Rilasciata la nuova beta di Firefox 22

NEW
Windows: Firefox now follows display scaling options to render text larger on high-res displays
NEW
WebRTC is now enabled by default!
NEW
Mac OS X: Download progress in Dock application icon
NEW
HTML5 audio/video playback rate can now be changed
NEW
Social services management implemented in Add-ons Manager
NEW
asm.js optimizations (OdinMonkey) enabled for major performance improvements
CHANGED
Improved WebGL rendering performance through asynchronous canvas updates
CHANGED
Plain text files displayed within Firefox will now word-wrap
CHANGED
For user security, the |Components| object is no longer accessible from web content
CHANGED
Improved memory usage and display time when rendering images
CHANGED
Pointer Lock API can now be used outside of fullscreen
DEVELOPER
CSS3 Flexbox implemented and enabled by default
DEVELOPER
New Web Notifications API implemented
DEVELOPER
Added clipboardData API for JavaScript access to a user's clipboard
DEVELOPER
New built-in font inspector
HTML5
New HTML5 and elements
FIXED
Scrolling using some high-resolution-scroll aware touchpads feels slow (829952)

Google rilascia un nuovo update per il suo browser Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.75 for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame

This build fixes:

• Flash videos not longer remaining in fullscreen when clicking a secondary monitor while the video is playing (Issue: 140366).
• Flash video full screen displays on wrong monitor (Issue: 137523)
• REGRESSION: Rendering difference in Chrome 21 and 22 that affected on Persian Wikipedia (Issue: 139502)
• Some known crashes (Issues: 137498, 138552, 128652, 140140)
• Audio objects are not "switched" immediately (Issue: 140247)
• Print and Print Preview ignore paper size default in printer config (Issue: 135374)
• Candidate windows is shown in wrong place in Retina display (Issue: 139108)
• more of the choppy and distorted audio issues (Issue: 136624)
• Japanese characters showing in Chinese font (Issue: 140432)
• Video playback issues with flash-based sites (Issue: 139953)
• Sync invalidation notification broken after restart (Issue: 139424)

Nuovo update per Google Chrome beta

The Beta channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.64 for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame

This build fixes:

• more of the choppy and distorted audio issues  (Issue: 136624). 
• Some known crashes (Issue: 140140)
• Japanese characters showing in Chinese font (Issue: 140432)
• Video playback issues with flash-based sites (Issue: 139953)
• Sync invalidation notification broken after restart (Issue: 139424)

Rilasciato VirtualBox 4.1.16, software freeware di virtualizzazione per sistemi Windows, Linux, Mac OS X. Download da questa pagina.

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

• VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_ACCESS_DENIED with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247)
• VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_PAGE_TABLE_NOT_PRESENT with Ubuntu 32-bit guests with nested paging enabled on AMD CPUs (bug #10183)
• VMM: preserve segment limits and attributes when switching to unreal mode required for some legacy guests to work properly (VT-x without unrestricted guest execution only; bug #9941)
• VMM: fixed a VM hang after a resume from pause / savestate with SMP guests in rare cases
• 3D Support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver crash
• NAT: fixed a crash on attempt to process ICMP datagram under some circumstances (bug #10527)
• Host-only Networking: lifted the maximal number of interfaces to 128 on Linux and Mac OS X hosts (there is no such limitation for Solaris and Windows hosts)
• EFI: fixed wrong SEC/PEI Core entry point calculation (bug #10531)
• VRDP: fixed a display update problem (bug #10503)
• Main: set the proper VM state if savestate failed for some reason (bug #6189)
• Main: more useful error message if a medium is inaccessible
• VBoxManage: fixed controlvm savestate if the VM is already paused
• Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running on Mountain Lion Preview 3 (bug #10267)
• Linux hosts: Linux 3.4 compile fixes
• Linux hosts: fixed wrong help path in some rpm-based packages (bug #10418)
• Guest Additions: fixed handling of custom environment variables during VBoxManage guestcontrol execute(bug #10581)
• Windows Additions: fixed guest driver crash of VBoxSF in certain cases (4.1.10 regression, bug #10408)
• Windows Additions: don't load the WDDM driver if 3D support is not available for Windows 8 guests to keep the guest maintainable in that case (still better to miss some features than providing a blank screen)
• Solaris Additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12

Rilasciata la nuove versione del player video KMPlayer

- Supports 3D Formats. (Side-By-Side, Top-and-Bottom) to (Anaglyph, Interlaced)
- Supports 10-bit H.264. (Libcodec.dll)
- Supports Intel Widi.
- Added video codec "DV5P".
- Add new function album art (Thumbnail image extraction from FLAC file)
- Thumbnail image display enhancement when playing audio files. (MP3, FLAC, WMA)
- Fixed ColorSpace bug.
- Fixed Intel Codec H.264.
- Fixed Winamp plugin.
- Error correction of images infected with malicious codes. (EIP register Corruption Vulnerability. Provided: KISA)
- Fixed view as a desktop mode in Windows 7.
- Fixed improper load of Album Art bug.
- Correction of screen display error when using EVR(C/A) - if you skip from the WMV file.
- Fixed KMP HTTP Reader.
- AAC codec Parser error correction from MOV file.
- MKV Skip Problum.

Download (per sistemi Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7) da questo link: KMPlayer_EN_3.2.0.0.exe, (27.5 MB).

Mozilla ha rilasciato la versione 10.0.2 del suo browser web Firefox. Note di rilascio disponibili a questa pagina

Changelog:

• FIXED: Security fixes
• FIXED: Java applets sometimes caused text input to become unresponsive
• NEW: Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default
• NEW: The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
• NEW: Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
• NEW: CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
• HTML5: New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
• HTML5: Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
• DEVELOPER: We've added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
• DEVELOPER: Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
• FIXED: Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks
• FIXED:Silverlight video may not play on some Macintosh hardware

Download da questa pagina

Secondo alcuni rumor raccolti dal Wall Street Journal Google sarebbe vicino al lancio di un servizio di cloud storage. Questo nuovo servizio di Google, che dovrebbe chiamarsi Drive e dovrebbe essere simile a DropBox, potrebbe partire nelle prossime settimane o nei prossimi mesi e sarà gratuito per la maggior parte degli utenti e delle imprese.
Drive consentirà agli utenti di archiviare foto, documenti e video sui server di Google in modo che possano essere accessibili da qualsiasi dispositivo connesso a Internet. Inoltre consentirà agli utenti di condividere facilmente i file con gli altri, se una persona volesse inviare un video girato con uno smartphone, ad esempio, potrebbe caricare il video su Drive tramite l'applicazione mobile Drive e quindi inviare via e-mail un link al video piuttosto che inviare un file ingombrante.
Secondo il WSJ già nel 2007 Google aveva intenzione di lanciare un servizio di cloud storage, denominato "Drive G", senza però poi realizzarlo. Sempre nel 2007 fu fondato DropBox, che nell'ottobre del 2011 ha raggiunto i 45 milioni di utenti, ed è valutato 4 miliardi di dollari.

Hewlett-Packard ha rilasciato il SDK (software Development Kit) per webOS 2.1, sistema operativo per dispositivi mobili. È possibile effettuare il download del SDK da questa pagina, le note di rilascio sono disponibili a questa pagina.

New webOS Features & APIs

• Just Type. Integrate into the webOS Just Type interface, enabling users search within your app or use your app to perform quick actions.
• Exhibition. Implement support for Exhibition to inform, entertain and delight your users when their devices are docked on the Touchstone charger.
• JavaScript Services with Node.js. Write background services in JavaScript. Services run in the popular Node.js runtime environment, which is built into webOS 2.
• Synergy APIs. Integrate deeply into the webOS user experience by developing Synergy connectors for Contacts, Calendar or Messaging.
• HTML5 Enhancements. CSS gradients, enhanced Canvas support, Web Storage and more. Web sites can also take advantage of HTML5 Geolocation and Application Cache.
• Key Manager. Utilize new key management and cryptographic functionality.
• Media Capture. New APIs for capturing photos, videos and audio recordings.
• Bluetooth SPP. Implement wireless data transfer to and from Bluetooth-enabled devices, using the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP).
• Zeroconf (Bonjour). Discover devices on a local network.
• Media Indexer. Access the index of audio and video files stored on the device.

 

Mozilla ha annunciato il rilascio di Firefox 4, la versione finale arriva dopo il rilascio di 12 versioni beta e due release candidate.

Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better, is proud to release Mozilla Firefox 4, the newest version of the popular, free and open source Web browser.

Secondo Mozilla la versione 4 è la versione più veloce di Firefox, Firefox 4 è da due a sei volte più veloce di Firefox 3.
Firefox 4 è dotato anche di un nuovo add-ons manager, supporto per HTML5, App Tabs. Il motore JavaScript incorpora il nuovo compilatore JägerMonkey JIT. Con Firefox 4 un eventuale problema con Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime o Silverlight di Microsoft non causerà il blocco del browser. Se uno di questi plugin si dovesse bloccare non influenzerebbe il resto di Firefox, sarà sufficiente ricaricare la pagina per riavviare il plugin.
Firefox 4 è disponibile in oltre 80 lingue per sistemi Windows, Linux, Max OS X. Il download è possibile da questa pagina.

What’s New in Firefox 4:

Fastest Firefox Ever

• Performance: Firefox is up to six times faster than the previous release. With improved start-up and page load times, speedy Web app performance and hardware accelerated graphics, Firefox is optimized for rich, interactive websites.

Streamlined Interface

• App Tabs: give a permanent home to frequently visited sites like Web mail, Twitter, Pandora, Flickr.
• Switch to Tab: easily find and switch to any open tab from your Awesome Bar without opening duplicate tabs.
• Panorama: drag and drop tabs into manageable groups to save time while navigating many open tabs.

Private and Secure Synchronization

• Firefox Sync: access your Awesome Bar history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and form data across multiple computers and mobile devices.

Most Customizable

• New Add-ons Manager: easily discover and install more than 200,000 add-ons to customize the features, functionality and look of Firefox.

Private and Secure

• Do Not Track: Firefox is leading the Web towards a universal standard Do Not Track feature that allows users to opt-out of tracking used for behavioral advertising.
• Firefox puts privacy first, fixing flaws in some Web standards to prevent others from accessing your browser history.
• HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS): automatically establishes secure connections to stop "man in the middle" attacks and keep sensitive data safe from interception during the log-in process.
• Content Security Policy (CSP): prevent cross-scripting attacks by allowing sites to explicitly tell the browser which content is legitimate.

Cutting Edge Tools for Web Developers:

• The JavaScript engine incorporates the new JägerMonkey JIT compiler, along with enhancements to the existing TraceMonkey JIT and SpiderMonkey’s interpreter for faster page-load speed and better performance of Web apps and games.
• HTML5 support in Firefox includes hardware accelerated, high-definition video (WebM), 3D graphics, offline data storage, professional typography, touchscreen interfaces and the Mozilla Audio API to help create visual experiences for sound and more.
• Firefox 4 also improves existing tools like CSS, Canvas and SVG to enable developers to make exciting Web pages.
• Firefox provides uninterrupted browsing when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins. If one of these plugins crashes or freezes, it won’t affect the rest of Firefox. Simply reload the page to restart the plugin.

Microsoft rilascerà un plugin H.264 per il browser Chrome su Windows. Lo conferma con un post su IEBlog Dean Hachamovitch (Microsoft Internet Explorer Corporate VP)

IE9 will support H.264. Microsoft has released an add-on for Firefox on Windows to support H.264 and today we are releasing a plug-in for Google Chrome on Windows to provide support for H.264.

Recentemente Google aveva annunciato di aver abbandonato il supporto al codec H.264 nel suo browser Chrome.
H.264 è stato uno dei primi standard di compressione video ad alta definizione ed è diventato un standard de facto per l'industria del video.
Il plugin è denominato "Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome" è disponibile per il download da questa pagina, ed è rilasciato sotto una licenza proprietaria Microsoft.