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Auguste Rodin’s 172nd birthday google doodle

Post last modified:November 12, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebratingAuguste Rodin’s 172nd birthday with one of his most famous works The Thinker doodle on its homepage.
François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris’s foremost school of art.
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FileZilla Client 3.6.0 released

Post last modified:November 12, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

FileZilla Client 3.6.0 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

Auto-scroll file lists if dragging an item near the top or bottom
Add option to create empty files to the remote file list context menu
Support legacy servers sending directory listings in EBCDIC
Added Tango icon set
First-time users now get prompted whether they want to save passwords when first using the quickconnect bar
Greatly improve TLS performance by updating to GnuTLS 3.1.x with Nettle backend
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IrfanView 4.35 released

Post last modified:November 9, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

IrfanView 4.35 is now available for download.IrfanView is a free image viewer and image converter forWindows. What’s new in this version?

New Add Text dialog features: No selection needed, Preview, Effects etc.
Option to save profiles (Add-Text, JPG-Save and Color Correction dialog)
New capture dialog option: Capture fixed screen rectangle; Stop timer
New transparency save option: Use main window color (GIF, PNG, ICO)
New file handling option: Remove sidecar files (Properties->File Handling)
New options in Watermark dialog: Preview, Click to preview
New folder browsing options in: Properties->Browsing (stop on folder end)

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Bram Stoker’s 165th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:November 8, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Bram Stoker’s 165th birthday with a Dracula doodle on its homepage.
Abraham Bram Chootiya (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
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Google Chrome 23 stable released

Post last modified:November 7, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google just released chrome 23 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame, a new stable version of its popular browser. What’s new in this chrome 23 stable ?

GPU-accelerated video decoding enabled for Chrome on Windows.
battery lasted 25% longer when GPU-accelerated video decoding was enabled.
Now easier to view and control any website’s permissions for capabilities such as geolocation, pop-ups, and camera/microphone access.
Includes an option to send a “do not track” request to websites and web services.
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Skype will replace Windows Live Messenger

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft announced that the Windows Live Messenger will be retired in the first quarter of 2013 and it wll be replaced by the Skype everywhere, except for China, which will retain the Messenger naming.
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Opera 12.10 released

Post last modified:November 7, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Opera 12.10 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Opera 12.10 is a contains new and improved features, plus security and stability enhancements.

Operating system compatibility: Windows 8 and Mac OSX
touch support also works on Windows 7
New and improved APIs:

API for URL filtering
Context Menu API
Screenshots API
Resource Loader API
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Kaspersky Lab IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2012 report

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

Some important results from the latest quarterly report of kaspersky lab’s IT Threat report:

Kaspersky Lab products detected and neutralized 1,347,231,728 threats in Q3 2012.
Java vulnerabilities are used in more than half of all attacks.
28% of all mobile devices attacked run Android OS version 2.3.6
56% of exploits blocked in Q3 use Java vulnerabilities.
TOP malicious program detected on the Internet is Trojan Script Generic and on user’s computer is Trojan Win32 Generic.
A total of 91.9 million URLs serving malicious code were detected, a 3% increase compared to Q2 2012.
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iOS 6.0.1 releases

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

iOS 6.0.1 is now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. what’s new in this release?

Fixes:

prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air
horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard
issue that could cause camera flash to not go off
Improves reliability of iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation) when connected to encrypted WPA2 Wi-Fi networks
an issue that prevents iPhone from using the cellular network in some instances
Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match
a Passcode Lock bug which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen
affecting Exchange meetings

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Windows Phone SDK 8.0 released

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

Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is now available for download for everyone.It provides the tools that you need to develop apps and games for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.5.
It also provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions.
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