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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:March 27, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday with a Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago doodle on its Google homepage.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect.He was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture.
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Angry Birds Space – 10 million downloads in 3 Days

Post last modified:March 27, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

According to the Rovio,Rovio’s Angry Birds Space was downloaded 10 million times in its first three days.

The game features 60 regular levels, hidden bonus levels, some brand new birds with new powers and nifty trick shots.

The Android version at Google Play Store as ad-supported free version and ad-free paid version for $0.99.
The iPhone and iPad Touch version at the iTunes App Store for $0.99 and the HD version for iPad for $2.99.
The PC version at Angry Birds Store for €5.95 ($7.83)
The Mac version at the Mac App Store for $4.99.
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Notepad++ 6.0 Released

Post last modified:March 26, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.0 is now available for download.Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

what’s new in this release?

PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is supported.
Add Document Map feature (via Menu View->Document Map)
Enhance the loading performance for the large file.

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta released

Post last modified:March 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta is now available for download.What’s new in this version?

Refined, fresh, and elegant interface features.
Darker interface with optional lighter gray background.
Content-Aware Patch.
Mercury Graphics Engine.
create and apply custom strokes and dashed lines to shapes.
quickly search layers.

Just select “Try. I want to try Adobe Photoshop CS6 for a limited time.” in the Welcome Screen when you start the installation process.Adobe ID login and online activation are required either at installation or within seven days after your first launch of the Photoshop CS6 beta.
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Juan Gris’s 125th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:March 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Juan Gris’s 125th birthday with a new cubist doodle on its Google homepage. José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works, which are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre — Cubism — are among the movement’s most distinctive.
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Angry Birds Space released

Post last modified:March 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Angry Birds Space is now available for download. The game features 60 regular levels, hidden bonus levels, some brand new birds with new powers and nifty trick shots.

The Android version at Google Play Store as ad-supported free version and ad-free paid version for $0.99.
The iPhone and iPad Touch version at the iTunes App Store for $0.99 and the HD version for iPad for $2.99.
The PC version at Angry Birds Store for €5.95 ($7.83)
The Mac version at the Mac App Store for $4.99.
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TweetDeck 1.3.0 released

Post last modified:March 23, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

TweetDeck 1.3.0 is now available for download. what’s new in this version?

create, edit and delete lists directly in the app.
dedicated Lists button on the toolbar.
all user profiles have an “Add or Remove from lists” menu item.
added two columns to TweetDeck.
new Interactions column, available under the Add Column button.
new column type called Activity.
inline media previews.
small preview of images and videos.
replaced “Quote” with “Edit & RT,” .
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Google Chrome 17.0.963.83 stable released

Post last modified:March 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google just released chrome 17.0.963.83 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame, a new updated stable version of its popular browser.This release fixes issues with Flash games, along with the security fixes.

Fixes:

Use-after-free with first-letter handling
libpng integer issue from upstream.
Use-after-free in CSS cross-fade handling.
Memory corruption in WebGL canvas handling.
Use-after-free in block splitting.
Apply additional isolations to webui privileges.
Prompt in the browser native UI for unpacked extension installation.
Cross-origin violation with “magic iframe”.
Invalid read in v8.
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140 Million active Twitter Users

Post last modified:March 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday on 21 march 2012.And according to company’s blog post, Twitter now has 140 million global active users (logs into Twitter once a month) and 340 million Tweets a day. That’s more than 1 billion every 3 days.

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Banshee 2.4.0 released

Post last modified:March 22, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Banshee 2.4.0 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

DVD playback support.
Display the genres and years in the browser, in addition to the artists and the albums, and use them to filter your music library.
UPnP support.
Several improvements to Muinshee, our alternative UI.
Add separate options for writing ratings and play counts to files.
Change wording of Metadata settings.
Add support for DOS folder separator in playlists.
Update values for the Smiley Face equalizer preset .
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