Google is releasing updates for Chrome at great pace and soon in future, it is destined to reach version 6. You may thing what’s the catch in receiving a version number, it’s the way in which the browser will be programmed to read your clicking habits and thus will automatically forward to a site. This feature is to be known as ‘predictive pre-connections’.

According to Trusted Reviews. Enter a search term and it’ll automatically pre-load in the background the pages you’re most likely to visit, reducing the amount of time it takes to display that Web site should you decide you actually want to go there.

Though it’s not been confirmed, we’re assuming the browser will base its predictions on data gathered from all Chrome users, and not just data harvested from an individual’s browsing habits.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Picasa library format will not be supported in iTunes, reported 9to5Mac. This was conveyed by an email response that Jobs gave to a UK based reader. Jobs not only denied Picasa support in iTunes but also pointed out that “iPhoto program on Mac has much better Faces and Places features”.

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Mozilla has confirmed a reported Firefox, after initially dismissing a security advisory from Secunia. A patch for the vulnerability has been included in Firefox 3.6.2, which is scheduled to land on March 30, though a beta version is available for download however we doubt whether it will fit it or not.  Earlier, a security researcher named Evgeny Legerov has reported getting to know of exploit code for a previously unknown remote code execution bug in Firefox 3.6. The exploit was included in VulnDisco, an add-on for a professional exploitation framework called Immunity CANVAS.

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Adobe is currently developing Photoshop CS5, which is expected to be released in mid-2010. Few videos were posted by the development team showcasing what lies ahead on facebook. Adobe photoshop CS5 is poised to feature new brushes which include three dimensional brushes, better masking, enhanced detection of objects and few others. Adobe CS5 is expected to make strong use of CUDA technology on Nvidia graphics cards.

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Microsoft, today released Silverlight version 4 adding  new features including support for Google’s Chrome browser and hardware acceleration for a image downloading tool called Deep Zoom. It will extend out-of-browser abilities introduced in version 3, and tweak text, printing and networking to make it better for applications. Microsoft further added that Silverlight now enjoys 60 percent of the share among internet devices and Windows phone 7 will be the major push point where lots of stuff are planned for integration. Continue reading “Microsoft unveils Silverlight 4 RC and claims to be on 60% of internet devices” »

Microsoft released API (Application programming Interface) of bing after getting feed back from developers who emphasized the necessity for offline reading, preferably in chm format of pdf format. The book is over 650 pages with very detailed explanation of every aspect. The Bing Application Programming Interface (API) version 2 allows third-parties to programmatically submit queries to Bing, and of course, also get the necessary results from Microsoft’s search engine.

“Now, everything you ever wanted to know about the Bing Application Programming Interface (API), Version 2, is conveniently available in a single download. Get an overview, survey, and detailed information for each important area of the API: what the API does, and what it does that it did not do before. Survey information for protocols, SourceTypes, and properties. Detailed samples demonstrating all of the above, including code samples,” George Thomas Jr., Bing Toolbox, revealed . “If you are new to Bing, version 2 of the API enables developers to build applications that can: retrieve information from the Internet. Monetize an application with advertisements. Improve and enhance search requests and results. Find location-specific information. Translate terms and blocks of text,” Thomas stated. Continue reading “Microsoft releases Bing Application Programming Interface (API) for developers” »

Cloud based options are really getting wider day by day and Microsooft – world’s largest software maker yesterday introduced cloud-based operating system in India. It is to feature Windows Azure, a cloud-based operating system hosted in Microsoft’s data centers, will be available at $0.12 on an hourly basis, while storage on Azure will cost enterprises $0.15 per GB on a monthly basis.  The web edition of its database service SQL Azure will be available at about $10 per month for up to 1 GB. The business edition of its database service will be priced at about $100 per month for up to 10 GB of database per month.
Rajan Anandan, managing director, Microsoft India, said: “All of our popular products are already cloud-ready, and we have a clear future roadmap to provide anytime, anywhere access across diverse devices spanning computer, mobile and Internet.” Continue reading “Microsoft unveils cloud-based operating system in India” »

Google maps recently added one more feature to its ever spreading list where bikers will be able to route or say plot the best available riding journey within a city. The feature will head start with New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland. But Google is rolling it out in 150 cities nationwide and announcing it Wednesday at the 10th Annual Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. and later it will also be rolled out for other regions of the world in a phase manner.

“This has been a top-requested feature from Google Maps users for the last couple years,” says Shannon Guymon, product manager for Google Maps. “There are over 50,000 signatures on a petition.”

“This new tool will open people’s eyes to the possibility and practicality of hopping on a bike and riding,” says Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists. “We know people want to ride more, we know it’s good for people and communities when they do ride more — this makes it possible. It is a game-changer, especially for those short trips that are the most polluting.” Continue reading “Google Maps add “routes for bikers”” »

After the pompous launch of iPhone OS running ipad Tablet, Apple CEO Steve Jobs got busy on media tour at several the media houses in US. During recent visit at The Wall Street Journal office, Jobs held Flash responsible for CPU resources hog, source of security holes and also being reason for crashing Macs reported Gawker. Apparently, Jobs had fired snarky comments against Adobe recently.

Apple and Adobe haven’t been able to join hands in years to bring Flash platform for Mac OS and iPhone OS. Infact, Adobe has introduced Flash wrapped in different package but not for the iPhone browser. WSJ office visit wasn’t the first time when Jobs criticized Flash for crashing Mac systems. Besides calling Flash a CPU hog and source of security holes , he went ahead and said We don’t spend a lot of energy on old technology . However, ditching Flash entirely would be trivial , noted Jobs. Continue reading “Steve Jobs Slaps Adobe flash – Says it a CPU Hog” »

Google quietly today displayed the availability of Themes for Gmail users as we earlier reported to you. There are various themes available for users to dress up the gmail account which varies according to regions. Earlier google introduced themes for Orkut users and it has proved to be a big success which showed the importance of personalization for users but google had gone step ahead here as some of the themes keep changing according to day time based on morning, noon and sunset which is nice feat. These themes can be found under settings in your gmail account.