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- New packaging system and interface (M-x list-packages) for downloading and installing extensions. A default package archive is hosted by GNU and maintained by the Emacs developers.

- Support for displaying and editing bidirectional text, including right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.

- Support for lexical scoping in Emacs Lisp.

- Improvements to the Custom Themes system (M-x customize-themes).

- Unified and improved completion system in many modes and packages.

- Support for GnuTLS (for built-in TLS/SSL encryption), GTK+ 3, ImageMagick, SELinux, and Libxml2.

This looks great. :)

Garbageon Chromebox

Currently, it's available in selected countries. And India doesn't seem to be one of them. :(

Garbageon DuckDuckGo Cooks Google's Goose

For 80-90% of my queries it gets me to the same place as Google just as quickly, or more quickly in some cases

By quickly, do you mean in less time (search speed is more), or in fewer clicks (search quality is more / relevant links are above)?

Garbageon Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

From FAQ

How can I get a free developer kit?

We’re distributing thousands of kits to qualified developers, because, well, we want to see what kinds of incredible things you can all do with our technology. So wow us. Actually, register to get the SDK and a free Leap device first, and then wow us.

Do you support windows?

Yes! We also support native touch emulation for Windows 8.

How about Linux?

Linux support is on the agenda.

When do dev-kits ship

Depending on which batch you’re in; anywhere from 1-3 months.

What are the tech specifications for the LEAP?

TBD.

Garbageon Nmap 6 released after three years of work

"Zenmap"[1] to the rescue. :)

[1] http://nmap.org/book/zenmap-profile-editor.html

Garbageon Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

For the guys who are complaining about Unity, you can give a try to gnome-panel

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

Garbageon Why it's OK to leave a tech job at 5 p.m.

I hear people repeatedly saying "work-life balance". Work and Life are not different things. Everything is life. If you don't have life, you can't work. It's as simple as that.

Garbageon A Baseline for Front-End Developers

Am I the only one who is wondering why the hell Firebug is missing from the list of "In-Browser Developer Tools"?

Garbageon Zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation

Guess = अनुमान , अंदाज़ , अटकल

Garbageon Frustro: The Impossible Typeface

Just for the information, the project page[1] mentions that this is under "Attribution - No Derivatives"[2]

[1]http://www.behance.net/gallery/FRUSTRO-typeface/2525513

[2]http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/

Garbageon Analytics from HN vs Techcrunch

Might be a poor soul who has to visit HN from corporate computer behind corporate firewall. :)

Garbageon Export to HTML5 from Flash Professional

I am wondering if we could export Flex contents similar to Flash. Anybody has any idea?

Garbageon Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years

As per my understanding, what he is trying to say is, even if people gets ready to keep them as pets, very few might be able to survive in outer world.

Garbageon ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta is Live

Release notes - http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes

Garbageon Apache releases first major new version of popular Web server in six years

Overview of new features in Apache HTTP Server 2.4

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/new_features_2_4.html

Garbageon Google will protest SOPA using home page

From the post:

In response to questions about how the protest link would be displayed on the page, all Google would say is that the link would not replace the company logo.

Garbageon Coding Skill and the Decline of Stagnation

That is an understatement. I am currently working on a code which was written at 10 years back. And that code is still running on production server.

tl;dr; Usually enterprise Java applications does have long "service life".

Garbageon Show HN: Weekend Project - Finding Random Imgur Links with JavaScript

Why would you post these links of NSFW images here?