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MATE Desktop Environment 1.8 released

Post last modified:March 5, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

MATE Desktop Environment 1.8 is now available for download.MATE is a fork of GNOME 2.

Added option to use IEC units instead of SI units.
Added “Open parent location” option in context menu in search view.
Added side-by-side tiling (windows snapping).
Added support to run dialog and main menu opening with metacity keybindings.
Show a progress bar in logout dialog.
Added support for Metacity as window manager.
Added MATE User Guide.
Added mpaste tool for paste.mate-desktop.org.
Added shuffle mode in slideshow.
how always the “extract to” action in caja extension
Show date and time in lock dialog

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Facebook Messenger for windows phone released [Windows Phone]

Post last modified:March 5, 2014
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Facebook has released Facebook Messenger for windows phone.

Main features:

Get to all messages without having to open Facebook.
stickers.
send photos privately.
group conversations and make plans on the go.
Share your location.
Know when people have seen your messages.
See who’s using Messenger and who’s active on Facebook.
Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
Turn off notifications.
conversation history or contacts.
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Browser Market Share February 2014

Post last modified:March 1, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in February Total market share of

microsoft internet explore is 58.19%,
firefox 17.68%,
chrome 16.84%
Safari 5.67% and
opera 1.23%.
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Operating System Market share February 2014

Post last modified:March 1, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, in February the total market share of

microsoft windows is 90.84%,
mac 7.68%,
linux 1.48%.
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CloneDisk – Partition, Back up and Clone

Post last modified:February 26, 2014
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

CloneDisk is a free Disk drive management software for windows.

Main features:

Save/restore the MBR or BS,
delete the layout of the drive
wipe with 0’s,
create a raw image file,
make a Vmware or MS Virtual Server image from a raw image file to boot your cloned disk in vmware,
do various operations on the registry around booting,
format any device to fat16/fat32/ntfs/exfat/udf (includig usb pen),
read faulty devices (with bad sectors for instance),
perform speed tests,
edit the partition table, view the boot sector ,
create a disk, create a partition,
extend / shrink a volume.
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Office 2013 service pack 1 released

Post last modified:February 26, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has released service pack one for Office 2013.It is now available for download from microsoft site.
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Easily Run Command Prompt As An Administrator

Post last modified:March 12, 2024
Post category:Windows
Post author:Manikandan

Running Command Prompt as an administrator can be done easily in Windows. Here's how you can do it: 1. Using Start Menu Search: Click on the Start menu. Type "cmd" into the search bar. Right-click on "Command Prompt" in the…

How to save (redirect) a Command’s Output to a File in Command Prompt

Post last modified:February 22, 2014
Post category:Windows
Post author:Manikandan

Just use redirection operator to save a Command’s Output in Command Prompt to a File.

Example:

ping google.com > "C:\Users\Server\Desktop\Ping.txt"

The above command stores ping command output to a file by the name of Ping.txt located on my desktop.

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Google chrome 33 stable released

Post last modified:February 22, 2014
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google chrome 33 stable is now available download for Windows, Mac, Linux.

What’s new in this release?

Fixed:
Issue with relative paths in Windows sandbox named pipe policy.
Use-after-free related to web contents.
Bad cast in SVG.
Use-after-free in layout.
Information leak in XSS auditor.
Information leak in XSS auditor.
Use-after-free in layout.
Issue with certificates validation in TLS handshake.
Information leak in drag and drop.
Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives. Of these, seven are fixes for issues that could have allowed for sandbox escapes from compromised renderers.
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