Skype has released Skype 2.5 for Android which includes a list of new features and also expands the video calling feature to more Android devices. New Features:14 additional devices whitelisted for video calling. Video calls now supported in portrait and landscape. Double-tap to zoom. Revised Recent view – conversations now grouped around your contacts. Improved support for Bluetooth headsets. In-client advertising. (Advertising will not be shown to users that have Skype Credit, a Calling or Skype Premium subscription.) It is possible to edit and delete IM messages. Skype will no longer restart [...]

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Just after few days of Firefox 7 release, now Mozilla has rolled out Firefox 8 beta 1 to public for testing and according to Mozilla wiki the final Firefox 8 will reach in November 2011. Firefox 8 Beta New FeaturesTwitter integration into new default search option Improved control of add-ons Restore tabs on demand WebSockets updates Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for WebGL textures Supports HTML5 media elements Added support for insertAdjacentHTML Improved CSS hyphen support for many languagesYou can download Firefox 8 beta 1 for your required operating system via links below. Download [...]

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Mozilla has released Firefox 7 with performance improvements, and bug Fixes. One of the major improvement included in Firefox 7 is the reduced memory usage which is maximum up to 50%. Firefox 7 New FeaturesIncludes support for the Web Timing specification Enhanced support for MathML WebSocket protocol is upgraded to version 8 Ellipsis: Support for text-overflow Addresses stability and security issues Includes opt-in system that allows users to send performance feed back to Mozilla which will help out to improve future versions of browser With a new usage functionality Mozilla collects usage [...]

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If one has complained of Mozilla for the delay in performing new releases, now need to revise their opinions. Mozilla has released the new version Firefox 7 in very less span of time. Couple of weeks ago we reported on Firefox 6 and now Mozilla released another version. Firefox 7 enhance your browsing experience by improving one of its major drawback, i.e. high memory consumption. The latest and new Firefox 7.0 drastically improves the usage of memory (RAM) and is said to consume 20-30% less memory than former builds of Firefox browser. The new Firefox has also improved image rendering on [...]

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VMmare and VirtualBox are both virtual machine software suites for x86 and x64 computers. They allow you to run a “virtual” or guest operating system (OS) inside your main (host) OS. For example you could run Debian Linux as your main OS while running a complete version of Vista in a separate window on your desktop. Additionally, the guest system can comprise of different hardware. You could create three virtual hard drives and two optical drives on your virtual computer. Currently, the top three offerings in the virtual machine market are VMware, Virtual PC, and VirtualBox. I used [...]

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Microsoft has released an updated version of Skype in addition with Windows 8 support. Folks who are running Windows 8 developer preview and having problems with Skype must download the latest release of this Voip app through link below. Download Skype 5.5.0.117 for Windows

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  Nielsen has just released some interesting data concerning mobile phone users in the U.S. For starters, their data found that nearly 30% of U.S. mobile subscribers are using smartphones running full operating systems. And amongst those users owning a smartphone, the iPhone currently rakes in a 27.9% market-share, Android 22.7%, BlackBerry 27.4% and Windows Mobile 14%. But here is where it gets really interesting for us. According to this new data, amongst women who plan on buying a new smartphone, the greater majority prefer to purchase an iPhone to an Android device. Yet, amongst males, [...]

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In just three weeks, gamers deciphered the structure of a key protein in the development of AIDS that has stumped scientists for years. According to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the findings could present a significant breakthrough for AIDS and HIV research. Using an online game called Foldit, players were able to predict the structure of a protein called retroviral protease, an enzyme that plays a critical role in the way HIV multiplies. Unlocking the build of the protein could theoretically aid scientists in developing drugs that would stop [...]

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Popular first person puzzle-platform video game Portal has been made available for free (yes, legally) for PCs and Macs. This is a limited time offer, so if you haven’t played it yet, we highly, highly recommend that you go download it now. Valve Corporation – the developers of Portal – have decided to give the game away for free under their Learn with Portals program which aims to capture the imaginations of students in order to help make teaching them science, technology, engineering and math easier and more fun. While we aren’t clear how exactly a video game like Portal would help make [...]

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A new version of Facebook for Android has appeared, with the v1.7 update adding a few tweaks to the app. Some of the changes that have been implemented include improvements to the app’s sharing functionality and it is now easier to tag people straight from your smartphone. The main changes to the sharing part of the app is to do with privacy – you can now toggle the settings on the app to match that of the website. The tagging tweaks now mean you can tag friends and places in posts. Re-design Facebook has decided to give the profile and Group Walls section a re-design as well, and it has [...]

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