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Labour Day 2015 google doodle

Post last modified:May 1, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Labour Day 2015 with a new doodle on its homepage.Labour Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers.

Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. For many countries, Labour Day is synonymous with, or linked with, International Workers’ Day, which occurs on 1 May. For other countries, Labour Day is celebrated on a different date, often one with special significance for the labour movement in that country.
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Micromax Canvas Laptab launched

Post last modified:May 1, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Micromax has launched Micromax Canvas Laptab with Windows 8.1 2-in-1 and inbuilt 3G SIM.It is priced at 235USD (INR.14999) and will be exclusively available from Amazon.in starting from May 6th.

Micromax Canvas Laptab specifications:

Windows 8.1 OS
10.1-inch (800 x 1280 pixels) multi-touch IPS display
1.33GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor.
2GB RAM,
2MP fixed focus rear and 2MP fixed focus front camera
32GB of internal storage, microSD card slot
3G (via SIM slot), WiFi , Bluetooth 4.0, USB
7700mAh battery
Built-in Keyboard

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Microsoft Visual Studio Code released

Post last modified:April 30, 2015
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has released free Visual Studio Code for Windows,Linux and Mac. Visual Studio Code is a free code editor with support for IntelliSense, debugging, and GIT.

Main features:

support for always-on IntelliSense code completion
semantic code understanding and navigation
keyboard support with customizable bindings
code refactoring
syntax highlighting
bracket matching
auto indentation
snippets
built-in support for ASP.NET 5 development with C#
Node.js development with TypeScript and JavaScript.
GIT support.
HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS, and JSON.
C++, jade, PHP, Python, XML, Batch, F#, DockerFile, Coffee Script, Java, HandleBars, R, Objective-C, PowerShell, Luna, Visual Basic, Markdown.
JavaScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS
C#, TypeScript

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New name for Microsoft’s Spartan browser is Edge

Post last modified:April 30, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft confirmed that the new name for its browser codenamed Spartan browser is Microsoft Edge. Edge was developed using a new rendering engine also called Edge.The company also reveals the new logo. Microsoft Edge browser Visit Microsoft Edge Homepage

Windows 10 build 10074 released

Post last modified:April 30, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows 10 build 10074 is now available for download and testing.This is the first build to be referred as an ‘Insider Preview’. What’s new in this release?

new Live Tile animation for Start.
performance and stability improvements for Live Tiles.
support high DPI displays.
improvements to Continuum.
Snap Assist now supports the ability to close a window during Snap Assist.
New default Windows sounds.
visual refresh for Cortana.
Updated Music,Video Preview and Xbox apps.
improvements Windows Store Beta :
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Tor Browser 4.5 is released

Post last modified:April 29, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Tor Browser 4.5 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

New default search provider Disconnect.
Windows packages are now signed with a hardware signing token.
Improved the application launch experience.
During install, Windows users are now given the choice to add Tor Browser to the Start Menu/Applications view.
Linux users start Tor Browser through a new wrapper that enables launching from the File Manager, the Desktop, or the Applications menu.
simplified the Tor menu (the green onion) and the associated configuration windows.
New The Security Slider.
improves on our pre-existing first party isolation implementation to prevent third party tracking.
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Opera 29 released

Post last modified:April 29, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 29 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

New look for the start page and Speed Dial.
View an revamped history page directly from the start page.
View the tabs you have open on other devices.
Quickly see which tab is playing sound with the audio indicator in the tab bar.
Customize your keyboard shortcuts.
Use mouse gestures to open links in a new tab or window or in a background tab.
View and manage the Speed Dial start pages of your other devices in the bookmark manager.
Stability enhancements.
Updated support for the latest Chromium/Blink release, version 42.
Enhanced support for Chromium extensions.
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Synfig Studio – open-source 2D animation software

Post last modified:April 28, 2015
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.

Main features:

Spatial resolution-independence.
Temporal resolution independence
High Dynamic-Range Imaging (HDRI)
Pentablet-friendly tools
Artist-oriented design
Path-based Gradients
supports a multitude of layers of various types; geometric, gradients, filters, distortions, transformations, fractal and a few others.
Cutout Tool.
Dynamics animations.
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Vivaldi Technical Preview 3 released

Post last modified:April 28, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi Technical Preview 3 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this release?

Added Tab stack and tab tiling, vertical, horizontal and grid organization
Improved Notes both visually and functionally. Now you can add more attachments and screenshots
Added support for more mouse gestures, including link gestures
Added more keyboard shortcuts and improved keyboard shortcut editing
Added Unread tab indicator to both tabs and tab stacks
Added optional Native window support for better integration with Linux WMs in particular
Added Auto update on Windows
Increased the number of supported languages to 40
Added data import from all major browsers.
Added on demand image and plugin controls so that you can load only what you need
Added Background tab progress indicator
Improved both Fast Forward and Rewind functionality
Significantly improved Spatial navigation
Improved Page actions
Added more options to the download dialog. It now has both “Save” and “Save as” in addition to “Open”
Added a new option to the bookmarks bar, so that you can have a very compact bookmarks bar with icons only
Added full screen reminder option
Some performance tuning
A lot of bug fixes and polish
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Debian 8 codenamed jessie released

Post last modified:April 28, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Debian 8 codenamed jessie is now available for download.which will be supported for the next 5 years.

What’s new in this release?

Ships with several desktop applications and environments GNOME 3.14, KDE 4.11, Xfce 4.10, and LXDE.
New default init system (systemd)
LibreOffice is upgraded to version 4.3;
Calligra is upgraded to 2.8;
GNUcash is upgraded to 2.6;
GNUmeric is upgraded to 1.12;
Abiword is upgraded to 3.0.
legacy secure sockets layer protocol SSLv3 has been disabled.
OpenJDK 7 is the new supported default Java runtime.
OpenJDK 8 will be available from jessie-backports.
Tomcat 7 and Tomcat 8 are supported and Tomcat 6 was removed.
New developer tools including VisualVM, the Dynamic Code Evolution VM (openjdk-7-jre-dcevm), Gradle, eclipse-wtp-webtools, closure-compiler and more.
Inclusion of androidsdk-tools
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