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This article was written on February 19, 2008 by CyberNet.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

• WinBubble 1.65 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Vista customizations
  Changes: Few more options and bug fixes

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

• IE7Pro 2.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Release: Beta 3
  Type of Application: Internet Explorer add-on
  Changes: Support downloading Youtube videos, and more

–Release Calendar–

• Early 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta [Review]
• Early 2008 – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
• February – iPhone SDK [Review]
• February – Deskscapes 2.0 [Review]
• February 21 – Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5
• March – WordPress 2.5 [Review]
• March 4 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
• March 6 – Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 6
• Mid March – Vista SP1 [Review]
• March 24 – XP SP3 [Review]
• April 24 – Ubuntu 8.04
• April 29 – Fedora 9
• June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
• September 8 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
• 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
• 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
• 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

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The Agence France-Presse is reporting that Serge Foucher, president of Sony France, is being held “hostage” by angry workers whose plant is about to close. “He won’t listen to us, we didn’t find any other solution,” said the union spokesman. Foucher had come to the video tape manufacturing plant at Pontonx-sur-l’Adour in southwest France to meet with the 311 workers one more time before the plant’s closure. Unhappy with the the compensation offered, the workers barricaded the entry with tree trunks late Thursday night. Look, times are tough, but let’s be civil, ok? Besides, demand for video tapes is certainly not at risk.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Sony France boss held hostage by disgruntled workers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For parents worried about where their children are going, there are several devices available out there to keep track of them from afar. Every mobile provider now carries kid-friendly phones that have alarms and GPS capabilities that allow parents to watch via satellite. Other techniques, such as sending email alerts to parents once children go through train station gates with their RFID train passes are also hands-off ways to track.

Recently, Princeton unveiled a tiny device that is designed for finding kids, but might be even more useful with your keys! The Kid Finder (shop link) is a remote that displays basic directional information to lead the holder to the corresponding receiver (front, right, left). It also gives basic distance information and has an alarm for the kid’s side in case of strangers bearing candy.

Since it works up top 90 meters, you won’t exactly be able to find your kids with satellite precision from far away, but the idea is that you keep good track on them in public places while you’re there. However, it’s a bit surprising that devices like this haven’t made more of a splash for basic things like bags, pets, and the ever-elusive house keys.

This is radio-based, but with the decreasing costs for RFID tags making the technology more affordable, and receiver integration into most phones in Japan, we could be looking at tagging just about everything we have! Just bring it up on the phone’s menu, and get instant feedback on location. For now, the Kid Finder is the best we have it seems, but combine it with a camera and we’ll need nothing else!

Hey Linux kernel! You’re 15! You know what that means—look back on fond times, recompile, and gather all of your copyright-reform-loving, terminal-typing friends and have a rager!

After 15 hard punches to the flipper, we’ll recount the important moments in your life and the accomplishments you’ve managed to rack up before even being allowed to legally buy cigarettes and porn in most states:

• 1987: MINIX, the more dangerous and hardcore older brother you’ve always idolized, was born.

• 1991: Linus Torvalds is pissed he can’t access his university’s UNIX servers to his liking, so he wrote the code that would become your DNA. Which I guess is better than your parents just getting blind drunk and conceiving you in their Vegas drive-through honeymoon suite.

• March 13 1994: Judging by this pretty hardcore looking log file, your version 1.0 was release on this day 15 years ago.

• 1996: You’re two years old, and you already have a logo. Tux the penguin is created.

• 1998: Richard Stallman, kind of like your step dad, shaves his beard. It grows back to the same fullness the next day.

• November 2000: The first Linux-powered cellphone is announced, the IMT-2000 in Korea. It was developed by SK Telecom, Seoul National University and “PalmPalm Technology.”

• 2003: IBM releases those creepy ads comparing Linux to an (autistic?) sponge-like kid soaking up all the world’s knowledge.

• 2004: Ubuntu’s first release. You’re going mainstream kind of!

• ???: Linux will finally power the toaster in my home.

It’s been a great life, and here’s to many nerdier years to come.

Ok I just wrote a birthday card to an operating system. I think I need to go shotgun a Coors Lite to balance out the 1,020 geek points I just accumulated. Shotgunning it just because, not in honor of any birthday or anything.

There’s not exactly a lot of details on this one just yet, but Google has now confirmed that it’s establishing an Android team in Taiwan that will be charged with supporting various hardware makers developing Android-based products. Somewhat interestingly, DigiTimes initially reported that the team would also be providing support for companies making Android-based netbooks, but Google has since denied that report, saying instead that they would simply be supporting phones. Of course, that doesn’t mean they won’t ever support Android-based netbooks but, for now at least, that’s the official line.

[Via CNET News]

Filed under: Cellphones

Google sets up Android support team in Taiwan originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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