Tizenegy biztonsági frissítést ad ki a decemberi patch kedden a Microsoft. Végre javítja a cég az Internet Explorer távoli kódfuttatásra lehetőséget adó sebezhetőségét. 2013-ban összesen 106 patchet ad ki a cég, ami rekordbeállítás.

Armadillo is a C++ linear algebra library (matrix maths) aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease of use. Integer, floating point, and complex numbers are supported, as well as a subset of trigonometric and statistics functions. Various matrix decompositions are provided through optional integration with LAPACK and ATLAS libraries. A delayed evaluation approach, based on template meta-programming, is used (during compile time) to combine several operations into one and reduce or eliminate the need for temporaries.

Release Notes: This release adds divide-and-conquer variants of economical SVD and pseudo-inverse functions, element-wise variants of min() and max(), easier specification of submatrix view sizes, and a more precise timer when using C++11.

Release Tags: Feature Enhancements, Stable, Speedups

Tags: Scientific/Engineering, Mathematics, Software Development, Libraries, machine learning, Statistics

Licenses: MPL 2.0

igerman98 is a spell check dictionary for the German language that is aware of the spelling rules that went into effect in August 1998. Along with German orthography, Swiss German orthography is optionally supported. Dictionary creation for Ispell, Myspell, and Hunspell is possible.

Release Notes: This release adds many new words and some minor fixes.

Release Tags: Stable

Licenses: GPL

Lassan-lassan célba ért a 2009-ben indult, de egy időre felfüggesztett projekt, amely a Firefox futtatási architektúráját írja át alaposan. A külön processeket használó Firefox már tesztelhető, hamarosan a stabil kiadásban is megjelenik az új architektúra.

A Gmailt és a Naptárat is felvette a Google a Takeouts szolgáltatásának listájára, így már teljes levelezés és a naptárak is letölthetők, és importálhatók is más szolgáltatásokba. A Google Naptár adatai már most menthetők, a Gmail esetében pedig a következő hónap során válik elérhetővé a funkció.

XWiki is a WikiWiki clone written in Java that supports many popular features of other Wikis like the Wiki syntax, version control, attachments, security, and searching, but also many advanced features like templates, database and dynamic development using scripting languages (Velocity, Groovy, Ruby, Python, PHP, and more), an extension system and skinability, J2EE scalability, an XML/RPC remote API, statistics, RSS feeds, PDF exporting, WYSIWYG editing, an Office viewer and importer, and a lot more.

Release Notes: This is a bugfix release.

Tags: Information Management, Document Repositories, Internet, Web, Dynamic Content, Site Management

Licenses: LGPL 2.1

Chaotic Rage is a 3D zombie shooter with multiple game modes and play styles. It supports modding, single player mode, split-screen mode, networking, and campaigns.

Release Notes: This release adds Android support.

Release Tags: Android

Tags: 3D game, Network, Shooter, Zombies

Licenses: GPLv2

A világ egyik legkiterjedtebb botnet hálózatára mért csapást a Microsoft és az Europol. A ZeroAccess névre hallgató kártevő több százezer PC-t fertőzött meg, kattintgatott velük hirdetésekre. A Microsoft 49 gyanús domaint foglalt le, a fertőzött gépeket pedig leválasztotta a kérdéses IP-címekről.

A Microsoft bejelentette téképszoftverének legújabb asztali, Windows 8.1 verzióját, amit a Windows Store-ból le is tölthet bárki, feltéve, ha amerikai lokáció van beállítva a Windows-fiókjában. A térképet egy teljesen nulláról újraépített motor szolgálja ki.

Komolyabb szabályozás várhat a natív hirdetésekre. Az Egyesült Államok illetékes hatósága szerint a megtévesztő, szerkesztett tartalomnak tűnő hirdetések elhelyezése jogsértő lehet, egyelőre azonban nem tervez változtatni ezzel kapcsolatos stratégiáin. Az ANA hirdetőszövetség szerint ugyanakkor a jövőben komoly intézkedések várhatók.

Dublintól pár perc autópályázásra, nagyjából a semmi közepén található a Microsoft egyik adatközpontja – egyik a világon levő több mint tízből, ahonnan a cég változatos felhős szolgáltatásainak ügyfeleit szolgálják ki. A HWSW belülről is megtekinthette.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Bank of America has issued a research report suggesting that the crypto-currency Bitcoin could become 'a major means of payment for e-commerce' on its way to emerging as 'a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers.' The bank attaches a 'maximum market capitalization' of Bitcoin at roughly $1,300, based on its position as a 'major player in both e-commerce and money transfer' as well as 'a significant store of value with a reputation close to silver.' Bitcoin has come close to exceeding that theoretical ceiling in recent weeks, although its valuation dove today after the People's Bank of China decided to declare it a volatile 'currency' without real legal status; that financial institution is also concerned about its use in money laundering and black markets. Bank of America sees Bitcoins' advantages as low transaction costs, its finite supply (which will protect its value), and its increasing attractiveness as an alternative to 'traditional' cash. As with the People's Bank of China, however, the bank sees the currency's extreme volatility and lack of legal backing as a bad thing, and frowns at the possibility that regulators could step in and increase transaction costs. 'A 50 minute wait before payment receipt confirmation is received will prohibit wider use,' the report adds. 'This is less of an issue for two parties that know each other because they trust the other will not double spend, but when dealing with an anonymous counterparty this creates a high level of unhedgeable risk.' Without a 'central counterparty' to verify transactions and thus mitigate that risk, Bitcoin could fail to break into wider use."

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itwbennett writes "Broadcom Chairman and CTO Henry Samueli has some bad news for you: Moore's Law isn't making chips cheaper anymore because it now requires complicated manufacturing techniques that are so expensive they cancel out the cost savings. Instead of getting more speed, less power consumption and lower cost with each generation, chip makers now have to choose two out of three, Samueli said. He pointed to new techniques such as High-K Metal Gate and FinFET, which have been used in recent years to achieve new so-called process nodes. The most advanced process node on the market, defined by the size of the features on a chip, is due to reach 14 nanometers next year. At levels like that, chip makers need more than traditional manufacturing techniques to achieve the high density, Samueli said. The more dense chips get, the more expensive it will be to make them, he said."

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td_lib provides support functions for ded, cm_tools, and sccs_tools.

Release Notes: This release updates the configure script.

Release Tags: Maintenance Release

Licenses: MIT/X

CloEDIT is an HTML code editing tool. It allows you to edit files with a clear structural view, and change the organization of contents easily. It is best suited for working on HTML files that have existing design CSS, like Bootstrap 3.0 or Foundation 4 sites.

Release Notes: This formal release adds better support for Ubuntu Linux, syntax highlighting for the inline editor, improved presentation of bootstrap and foundation columns, and various bugfixes for Linux environments.

Tags: HTML Editor, bootstrap, lift, foundation

Licenses: Commercial