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Monday, 8 July 2013
How to: send Facebook stickers from your PC or Mac
PublisherNiamh Lynch |DateJuly 2, 2013
Following in the steps of Path, Line and Viber, Facebook is the latest to adopt stickers, the little virtual stickies that are gradually replacing the emoticons and smileys of old. Right now, Facebook's stickers are limited to people using Facebook's mobile applications, Facebook and Facebook Messenger. Fortunately, the facemoji extension allows you to overcome this restriction. We're going to show you how to use Facebook stickers on PCs and Macs!
Warning: the facemoji extension can only be installed on Google Chrome (PC | Mac) or Firefox (PC | Mac).First install facemoji on you normal browser: To learn more about installing extensions and add ons, take a look at these guides: Firefox| Chrome.Log in to your Facebook account.Send a private message to a contact of your choice, or send an instant message.You'll see a new icon appear to the bottom right of the text box - click on it to activate facemoji.
Remember that you can change the set of stickers by clicking the icon bar that runs beneath the stickers menu. 
Via Softonic FR
New PES 2014 trailer shows off "next-gen equivalent" graphics
PublisherLewis Leong |DateJuly 1, 2013
Althought PES 2014 has only been confirmed for release on current generation consoles, Konami claims that the FIFA rival will have graphics that are on par with what's being offered on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
In a new trailer released by Konami, in-game graphics and new game features like the "barycenter" ball handling system, which controls the player's weight separately from the ball's movement for a more realistic feel.
The trailer also shows off the Bayer Munich team doing some technical moves and precise ball control. The ball always acts as the center for the player, which makes feints and dodges much more realistic. The new barycenter physics engine also influences the defensive play in the game where balls can be cut in ways that weren't in the previous versions of PES.
The Fox Engine provides impressive graphics as displayed by the close-ups of players from the team. Facial expresions are more detailed and realistic to the point where you can even see the veins in their necks.
PES 2014 looks like an impressive game, especially if can live up to the claims of "next-gen" quality graphics. We'll reserve judgement until the game comes out on September 20th of this year for current generation consoles. Konami has not announced a release date for next-gen consoles yet.
Two PC viruses discovered that work together
PublisherJonathan Riggall |DateJuly 1, 2013
Microsoft's Malware Protection Centre has described two families of PC virus that actually work together to download new versions of the viruses, making them harder to eradicate. Called Vobfus and Beebone, one works to download new versions of the other.
Vobfus is usually the first infection, arriving through fake links, infected USB drives or across networked PCs. This then downloads Beebone, which enlists your PC in a botnet - with all the other Beebone infected computers. Beebone can then download fresh versions of the Vobfus virus.
The advantage of this collaboration for the viruses is that they may be able to stay ahead of malware detection. You could discover a known version of one virus on your PC, but it might have already downloaded a newer version of the other which has not yet been detected.
Microsoft recommend making sure your browser is always up to date, which helps prevent you from visiting potentially dangerous sites. Disabling 'autorun' on Windows XP is also a good way to avoid viruses installing themselves from infected drives. You should always make sure your antivirus suite is up to date.
[Source: Malware Protection Centre]
Wikipedia launches new simple VisualEditor for contributors
PublisherJonathan Riggall |DateJuly 2, 2013
Wikipedia has launched a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that makes contributing to the site easier for everyone. The old article editor, wiki markup, is difficult for newcomers. The simpler VisualEditor will mean contributors can focus on their articles, without being wiki markup experts.
The new VisualEditor has been available as an alpha test for a few months on Wikipedia in English, and now all registered users can use it. The classic editor is still available, and according to the site, there are still some functions in wiki markup that are not available in the VisualEditor. Experienced Wikipedia editors will therefore still be able to work as normal, but the foundation is trying to convince as many people as possible to use VisualEditor by default, so any bugs or problems can be ironed out as soon as possible. There are no plans to to remove the wiki markup editing ability.
Not all browsers support VisualEditor yet - current versions of Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are supported, but Internet Explorer is not. Wikipedia is asking for as much feedback from users as possible, to make VisualEditor as good as possible.
[Source: Wikimedia Foundation]
Microsoft's browser benchmark cheats, gives IE 11 speed crown
PublisherLewis Leong |DateJuly 2, 2013
During last week's Build 2013 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft showed off Windows 8.1 and its latest version of Internet Explorer. IE 11 looks to be the most feature rich and quickest version of Microsoft's browser but can it dethrone Chrome as the fastest browser? Microsoft seems to think so and has created its own browser benchmark dubbed Lawn Mark 2013.
The test is performed in browser, loading symbols for different browsers as patches of grass. Unsurprisingly, Internet Explorer 11 took top marks but is this test accurate? The folks over at the Chromium project were skeptical and decided to dissect the test to see what was really going on.
What they found was that Lawn Mark 2013 was improperly setting the smallest timeout value (setTimeout)improperly for the competition. While IE11 was allowed a "0" value for setTimeout, the competition was set to the standard 4 milliseconds.
After adjusting the test to give all browser the same smallest timeout value, Internet Explorer 11 actually came out about 30% slower than Chrome. Even Firefox managed to be quicker than IE 11. In reality, IE 11 is in 3rd place with Opera and Safari following. You can try out the modified test yourself here.
So what did we learn from these benchmarks? Either there's a "bug" in Lawn Mark 2013 or Microsoft deliberately created a benchmark where IE would alway win. Also, don't mess with the Chrome fanboys.
[Source: Chromium]
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