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How to install thunderbird 7.0 on ubuntu 11.04

Post last modified:October 5, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

To install thunderbird 7.0 on ubuntu 11.04

1.Open the terminal and type

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable

hit enter and type ubuntu password.

2.Then type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

3.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

4.Press y and hit enter to continue

5.To open Thunderbird, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type Thunderbird in the search applications field.And click Thunderbird mail/News.

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Flagfox – Firefox add-on

Post last modified:February 7, 2014
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

Author’s Description:

Flagfox is a free Mozilla Firefox add-on.It displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website’s server and provides a multitude of tools such as site safety checks, whois, translation, similar sites, validation, URL shortening.
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Airtime 1.9.4 released

Post last modified:October 3, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Airtime is now available for download.Airtime an open source application designed to make radio station management easier.what’s new in this version?

New file storage system with ‘watch’ folders.
DEB packages now available for Ubuntu & Debian.
“airtime-import” command-line utility now offers better help when invalid parameters have been passed.
Airtime installation no longer uses the system PHP.INI.
Graceful recovery from reboot
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Browser Market Share September 2011

Post last modified:October 2, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in September Total market share of microsoft internet explore is 54.39% (down 0.91%) , firefox 22.48% (down 0.09%),chrome 16.20% (up 0.69%), Safari 5.02% (up 0.38%) and opera 1.67% (down 0.01%).

Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in September Total market share of Safari is 55.59% (up 2.60%) , opera mini 18.92 (down 1.85%), Android browser 16.03 (up 0.29%), symbian 4.70 (down 1.13%), blackberry 2.68 (down 0.22%) and opera mobile 0.51 (down 0.07%).
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Operating System Market Share in September 2011

Post last modified:October 2, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, the total market share of microsoft windows is 92.44%(down 0.46%), mac 6.45% (Up 0.42%), linux 1.11% (up 0.04%).

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share:

The total market share of iOS is 54.65% (Up 1.61%), java ME 18.52% (down 2.05%), Android 16.26% (Up 0.28%), symbian 6.12% (down 0.09%), blackberry 3.29% (down 0.04%) and windows mobile 0.27% (down 0.07%).

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Mozilla firefox 9 aurora 2 released

Post last modified:October 2, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 9 aurora 2 is now available for download and testing. But Aurora releases may not be as stable as beta or final releases.

what’s new in this firefox aurora for Windows, Mac and Linux?

New Type Inference Technology.
JavaScript DNT Detection.
Additional support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
Support for Chunked XHR.
Integrating the Camera UI in the browser.
HTML5 form validation API.
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Name.com Promo codes October 2011

Post last modified:October 2, 2011
Post category:Promo Codes
Post author:Manikandan

Name.com celebrates October with a Scary promo code

Name.com Scary October Promotions
Use the promotional code,

WITCHESBREW

and get

$8.49 COM/NET registrations & renewals

$8.25 ORG renewals

*offer valid through 10/31/11 midnight mountain time

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Social Network report

Post last modified:October 1, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

According to the analysis by Experian Hitwise,

Market share for social networks and forums visits:

Brazil – 18.9%
Singapore – 16.4%
U.S. – 15.4%
India – 14.0%
New Zealand – 13.9%
France – 15.1%
Australia – 13.1%
U.K. – 12.2%

Facebook gained in market share by 5% in the U.S. since last year.
The fastest growing social network in india is facebook.

According to Nielsen,
The average U.S. user spent 7 hours and 46 minutes on Facebook.
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Google Maps Helicopter view

Post last modified:October 1, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google Maps launched a new feature that allows user to preview the route in 3D.Just enter start, mid and endpoint destinations to get directions as usual, and a new 3D play button will appear next to the returned directions.click on the button and the map will switch to Earth view and automatically start flying you along your recommended route. To get back to 2D mode by clicking on the “2D” button in the left panel at any time.
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Google chrome overtake firefox before the end of the year

Post last modified:October 1, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

According to Web analytics company StatCounter,Google’s Chrome Web browser could become the second most popular browser before the end of the year.And in September 2011 show that Internet Explorer has 41.7 percent market share,Firefox has 26.8 percent of market share and Chrome’s market share is 23.6 percent.

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