FFmpeg, the leading open source multimedia processing library has been updated to version 0.6 and code named “Works with HTML5”. More»
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The popular open-source BitTorrent client Transmission has updated to version 2.0, bringing with it several bugs fixes found in the previous 1.93 release, improvements and new features.
New features introduced in Transmission 2.0 include; “Local Peer Discovery” for finding peers on a users local network, better handling of 404 tracker errors, smarter heuristics when decclassing the order to connect to peers, and support more blocklist file formats. More»
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Jolicloud, the Ubuntu based Linux distribution for netbooks will be adding touchscreen support out of the box, come version 1.0. Supported touchscreen technologies include handheld devices such as, HTC Shift X9500, HP Jornada (600 and 700 series), Compaq iPAQ H3600, Samsung NB30 amongst many others. See complete list. More»
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Firefox 3.7 alpha 6, the sixth developer preview of the Gecko 1.9.3 layout engine has been released with several new features since the previous developer preview, Firefox 3.7 alpha 5 that introduced support for the HTML5 audio and video codec WebM, and enabled Aero Glass for Windows Vista and Windows 7. More»
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Mozilla developers have pushed WebM, VP8 codec into Firefox 4, the next major Firefox update. Up till now Google’s open source VP8 codec was present only in a special Firefox development build that you can still download here at Firefox WebM Builds. More»
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