Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Fedora 10 has been released

Published on 26 November, 2008 in Software releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

The Fedora Project has released Fedora 10 codename Cambridge.

Most important changes are;

  • Improved webcam support
  • Plymouth graphical boot
  • Infrared Remote support
  • Bluetooth Bluez 4.0
  • GNOME 2.24
  • KDE 4.1.2
  • LXDE also available as window manager
  • GIMP 2.6
  • RPM 4.6
  • NetworkManager has been updated
  • SecTool
  • OpenOffice 3.0

More info can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/

Downloads can be found at http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

Zend Framework 1.7 has been released

Published on 19 November, 2008 in Software releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Zend has released the definitive version of their PHP framework. Zend Framework 1.7  includesmany new components and features, including:

  • Zend_Amf with support for AMF0 and AMF3 protocols
  • Dojo Toolkit 1.2.1
  • Support for dijit editor available in the Dojo Toolkit
  • Zend_Service_Twitter
  • ZendX_JQuery in extras library
  • Metadata API in Zend_Cache
  • Google book search API in Zend_Gdata
  • Preliminary support for GData Protocol v2 in Zend_Gdata
  • Support for skip data processing in Zend_Search_Lucene
  • Support for Open Office XML documents in Zend_Search_Lucene indexer
  • Performance enhancements in Zend_Loader, Zend_Controller, and server components
  • Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir enhancements for mail delivery
  • Zend_Tool in incubator
  • Zend_Text_Table for formatting table using characters
  • Zend_ProgressBar
  • Zend_Config_Writer
  • ZendX_Console_Unix_Process in the extras library
  • Zend_Db_Table_Select support for Zend_Paginator
  • Global parameters for routes
  • Using Chain-Routes for Hostname-Routes via Zend_Config
  • I18N improvements
    • Application wide locale for all classes
    • Data retrieving methods are now static
    • Additional cache handling methods in all I18N classes
    • Zend_Translate API simplified
  • File transfer enhancements
    • Support for file elements in subforms
    • Support for multifile elements
    • Support for MAX_FILES_SIZE in form
    • Support for breaking validation chain
    • Support for translation of failure ,messages
    • New IsCompressed, IsImage, ExcludeMimeType, ExcludeExtension validators
    • Support for FileInfo extension in MimeType validator
  • Zend_Db_Table_Select adapater for Zend_Paginator
  • Support for custom adapters in Zend_Paginator
  • More flexible handling of complex types in Zend_Soap

In addition to the new features almost 300 bugs have been fixed.

Zend Framework 1.7.0 is available as download in full and minimal packages from their website. Download: http://framework.zend.com/download/latest

 

World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King

Published on 9 November, 2008 in Games. 0 Comments Tags: .

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich KingI`ve just preordered World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King along with the BradyGames strategy guide.

Links to pre-order at Amazon.com;

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games) World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King

There`s also a collectors edition available;
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector’s Edition World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King

Zend Framework 1.6 has been released

Published on 2 November, 2008 in Software releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Zend has released version 1.6 of their PHP framework.

Documentation is now available as PDF

New features;

  • Zend_Tool
  • Lucene 2.3 Index File Format Support
  • Zend_Session save handler for Database Tables
  • Paginator Component
  • Figlet Support
  • ReCaptcha Service
  • Captcha Form Element
  • Zend_Config_Xml Attribute Support
  • Zend_File_Transfer Component
  • File Upload Form Element
  • Zend_Wildfire Component with FireBug Log Writer

Download:
http://framework.zend.com/download/latest