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A new version of the graphics library Clutter, is used for GUI in project Gnome 3. API and ABI new version is backward compatible with previous versions of the library.

Innovations:

• ClutterScrollActor: Support the viewing area with scrolling to display content larger than the viewing area.
• ClutterTransitionGroup and ClutterKeyframeTransition: two sub-groups for the organization and the transition between key frames in accordance with API animation ClutterActor.

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It was updated the stable branch of proprietary drivers for video cards Nvidia. Issue number for 304.51 includes the following changes:

• provided support for the following cards: GeForce GTX 660, GTX 650, GT 645M, GTX 670MX, GTX 675MX;
• Added support for the new card Quadro Sync for video processors Quadro, built on the basis of architecture Kepler;
• Fixed a bug with the fall of X-Server version 1.13, if the latter was compiled without support for DRI2;

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A download mirror of SourceForge network has in recent days distributes software PhpMyAdmin in a version equipped with a backdoor.

This is the archive “phpMyAdmin-3.5.2.2-all-languages.zip”, the 22nd probably around 400 users since Have downloaded September. The affected server is located in Korea and has the hostname “CDNetworks-kr-1″, Sourceforge removed him from the mirror network.

The compromised version of the software contains the file “server_sync.php” additional PHP code that evaluates HTTP post data and an installation so vulnerable from the outside. Additional Javascript code is possibly the attacker to detect vulnerable installations, such as the developer Michal Čihař writes in a blog entry.
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The Free Chicken Scheme implementation in version 4.8.0 is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

The new release extends the modular system to provide interfaces and Functors. The type system listed with “input-port”, “output-port”, “(list-of T)” and “(vector-of T)” also new additions. Interpreter when the user can now use the [q] key active REPL command line instead of leaving the whole process to finish. The key combination [,] [m] changes between modules. Even the compiler that translates Scheme to C learned some improvements. For example, he documents his optimizations now in C comments, also the complexity of some algorithms was reduced, which accelerates the translation especially large source files. A long list of details can be found in the “NEWS” file.
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After the publication of the previous series on kickstarter raided Obsidian Entertainment, under the command of Chris Avelon with the promise to isometric RPG of all time, with the modest title Project Eternity (Project Eternity). Among the quests appear pretty pixelated adventure Sealark, an Oceanic Adventure Game, as well as paper and ink product Papier Adventure.
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GStreamer project represents the first stable release of the GStreamer multimedia framework with a stable API and ABI.

1.x branch – a stable branch, aimed at the end user. Its API and ABI compatible with those of the branches 0.10.h, but, if necessary, the two branches can be installed and used in parallel.

Major news and improvements:

• More flexible use of memory.
• Extensible and consistent binding system metadata to buffers.
• Increased efficiency of buffering small objects.
• Automatic dispatch in state of dynamic flux.

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Took a new stable release multiplatform toolkit GTK +.

Innovation version 3.6:

• Subclass GtkEntry: GtkSearchEntry, representing a single-input element that is used for the search.
• Widget GtkMenuButton: button to pop up the menu. The menu can be generated through GMenu or manually.
• GtkLevelBar: a widget to indicate the level of a certain value.
• GtkSpinButton now be oriented vertically.

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A few days ago have been discovered and posted on github , licensed under the MIT, the source code of the game engine Torque 3D . Assembling engine available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is believed that due to good documentation and examples engine has a low barrier to entry.
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Spotting a software spectrum analyzer for audio data is now available in version 0.8.

The software underwent a major overhaul, because the developers replaced the previously used GUI toolkit GTK + by WxWidgets. So they want to simplify packaging and improve the GUI integration with Windows and Mac OS X. In addition, the user may now set the power spectral density, for example, come to lossy transcoding on the track. For more details call the readme .
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Kickstarter thing continues to grow, and after the huge success which had Wasteland 2 by Brian Fargo, inXile with studio and Double Fine Adventure from Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions studio in the arena goes notorious company Obsidian Entertainment. Names Fergus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Tim Kane and Josh Sawyer can tell a lot avid cult RPG, well, those who have not heard these names, have heard about games like Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1 and 2 and Fallout New Vegas, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Alpha Protocol, and many others who participated in the development of these people.

So, meet - Project Eternity . At the moment, has already collected more than 1 million 840 thousand dollars, and there is still 24 days. Now it is known that the engine will be used by Unity, the game will be DRM-free version of the game and will be for Linux (it officially announced in updates to the game site ). Spread the game will probably be through the site Good Old Games (gog.com). Plans to revive the developers on a new engine all the advantages of games Infinity Engine.
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