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Google Body Browser – Explore the human body just like you can explore the world in Google Earth.
Google has recently demoed an interesting WebGL application called Body Browser, which lets you explore the human body just like you can explore the world in Google Earth. Now you can try Google Body Browser before it’s added to Google Labs, assuming that you have a WebGL-enabled browser: * WebGL is available, but not enabled [...]
A new version of an online encyclopedia launched in Cuba
Cuba this week launched its own collaborative encyclopedia, Écuras, which today includes some 19 200 articles with the purposes of creating and socializing academic content. The Youth Club of Computing and Electronics, which have about 600 stores around the country to the teaching of new technologies, today made the official presentation of the portal in [...]
Apache James 3.0 M2 Released
The Java Apache Mail Enterprise Sever (a.k.a. Apache James) Project is happy to announce the release of version 3.0-M2 (Milestone 2) of the Apache James server. This is the second milestone of the upcoming 3.0 release, which includes bug-fixes and improvements. All users of 3.0-M1 should upgrade ASAP. We are still actively looking for eager, [...]
The Apache Software Foundation Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee
The Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee. Apache has served on the EC for the past 10 years, winning the JCP “Member of the Year” award 4 times, and recently was ratified for another term with support from 95% of the voting community. Further, the project communities of the [...]
Apache Software Foundation Launches “Apache Extras”
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the non-profit organization responsible for the support of Apache open source projects, has launched a new site called “Apache Extras.” Hosted on Google Code, the site will house code that’s associated with Apache-related projects that are not part of the ASF’s more than 80 top-level projects or part of the [...]
Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX
Oracle and Apple just issued the following press release: REDWOOD SHORES and CUPERTINO, California–November 12, 2010–Oracle and Apple® today announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OS® X. Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java [...]
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Releases to Manufacturing
In technet blog The Software Giant Microsoft has announced its release of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard for manufacturing.  The products will be available to volume licensees in early January and to those wanting to download a trial copy as of mid-January. Availability through OEM’s and System Builders is expected starting February, 2011. Designed and priced [...]
Trapster Acquired by Nokia
Nokia Oyj’s Navteq maps division bought Reach Unlimited Corp. to acquire Trapster, an application for mobile phones that lets drivers share information about speed cameras, police checkpoints and road hazards. Trapster uses “crowdsourcing,†collecting information from user input and displaying it on maps. It runs on most major smartphone platforms. “Navteq’s focus is to understand [...]
Find your Friends Location with Google Latitude app for iPhone
Do you want to find your friend Location or your Family Members or even you can find your child when he goes out for shopping. The new Google Latitude app for iPhone gives you exact location of your friends and beloveds. With the new Google Latitude app for iPhone, you can see where your friends are [...]
Apache Incubator Program takes over Google Wave
Two weeks ago Google announced that it had submitted a proposal to the Apache Software Foundation to enter Wave into the Apache Incubator program. Now named as Apache Wave, the Apache foundation will continue development of the Wave protocols the product. The Apache Software Foundation provides developmental, legal, and monetary support for open source software [...]
How to avoid unnecessary printing with WWF format
The WWF format is a PDF that cannot be printed out. It’s a simple way to avoid unnecessary printing. So here’s your chance to save trees and help the environment. Decide for yourself which documents don’t need printing out — then simply save them as WWF. The WWF released its very own file format: The [...]
Microsoft Introduces Montage – A flexible web-based service that makes it fun and easy to create and share a visual album
Montage is a flexible web-based service that makes it fun and easy to create and share a visual album of the web on the topics you care about. You can design your Montage around any topic you can imagine by adding content that pulls information from a variety of sources, including RSS feeds, Twitter, Bing [...]
HDD Plus” malware spread through major ad networks
HDD Plus is a fake computer optimization and analysis program that displays false information so that it can scare you into thinking that there is something wrong with your computer. HDD Plus is installed via Trojans that display fake error messages on the infected computer. These messages will state that there is something wrong with [...]