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This article was written on March 18, 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.

• Comodo Firewall 3.0.20.320 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
  Type of Application: Firewall
  Changes: Fixed slow network performance

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

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

• OpenOffice 2.4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
  Release: Release Candidate 6
  Type of Application: Office suite
  Changes: N/A

–Release Calendar–

• Early 2008 – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
• March – WordPress 2.5 [Review]
• Mid March – Vista SP1 [Review]
• March 24 – XP SP3 [Review]
• March 25 – Firefox 2.0.0.13 [Review]
• March 27 – Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
• March 27 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
• March 31 – Object Desktop 2008 [Review]
• April 24 – Ubuntu 8.04
• April 29 – Fedora 9
• June – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review]
• June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
• Mid 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
• 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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Remember those eccentric ASUS Android tablets at CES? Yeah, it’s all a bit of a blur for us as well, but turns out both the Eee Pad Transformer and Slider prototypes just made it to the BETT (British Educational Training and Technology) Show in London this morning, so we decided to wander along to get our hands dirty again. Sadly, the Transformer had a bit of a rough ride from Vegas and remained dormant, but we were still able to admire its sturdy keyboard dock with great key press travel. And in case you’ve forgotten, said dock is also an external battery that doubles the juice up to 16 hours. UK shoppers will see this slate popping up in the stores around May or June for £379 ($597), and its docking kit for £100 ($158).

We were more fortunate with the functioning Slider prototype, even though it had the same sliding issue we saw at CES. But fear not, as we were told that the engineers are already reworking the mechanism, and here’s hoping that they’ll do something about the flexing keyboard as well. As for software, we didn’t have time to test everything, but we were surprised by the general snappiness of the current Froyo test build. And speaking of which, we’re not too sure what the plan is with ASUS’ Android roadmap — even though we were told at CES that Honeycomb will be on these tablets at launch, the folks we met today said that they’ll be shipped with Gingerbread instead; and even then, there’s no time frame for the 3.0 upgrade just yet. Anyhow, this is less of a concern for the Slider given its July or August launch, but it’ll cost you a hefty £429 ($676).

Additionally, both tablets will see their 3G variants in the UK a quarter after their respective launches, but regardless, it’s never too soon to start a petition for your carrier to spread the ASUS tablet fever.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and Slider: another look originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know how long we’ve been waiting for Flash video to get decent hardware acceleration? Well, it looks like the Google-backed WebM VP8 codec won’t take nearly so long. The WebM hardware development team just pushed out hardware decoder IP for VP8, which will let chip folks build WebM playback into their chipsets — most of which are currently oriented around accelerating H.Google’s-gunning-for it-264 and / or Flash. A VP8 hardware encoder IP will follow later in Q1. There’s nothing much more to it: it’s the same ol’ 720p and 1080p decoding we know and love, which will be possible on mobile devices (and already is with other codecs), but this time it’s open, remember?

WebM VP8 specs ready for chip companies to start building hardware acceleration originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SwiftKey for Android was one of the breakout stars in the virtual keyboard business last year, thanks to a unique predictive phrase system that learns how you talk (or write, as it were) and recommends entire words based on your personal style. It sounds weird, but it’s surprisingly helpful — and even if you don’t use the phrase prediction aspect at all, it’s simply a well laid-out, easy-to-use keyboard. The company has big plans for 2011 with talks of OEM deals in the pipeline, UI and functionality tweaks, new utilities for learning your writing habits by ingesting RSS feeds, Facebook posts, Gmail, and other sources… oh, and this: a new app customized for use on Android tablets.

Text entry on tablets is a challenge that manufacturers and software vendors have been trying to solve for a long, long time, and one look in a busy airport with dozens of people trying to type on iPads carefully-balanced on their laps will tell you that we’ve still got a long way to go. We’re not sure how SwiftKey’s new version will work on 10-inch tablets (take the Xoom, for instance), but we had a chance to check it out on a Galaxy Tab — and we have to say that it’s probably the best landscape virtual keyboard we’ve used on a 7-inch tablet so far. Swype and other tracing keyboards seem out of place on a screen this big, but SwiftKey takes advantage of the fact that your thumbs are so far apart by splitting your QWERTY into two parts and placing the lesser-used numbers in the center.

The keyboard isn’t ready for prime time just yet — SwiftKey still bills it as a prototype — but we imagine it’ll be available before too long. Follow the break for a hands-on video!

Continue reading Exclusive: SwiftKey tweaks its Android keyboard for tablets (hands-on with video)

Exclusive: SwiftKey tweaks its Android keyboard for tablets (hands-on with video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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