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Statistical Data Mining Package Targets Life Scientists
02/09/2010 22:43
This genomics software comes as an integrated statistical/graphics/data analysis package which relies heavily on visualization features. Its greater value lies in its ability to simultaneously manage data from several different sources for use as a data-mining solution which can be integrated...
Google Adds Phone Calls to Linux Gmail Use
31/08/2010 21:59
Five days after the announcement of Voice and Video Chat service in Gmail for Debian-based Linux distributions, Google unveiled a Gmail phone call service for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Rather than having both parties tied to their computers and logged into their Gmail accounts, one user can...
Students launch new enzyme database
24/08/2010 21:16
The home page of the enzyme database `MacENZ' developed by students of Mar Athanaseus College For Advanced Studies in Thiruvalla. ...
Ruby on Rails 3.0 due this week
24/08/2010 20:03
Ruby on Rails 3.0, a major upgrade to the popular open source Web development framework, is due in a final release this week, the founder of the framework, David Heinemeier Hansson, said on Tuesday.
Rails 3.0 is influenced by the Merb framework, which enables performance improvements....
Firefox Surpasses 2 Billion Add-on Downloads
21/08/2010 22:55
The Mozilla Project announced that Firefox served the 2 billionth add-on download since the project's creation in 2005. Firefox reached 1 billion downloads in November 2008, but took less than two years to double that number to the current benchmark.
“With more than 150 million add-ons in use...
Google Releases More HTML5 Demos
21/08/2010 22:48
Google's HTML5-booster site, html5rocks.com added some new tools and demos for HTML5 adopters and people interested in the open Web standard. The html5rocks.com update includes a new visual studio and guides for HTML5 video, working with HTML5 in offline mode, optimizing webapps, Web Workers,...
Vimeo Releases HTML5 Video Player
21/08/2010 22:44
New Universal Player detects browser capabilities, broadcasts in HTML5, Flash or native.
Popular video streaming website Vimeo announced the release of the Universal Player. The embeddable player automatically detects browser capabilities and subsequently delivers the best video for the device...
Google Brings Audio/Video Chat Support to Ubuntu and Debian
21/08/2010 22:39
For awhile, Linux users have had to endure a lack of video and audio chat support from Google and its host of Web services. But for some users, that issue has been addressed by Google itself.
Debian and Ubuntu users got a treat today, as Google extended video and voice chat support to the two...
New Ubuntu Unity video trailer released
21/08/2010 09:46
Canonical have just released a video trailer of the forthcoming Ubuntu Unity interface for netbook computers. Impressive stuff…
A new video featuring footage of Canonical’s Ubuntu Unity interface has just been released to advertise the new netbook interface’s impressive new features.
Ubuntu 11.04 dubbed Natty Narwhal, will impale users in 2011
21/08/2010 09:38
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed today that Ubuntu 11.04 will be codenamed Neutered Nudibranch Natty Narwhal. In a blog entry, he described the reasoning behind the codename and discussed some of the features that are planned for the release.
Ubuntu is developed on a time-based...