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Google chrome 24 stable released

Post last modified:January 12, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google just released chrome stable update 24.0.1312.52 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. What’s new in this chrome update ?

support for MathML
update to Flash (11.5.31.137)

Security fixes:

Use-after-free in SVG layout.
Same origin policy bypass with malformed URL.
Use-after-free in DOM handling.
Missing filename sanitization in hyphenation support.
Integer overflow in audio IPC handling.
Use-after-free when seeking video.
Integer overflow in PDF JavaScript.

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60 million Windows 8 licenses sold

Post last modified:January 9, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller has announced that 60 million licenses of Windows 8 have been sold to date and it includes both upgrades and sales to OEMs for new devices. And the Windows store has passed the 100 million app download mark in just two months.According to Tami there are more than 1700 certified systems for Windows 8 and Windows RT.

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Thunderbird 17.0.2 released

Post last modified:January 9, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 17.0.2 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

What’s new in this version of thunderbird?

Fixed:

Pressing the ‘x’ button on Windows now closes only one window rather than the whole application
An issue that caused occasional corruption in local folders after filtering
An issue that caused deletion of drafts saved in IMAP folders whilst in offline mode
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Mozilla firefox 18 released

Post last modified:January 8, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 18 final is now available for download.

what’s new in this firefox 18?

Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up
Preliminary support for WebRTC
Experience better image quality with our new HTML scaling algorithm
Performance improvements around tab switching
Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates
Support for W3C touch events implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages
Improved responsiveness for users on proxies
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How to install jdownloader on ubuntu 12.10

Post last modified:January 7, 2013
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install jdownloader on ubuntu 12.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

4.Type below command and hit enter
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How to install cheese webcam software on ubuntu 12.10

Post last modified:January 7, 2013
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

cheese is a free webcam software to use your webcam for take pictures or record videos and it applies fancy special effects.

To install cheese on ubuntu 12.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get install cheese

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

4.Type y and hit enter to confirm cheese installation.

5.After the successful installation,click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type cheese in the search field.And click cheese.

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Everyone Piano – free computer keyboard simulating piano

Post last modified:January 7, 2013
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Everyone Piano is a free computer keyboard simulating piano software.It uses computer keyboard to play the piano music.

Main features:

Support keyboard apart, two hands playing,automatic accompaniment, rhythm packing and synchronization.
Connect externally MIDI keyboard or electronic organ.
Customize the note layout of the keyboard.
Support stave and numbered musical notation learning and onboard sound card, timely playing.
teaching and entertainment plug-in.
Support loading the Vsti sound database.
Simulate the footplate of piano.
record, playback, music score show, inflexion and octave.
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Bitdefender Antivirus Free

Post last modified:April 18, 2023
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is now available for download.This free edition is based on the cloud security with real time protection. It comes with Real-time protection, anti-rootkit, behavior-based threats defense, web attack prevention, anti phishing and anti fraud, Bitdefender Photon,…

IgorWare Hasher – SHA-1, MD5 and CRC32 hash generator

Post last modified:January 5, 2013
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

IgorWare Hasher is a free SHA-1, MD5 and CRC32 hash generator for Windows.

Main features:

calculate SHA-1 hash, MD5 hash and CRC32 hash for single file or text
supports hash verification files (*.sha, *.md5, *.sfv) compatible with Total Commander and Free Commander
supports UTF8 verification files and UNICODE
option to use upper-case or lower-case hash values and associate hasher with files in windows explorer
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Ubuntu phone OS Unveiled

Post last modified:January 3, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mark Shuttleworth revealed that Canonical has developed a touchscreen based version of Ubuntu OS. Ubuntu for phone was made specifically for both high end and budget smartphones.

System requirements for Entry level Ubuntu smartphone:

Processor architecture – 1Ghz Cortex A9
Memory – 512MB
Flash storage – 4 to 8GB eMMC + SD

System requirements for High-end Ubuntu superphone:

Processor architecture – Quad-core A9 or Intel Atom
Memory – Min 1GB
Flash storage – Min 32GB eMMC + SD

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