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Opera 12.12 released

Post last modified:December 20, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 12.12 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Opera 12.12 is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements.

Several general fixes and stability improvements.
New option ‘Delete settings and data for all extensions’ option (off by default) in the Delete Private Data dialog.
Corrected an issue where using the ‘Delete Private Data’ dialog could delete extension and settings data.
Redesigned the ‘Delete Private Data’ dialog to be more usable with small screens.
Fixed an issue where quitting Opera while in fullscreen mode could cripple the interface on the next start-up.
Fixed an issue where malformed GIF images could allow execution of arbitrary code.
Fixed an issue where repeated attempts to access a target site could trigger address field spoofing.
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90 day free trial of Office 365 for Small businesses

Post last modified:December 20, 2012
Post category:Promo Codes
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft now offers 90 day free trial of Office 365 ,the online productivity software service. The offer is limited to 10 users per account and business can sign up for this offer until the end of February.No credit card required to get this offer.
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Notepad++ 6.2.3 released

Post last modified:December 18, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.2.3 is now available for download.What’s new in this version.

Fix find “\r\n” bug in RegExpr mode.
Change “Delete file” command to “Move to Recycle Bin”.
Add Remove empty lines feature.
Change document default value from ANSI to UTF8 w/o BOM.
Enable Word-completion under CJK environment for unicode document.
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YouTube API version 3.0 released

Post last modified:December 18, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has released YouTube API version 3.0 for everyone.

Whats’ new in this version?

easy to use.
It only returns what you ask for and is using JSON rather than XML encoding.
introduces new core functionality including Freebase integration via topics, and universal search.
channel bulletin post and full subscriber list management.
This constitutes the API’s biggest overhaul to date
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Mozilla in 2012 infographic

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Some important achievements:

3 billion Firefox Add-on downloads
shipped in 89 languages
introduction of the Social API and Facebook Messenger integration
world’s first Open Web Device
30 new Web APIs

100+ new features

Firefox marketplace

Donot track

SOPA
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VLC 2.0.5 released

Post last modified:December 16, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Rework and fixes of the Mac OS X interface
Fix Pulseaudio initial synchronization
Fix MKV, SWF, AIFF and subtitles demuxer crashes
Translations updates and new Welsh translation
DVB-S delivery system detection
Fix audio and video track selection through libVLC
Fix system sleep issue on Mac OS X 10.5
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Google is shutting down Google Sync,Google Calendar Sync and some more

Post last modified:December 15, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:

new reservable times on your Calendar through Appointment slots,Smart Rescheduler,Add gadget by URL – january 4 2013
Google Sync -January 30 2013
Google Calendar Sync -December 14 2012
Google Sync for Nokia S60 -January 30 2013
SyncML – January 30 2013
Issue Tracker API – June 14 2013
Punchd Android and iOS apps- June 7 2013

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200 million SkyDrive users

Post last modified:December 14, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft said in blog post that Live Mesh support will end on February 13,2013 and there are now over 200 million SkyDrive users and less than 25000 active users of Windows Live Mesh.
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Google Zeitgeist 2012 releasedZeitgeist

Post last modified:December 13, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has released Zeitgeist 2012, 12th annual report analyzes the hottest and fastest rising search terms throughout the year.

The top most popular global search was

1.Whitney Houston
2.Gangnam Style
3.Hurricane Sandy
4.iPad 3
5.Diablo 3
6.Kate Middleton
7.Olympics 2012
8.Amanda Todd
9.Michael Clarke Duncan
10.BBB12

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