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Exploring the Moon in Google Earth

By • Jul 20th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Video

If you’ve got Google Earth, then go explore the moon like Neil Armstrong, 40 years after. Google Earth now has a new feature that permits you Explore the Moon by just selecting Moon from its top ToolBar. With Moon in Google Earth you can Take tours of landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts View 3D […]

An Unexpected WordPress 2.8.2 Security Patch

By • Jul 20th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Security, WordPress

An unexpected upgrade of the WordPress blogging platform has been released. WordPress 2.8.1 was released roughly two weeks ago, and nobody expected WordPress 2.8.2 to come out so soon. The upgrade or security patch fixes an XSS vulnerability. The upgrade note says the vulnerability could be exploited this way: “Comment author URLs were not fully […]

PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 beta 1 Adds Automatic App Launch, Themes and Richer Right-Click Menu

By • Jul 20th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Windows

The full-featured PortableApps.com Suite that runs from a USB pen drive on any Windows system is now at version 2.0 Beta 1. The newly upgraded platform comes with tons of features like theme switching; seven different theme colors available and the possibility to customize or load other themes in the PATheme format. In PortableApp Suite […]

Just for Fun: Linux Baby Rocker video

By • Jul 18th, 2009 • Filed under: Extras, Ubuntu, Voip

All you need is a Desktop Linux PC that has a CD/DVD player, a few lines of code, a cradle and a baby -- a baby to lull to sleep :).

Miro 2.5 RC2 Released

By • Jul 18th, 2009 • Filed under: Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Video, Windows

The final edition of Miro 2.5 will soon hit the road, but for now grab the second release candidate of Miro 2.5. Very few changes seem to have been made to this second release candidate apart a few tweaks on the database and on VLC rendering code used on Miro for Windows. This will be […]