) users how to update their systems to the Mozilla Firefox 10.0 web browser.

Mozilla Firefox 10 will bring features such as implementation of Anti-Aliasing for WebGL, the forward button is hidden by default and it will active when you

Introducing Ubuntu Calendar Lens for Unity

Ubuntu Calendar Lens is a Unity Launcher plugin which allows users to quickly search and access their calendar directly from Unity, by accessing the calendar lens icon. The results are automatically filtered in Upcoming and Recent categories, and users can also manually filter the events by Personal and Birthdays & Anniversaries, and by time range.




How To install the Unity Calendar Lens

Download a New Copy Plain Text Add-on for Firefox 9

Download a New Copy Plain Text Add-on for Firefox 9
Copy Plain Text is a very useful add-on for Mozilla products, especially for Firefox, when you deal with lots of text copying from web pages on a daily basis.

The old Copy Plain Text, created by Jeremy Gillick, died at version 0.3.3 and it dosen't work anymore with current versions of Firefox or Thunderbird.

Even if users tried to

Download Firefox 10.0 Beta 1 and Firefox 9.0.1 for Linux

 Download Firefox 10.0 Beta 1 and Firefox 9.0.1 for Linux

Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Beta 1 is available for download (see links below) for all Linux platforms, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.





Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Beta 1:

· Implemented Anti-Aliasing for WebGL;
· Forward button is hidden by default (it will active when you navigate back);
· Implemented Full