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Red Eclipse Free Open Source First Person Arena Shooter

Post last modified:August 18, 2021
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Red Eclipse is a free and open source single player and multiplayer first person arena shooter game built on Cube Engine 2 using SDL and OpenGL. It has six different game modes: Campaign, Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Defend the Flag, Bomber and Time-Trial. It is available for Windows, Linux/BSD and Mac OSX.Red Eclipse takes influence from a variety of sources in its mechanics and gameplay. Flow, pacing, and level design are akin to Unreal Tournament, while aspects like burning, bleeding, and some weapon behavior have been adopted from Team Fortress 2. It comes with featuring parkour, impulse boosts, and more.

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Xonotic – free first-person shooter

Post last modified:December 13, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Xonotic is a free fast-paced first-person shooter that works on Windows, OS X and Linux.Xonotic is a direct successor of the Nexuiz project. The game is based off the Darkplaces game engine which is originally a quake modification. Xonotic has incredibly good graphics for an opensource game and is on par with most commercial games from 2006-2007. The gameplay is of course slightly inspired by several other games, but it is essentially a unique mixture of mostly original and different ideas.

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WordPress 3.3 (Sonny) released

Post last modified:December 13, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.3 ( code name ‘Sonny’ – the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt) is now availabe for download now. what’s new in this version?

new drag-and-drop uploader
hover menus for the navigation
the new toolbar
improved co-editing support
the new Tumblr importer
a friendly welcome message for first-time users
revamped help tabs
improved dashboard experience on the iPad and other tablets with better touch
new editor API
new jQuery version
better ways to hook into the help screens
more performant post-slug-only permalinks
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TweakNow PowerPack

Post last modified:December 12, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

TweakNow PowerPack is a fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer’s operating system and Web browser.

Main features:

The Registry Cleaner module
more than 100 hidden Windows settings in the Windows Secret section.
easily customize your Windows like geeks.
The Virtual Desktop module lets you run as many as four custom-designed desktop configurations simultaneously
Detailed information about your motherboard, processor, video card, memory, hard disk and network.
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MyUnity – Unity tweak tool

Post last modified:May 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

MyUnity is a ubuntu unity customization tool.

Main features:

Tweak font settings,size, RGBA and hinting
Change Dash, Launcher and Panel transparency and Adjust Dash blur
Display ‘home’, ‘trash’ and mounted drives on the desktop
Adjust launcher size, backlights and hiding preferences

To install MyUnity on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.
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Robert Noyce’s 84th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:December 12, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The search giant Google is celebrating the 84th birthday of Robert Noyce with a stylised electronic chip google doodle on its homepage. Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed “the Mayor of Silicon Valley”, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
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Picasa 3.9 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Picasa 3.9 is now available for download. what’s new in this version?

Share to your Google+ circles
now upload and share your name tags on Google+
New photo editing effects
Compare two different photos side by side
Add or remove Photo Tray buttons
Choose an upload size
Sync albums from Picasa to web albums
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Youtube new video manager

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Youtube rolling out an updated video manager with some new features. What’s new?

Simplified top and left navigation bars.
Icons to indicate privacy status, if monetization is enabled and scheduled publish status.
Badges to indicate whether videos are HD, Creative Commons and/or captioned.
A new look.

To try out the new design, go to the Video Manager and click try it now.
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Mozilla Firefox 9 beta 5 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox 9 beta 5 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this beta?

Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Added two finger swipe navigation and Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
Added support for font-stretch and querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML,CSS and text-overflow
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Silverlight 5 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Silverlight 5 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

less than 7 MB in size
Hardware Decode of H.264 media
Postscript Vector Printing to improve output quality and file size.
improved graphics stack with 3D support
extends the ‘Trusted Application’ model to the browser for the first time
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