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Office for android released [Android]

Post last modified:August 1, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Office Mobile for Office 365 is now available for download from google play store. It requires a qualifying Office 365 subscription.

Main features:

Access Office documents that are stored on SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro, or SharePoint.
Documents you’ve recently viewed on your computer are readily available on your phone in the recent documents panel.
Email Attachments
Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents look great on your phone.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint have been optimized for the small screen of your phone.
Resume Reading
Presentation Views
make quick edits to Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Formatting and content remain intact when you edit Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents on your phone.
Edit While Offline
create new Word and Excel documents on your phone.
Comments
Share – send the document in email or save it to SkyDrive or SharePoint.
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VLC 2.0.8 released

Post last modified:August 1, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

VLC 2.0.8 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Fix ISDB-S tunning on Linux.
Fix crash in QTsound.
Fix use-after-free in sgimb module.
New Kannada translation.
Fix crashes in libavcodec module.
Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access module.
Improve resitance against malformed MKV files.
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview released

Post last modified:July 31, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this release?

Builds on the Window 8.1 Preview.
Windows To Go Creator.
Start Screen Control.
DirectAccess.
BranchCache.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
AppLocker.
Windows Enterprise Side-Loading.
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Notepad++ 6.4.3 released

Post last modified:July 30, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.4.3 is now available for download.
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

What’s new in this version?

Fix a crash issue while using Function list.
Enhance delimiter selection (Ctrl + Mouse Double Click) – add GUI settings in Preferences dialog.
Add open session in the new instance capacity.
Add new command line argument “-openSession” for opening a session file.
Add multi-instance option.
Fix regression -systemtray command line option not working properly.
Fix begin/end selection bug after the text modification between the begin and end position.
Add localization command line option -LlangCode where langCode is browser language code.
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IE11 Developers Preview for Windows 7 released

Post last modified:January 8, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

IE11 Developer preview for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now availablefor download and testing.

What’s new in this release?

Faster, More Responsive Browsing.
render text on the GPU.
W3C Resource Priorities standard.
ECMAScript 6 standard.
IE11 supports features including let, const, Map, Set, and WeakMap, as well as __proto__ for improved interoperability.
support for WebGL.
closed captioning (TTML and SDP).
HTML Full Screen API.
WebCrypto.
All-new F12 Developer Tools.
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Rosalind Franklin’s 93rd birthday google doodle

Post last modified:July 25, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Rosalind Franklin’s 93rd birthday with a new google doodle on its homepage.Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London,into an affluent and influential British Jewish family. Her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894–1964), a London merchant banker, and her mother was Muriel Frances Waley (1894–1976).

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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean released

Post last modified:July 25, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Auto complete dial pad.
improved algorithm for tap-typing.
use Wi-Fi to detect location.
Bluetooth Smart support.
Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3 support.
Disabled apps tab.
OpenGL ES 3.0.
Africaans, Amharic , Hindi, Swahili and Zulu language support.
Hebrew, Arabic, and other RTL (right-to-left) – now supported in the home screen, settings, and Phone, People, and Keep apps.
Restricted profiles.
Setup wizard simplification.
Faster user switching.
Enhanced photo daydream.

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WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate 2 released

Post last modified:July 25, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this release?

Improved revisions.
Improved autosave.
Improved media player.
and fixed some bugs.

Other wordpress 3.6 features:

Own Post Formats UI.
New Twenty Thirteen default theme.
embed audio and video files into your posts without relying on a plugin or a third party media hosting service.
Posts are now autosaved locally.
New Post Locking.
Nav menus with an accordion-based UI, and a separate tab for bulk-assigning menus to locations.
new revisions UI features avatars an a slider.
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Apache OpenOffice 4.0

Post last modified:July 24, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

New Sidebar feature.
Fidelity and interoperability improvement.
New Color Palette.
New Gradients.
New Gallery Themes and Gallery enhancements.
Refined the Selection Handles User Interface.
Refined Selection Visualization.
Better Print Preview.
Enhanced conversion to Bitmap Graphics.
Enhanced FillType ‘Bitmap’
Enhanced Copy/Paste.
Enhanced Drag&Drop.
Adapt LineStart/End to LineWidth
SVG Export enhancements.
SVG/Metafile Break improvements
SVG Import improvements
Picture Crop mode offers preview
Calc and Chart Improvements/Enhancements.
Extensions Improvements/Enhancements.
3 new languages support.
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Opera 16 Next releaed

Post last modified:July 20, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 16 Next is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta release?

support for W3C Geolocation API.
form auto-filler.
support for jump-lists on Windows 7/8.
presentation mode is now available also on Mac.
opera:flags – Now play with experimental features there.
Opera 16 is based on Chromium 29.
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