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LibreOffice 3.5.4 Released

Post last modified:June 5, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

LibreOffice 3.5.4 is now available for download.

Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand or upgrade to 3.4.5.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
Microsoft Office 2010 will complain that ODF 1.2 and extended documents written by LibreOffice 3.5 are invalid (but opens them still). This is a shortcoming in MSO2010 only supporting ODF 1.1,
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Mozilla firefox 13 released

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 13 final is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in June 5.

what’s new in this firefox 13?

When opening a new tab, users are now presented with their most visited pages
The default home page now has quicker access to bookmarks, history, settings, and more
SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup
Smooth scrolling is now enabled by default
72 total improvements to Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad and Style Editor
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to theelement
The CSS turn angle unit is now supported
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Browser Market Share May 2012

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in May Total market share of

microsoft internet explore is 54.05%,
firefox 19.71%,
chrome 19.58%
Safari 4.62% and
opera 1.57%.

Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in May Total market share of
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Operating System Market share May 2012

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

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

microsoft windows is 92.53%,
mac 6.44%,
linux 1.03%%.

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share:

The total market share of

iOS is 62.65%,
Android 19.69%,
java ME 12.17%,
blackberry 2.09%
symbian 1.86%,
Windows Phone 0.66% and
Kindle 0.47%.

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Windows 8 Release Preview released

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Windows 8 Release Preview is now available for download.

Do Not Track capabilities being turned on by default with Internet Explorer 10
new Bing apps
integrated Adobe Flash
greater customization of the Start screen
improved multimonitor usability
Updated Windows Store application

System requirement:

1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
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Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate is now available for download and testing.It comes in two flavors, 64 bit ISO and VHD.

system requirements:

Processor:Minimum: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
Ram:Minimum: 512 MB
Disk Space:Minimum: 32 GB
Other:DVD drive,Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor,Keyboard and mouse
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Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate released

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate is now available for download and testing.

Note: This is not a final product.

What’s New in Visual Studio 2012 RC

Visual Studio 2012 editions:

Visual Studio Ultimate 2012
Visual Studio Premium 2012
Visual Studio Professional 2012
Visual Studio Test Professional 2012
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
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Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 released

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 is now available for download.Yahoo! Messenger is a free service that allows you to talk, send private & instant messages, Drag and drop photo and file sharing, Share live video with your webcam, get instant alerts for new messages in your Yahoo! Mail account, and keep track of your stocks portfolios and use stock price limit alerts and get sports scores.
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Maxthon 3 version 3.3.9.1000 released

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Maxthon 3.3.9.1000 is now available for download.Maxthon is a free web browser for windows,ios and android. What’s new in this version?

Main Frame Fix:
Failed to delete the data in Address Bar drop-down menu

Webkit Core Fixes:
Some Chinese characters displayed incorrectly
Failed to create Canvas
Blocked Gmail popup windows by mistake

Magic Fill Fixes:
Improved the support to Magic Fill in some sites
“Name” of Magic Fill displayed as url in Maxthon Options

Extension Platform Fixes:
Icon display problem
Unqualified extensions might cause crashes
Improved the extension interface calls
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Fedora 17 released

Post last modified:May 31, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Fedora 17 is now available for download.What’s new in this version?

KDE 4.8.
QtQuick.
KSecretService.
GNOME 3.4.
new GNOME 3 app Boxes.
support for the CUPS colord color profile service.
idjc.
Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard.
gimp 2.8.0
blender 2.6.1
vym 2.0.6
Scribus 1.4.0
libreoffice 3.5.0.3
evolution 3.3.5
Sugar 0.96 desktop environment
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