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A new inbox that puts you back in control
2013-05-29 posted by Itamar Gilad, Product Manager

Today, Gmail is getting a brand new inbox on desktop and mobile that puts you back in control using simple, easy organization.

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The Future of Things - Monday, May 27, 2013 - Iddo Genuth
Think of a world where you could simply download the blueprints of your future home for free just like you download any open source software today. A team of British architects developed just that and they are hoping their project called WikiHouse will radically change the way we think about building homes

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Full article at The Future of Things including a TED Talk video featuring London(UK) Architect, Alastair Parvin.

For more information see the WikiHouse website.

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Posted 3 days ago by Stephanie Taylor
Starting today, existing projects that do not have any downloads and all new projects will not have the ability to create downloads.

Existing projects with downloads will see no visible changes until January 14, 2014 and will no longer have the ability to create new downloads starting on January 15, 2014.

All existing downloads in these projects will continue to be accessible for the foreseeable future.

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Read the full announcement at the Google Open Source Blog.

Sumatra PDF is a long-time favorite in the DSLR Software forum and the latest release comes with all-new Advanced Options that allow the user to customize both look and behavior...

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Sumatra PDF 2.3 has just been released introducing several interesting features to the program. It is a major release that is different from previous releases that just fixed a thing or two, or added support for a new format type...

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by Martin Brinkmann on May 22, 2013 at GHacks

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“A computer program is not an invention and not a manner of manufacture for the purposes of this Act.”

The software patentability row in New Zealand, which broke out last August over the wording of new patent legislation, seems to have been settled with the release of new legislation by the government.

In a move that's been welcomed locally by the IT industry, the government has clarified the original intention of the legislation, that software alone should not be patentable.

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Full article - The Register

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1 May 2013 - On Friday, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published the first public draft of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). EME enables content providers to integrate digital rights management (DRM) interfaces into HTML5-based media players.

Encrypted Media Extensions is being developed jointly by Google, Microsoft and online streaming-service Netflix.

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Full article - The H Open

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Adobe Systems this week announced that its popular Creative Suite, which bundles Photoshop, Illustrator and a number of its other products, will be available only by subscription through Adobe’s cloud service, Creative Cloud. No more boxes and disks.

Although Creative Suite was really designed for graphics professionals, this news affects hobbyists because the stand-alone $700 version of Photoshop will also be available by subscription only, but at a subscription price of $240 for a year.

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Full article - NY Times Gadgetwise

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RARLAB has released the first beta version of the upcoming WinRAR 5.0 archive manager today. The new version is available for download on the official homepage for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system (English language only). Probably the biggest new feature in this WinRAR version is the new RAR 5.0 archive format that the program ships with.

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The LibreOffice design team announces the start of the next online icon test. You are invited to participate!

After the great response to our last icon test with over 3000 people participating, we are now testing the icons of the formatting toolbar.

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The Document Foundation has announced that the latest release of LibreOffice 3.6, 3.6.6, is now available. The 3.6 branch of LibreOffice is regarded as sufficiently mature that it is suitable for enterprises and end users "who prefer stability to more advanced features". For those who are prepared to sacrifice stability for advanced features, the most recent update of LibreOffice 4, 4.0.2, was made just under a week ago and fixed a similar number of bugs in the 4.x branch of the office suite.

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Full article at The H Open

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Document Freedom Day from Brussels to Taiwan: Open Standards celebrated in 30 countries
In 30 countries around the world, activists are celebrating Open Standards on today's Document Freedom Day, an annual campaign to promote Open Standards. More than 50 groups are hosting events around the world, from Brussels to Nicaragua to Nepal.

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March 15, 2013 - Dropbox is buying the owner of the buzzy Mailbox mobile app, making its first move into products outside its core file-sharing service. Under the deal, the 13 employees of Mailbox owner Orchestra Inc.–including alums of Apple, Stanford University and Ideo–will join Dropbox. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed....continue reading @ The Wall Street Journal

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March 15, 2013 - Today we’re really excited to welcome the Mailbox team to Dropbox.
Like many of you, when we discovered Mailbox we fell in love—it was simple, delightful, and beautifully engineered. Many have promised to help us with our overflowing inboxes, but the Mailbox team actually delivered...continue reading @ Dropbox Blog

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"..a number of developers who have created and maintain ad-blocker apps found their wares unexpectedly (and unceremoniously) removed removed from the Google Play Store."..continue reading @ Tech Crunch

Related reading - Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Google Takes the Dark Path, Censors AdBlock Plus on Android

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Buhl Data Service GmbH, the developer of the WISO Mein BüroGerman language link 2009 software has agreed to pay €15,000 (approximately £13,000) to adhoc dataservice GmbH for using its LGPL-licensed FreeadhocUDF open source library in his business software without observing the LGPL's licensing terms.

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Full article at The H Open

Google is shutting down another service - Google Reader.
This service will not be available after July 1, 2013
Geekiest.net has some links for you to explore:

•The Best Google Reader Alternatives ~ by: Raju PP
•15 Awesome Alternatives to Google Reader ~ by Nirmal

"It appears that Oracle wants to talk about Java security concerns, but it also appears it doesn't have anything to tell users worried about Java's vulnerability in the browser. In a conference call (Direct download MP3 file) to Java User Group leaders, Oracle's lead for Java Security, Martin Smith, said the Oracle plan for Java security is "to get Java fixed up and number two to communicate our efforts widely".

Billed by others in Oracle as the breaking of Oracle's silence on the issue, Smith said "we have to fix Java and we have been doing that", referring to recent updates and the adding of security features. This started with Java 7 Update 10 which set out to stop drive-by attacks from unsigned applets by always making them prompt before being allowed to run. The update also made it easier to deactivate Java in the browser."

Full article at The H Security

The developers of LibreOffice have announced the availability of the second release candidate for version 4.0 of the open source office suite. LibreOffice 4.0.0 RC2 includes several incremental improvements and bug fixes and a final release candidate is expected later in the week. The developers have used the 4.0 release to rebase their office suite on the Apache OpenOffice code.

A list of the changes in LibreOffice 4.0.0 RC2 is also available and the release can be downloaded from the LibreOffice web site.

Read full article - The H Open

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Free calling within the US and Canada through 2013
Posted by Mayur Kamat, Product Manager

Many of you call phones from Gmail to easily connect with friends and family. If you're in the US and Canada, you'll continue to be able to make free domestic calls through 2013. Plus, in most countries, you can still call the rest of the world from Gmail at insanely low rates.

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Link »gmailblog.blogspot.in/2012/12/fr···ada.html