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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

News: NVIDIA PhysX SDK 3.3.2 under Linux.

Brings GPU acceleration under Linux with the new version is the GPU PhysX support. NVIDIA has updated the PhysX SDK in version 3.3.2. NVIDIA PhysX is available for Windows, Linux, OS X, Sony PS3/PS4/PSVita, Nintendo Wii U, Xbox (360, One), Android and iOS. The main changes in v3.3.2 :

  • added set/getRunProfiled() for PxDefaultCpuDispatcher to control profiling at task level. 
  • Android: Support for x86 based devices was added. PxProfileEventHandler::durationToNanoseconds() added. Translates event duration in timestamp (cycles) into nanoseconds. 
  • added SnippetProfileZone to show how to retrieve profiling information. 
  • added SnippetCustomJoint to better illustrate custom joint implementation, and removed SnippetExtension. 
  • added SnippetStepper to demonstrate kinematic updates while sub stepping with tasks.
  • fixed some issues.

News: Firefox will be updated to version 33.

According to benoitgirard all versions of the Firefox web browser will be updated to version 33.
All updates will be available on October 14, 2014. Firefox 33 introduces several changes.
This is visible on the frontend while others improve the browser in the backend. This feature will move compositing to a second thread to make the main thread loop more responsive.
Also, Firefox Beta, Aurora and Nightly versions will be updated to version 34, 35 and 36 respectively. You can download Firefox 33 directly from Mozilla.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

News: the versions 3.13 and 3.14 of the kernel can be hijacking.

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has the consequence that a remote attacker TCP hijacking.
According to this, the kernel can be hijacking.
This some numerical values of the kernel, like TCP sequence number, which an attacker can take over TCP connections easier.

News: Open SSH 6.7 released.

The developers have begun a restructuring of the code.
It base to make parts of Open SSH as a library to access.
The Open-BSD developers write here about this new released:

OpenSSH 6.7 has just been released. It will be available from the mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/ shortly. OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support. Once again, we would like to thank the OpenSSH community for their continued support of the project, especially those who contributed code or patches, reported bugs, tested snapshots or donated to the project.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

News: The new Blender 3D - ver 2.72 .

The new Blender 3D software has arrived with new features and tools.
I test it and is a great job make by the Blender 3D team. The splash is great ...
About the application, the new features can be found here.
 ... or the features that are currently in development:
 - GSOC Painting additions
 - Pie Menus
 - Freestyle Rendering for Cycles
 - Rewritten Array Modifier
 - Dragging Masks with Handles
 - New Drag Handles
 - Intersect Tool
 - HSL Color Ramps
 - Sun Beams Node
 - Cycles Reflective and Refractive Caustics
 - Cycles experimental GPU Kernel
 - Cycles Anamorphic Bokeh.
I like also the Pie menu from user interface :

About this news, you can see some video here.
Great job.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Should I Learn Flask or Django? by Techy Help.

Very nice animation about Django and Flask. I started with django and I used now Flask. I think is more easy to try Flask for the first time...

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Minko wins innovation gold at Cannes for Babolat Play .

Presented at the 2014 Cannes Lions international advertising competition, the project won a gold award in the “innovation” category.
Read more about this here.
I don't think this will run under Linux ... but the Minko comes with great features for users.