Manikandan

Firefox for Android

Post last modified:June 27, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla has released a major update of the Firefox web browser for Android.What’s new in this release?

Faster start-up and page load times
Support for Adobe Flash
The user interface has been completely re-designed with a new Awesome Screen
New personalized Start Page with top sites and tabs from last time
Better text readability through font size inflation
Tap-to-play is default for plugins
Google searches now utilize HTTPS
New panning/zooming architecture implemented for better touch responsiveness
Top Sites, Bookmarks, and History are now even more accessible from the Awesome Bar
Pointer Lock API implemented
New API to prevent your display from sleeping
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
FIXED:Reloading a page increases the zoom level
FIXED:Blinking characters in form fields
FIXED:Your previous tab session may not be re-opened on launch in some instances
FIXED:Some text may appear too large
FIXED:Opening links from external apps may not open properly
FIXED:Full screen does not work correctly on Flash video
FIXED:Holding the Galaxy Note’s stylus close to the phone dismisses the virtual keyboard on the Awesome Screen
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Bing adds 165 terabytes of new images to Bing Maps

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced in a blog post that it has added a165 terabytes of new satellite and Global Ortho images to the Bing Maps database.It covers imagery over North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 38 million square kilometers.
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CCleaner 3.20 released

Post last modified:June 27, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

CCleaner 3.20 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Added Windows Explorer Context Menu management to Startup tool.
Added Windows 8 Release Preview compatibility.
Added Opera 12 support.
Updated History cleaning for Aurora.
Updated History cleaning for Chrome Canary.
Improved UAC bypass code.
Improved accuracy for uninstall items installation date and size.
Improved Scheduled Tasks detection.
Improved cleaning algorithm duplication detection.
Improved file and setting removal when uninstalling.
Minor bug fixes.
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Tomahawk 0.5 released

Post last modified:June 27, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Tomahawk 0.5 is now available for download.Tomahawk is a free music player for linux,windows and max. What’a new in this version?

SOCKS5 proxy support improvements for resolvers and more.
Initial Access Control support, allowing users to define who is able to
access and stream from their collection.
Priortize resolution of a track on double-click.
Spotify Resolver can now be easily installed on-demand from the settings.
You can now sync selected playlists (and updates) with Spotify.
Support .aiff (AIFF mimetype) files.
Cleaned up Diagnostics window.

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Facebook forces @facebook.com e-mail addresses to all users

Post last modified:June 26, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Facebook now changed the displayed default email address of all users to its own @facebook.com email addresses without any warning.

Advantage:
may reduce the email spam.

Disadvantage:
mails do not land in the inbox of your connected email account.

Fix:

visit your Facebook’s profile page.
click on the update info button.
locate Contact Info module and click on the edit button.
click the button and select hidden from timeline.
to show original email address select the shown on timeline option.
click on the save button at the bottom of the menu to save the changes.

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Notepad++ 6.1.4 released

Post last modified:June 26, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.1.4 is now available for download. What’s new in this version?

Fix a crash issue of Windows 8’s Computer Manager due to Notepad++’s Shell Extension (Explorer’s context menu).

Work around for a right click issue (crashing on right click) in Windows Explorer in all versions of Win 7 and Vista. Issue was caused by a conflict among Shell Extension (Explorer’s context menu) of Symantec Antivirus, Net iD component and Notepad++.

Fix a regression in clickable link feature.

Add “reload from disk” command entry in tab context menu.
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Microsoft Buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion

Post last modified:June 26, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced the $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer, enterprise users the social network. It has more than five million users.The deal closed for $1.2 billion in cash.
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Password Safe – create a secured and encrypted password

Post last modified:June 25, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Password Safe is a free windows tool and it allows you to safely and easily manage and create a secured and encrypted user name/password

Main features:

create a secured and encrypted user name/password
Master Password
manage your old passwords
organize your passwords using your own customizable references (by user ID, category, web site, or location)
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Microsoft Rights Protected Folder Explorer

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Rights Protected Folder Explorer is a free windows software to securely store or send files to authorized users and control which users will be able to access those files while they are in the Rights Protected Folder.

Main features:

works with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
select a policy to protect the contents
create a custom policy
supports both UI based support and command line support for automated solutions.
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Jarte – free word processor

Post last modified:June 25, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Jarte is a free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word processing engine built into Windows.

Main features:

Tabbed interface
Opens files with file extension RTF, file extension DOC, and file extension DOCX
Optional “Clickless Operation”
Can be run as a portable word processor directly from a USB flash drive, CD, or DropBox folder
spell checker with custom user dictionary
Included spelling dictionaries: English (American, British, & Canadian), Spanish, French, German, Italian,

and Dutch
Link to, or import, your existing custom Word spelling dictionaries
Support for templates
Export to HTML or PDF
Single click bookmarking and bookmark navigation
Send documents via e-mail
Full drag and drop file support
Instant access to recently opened documents and folders
Instant access to documents and folders designated as favorites
Adjustable document zoom
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