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Thunderbird 17 released

Post last modified:November 21, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 17 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

What’s new in this version of thunderbird?

A Menu Button is now shown to new users by default
Tabs are now drawn in the title bar on Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported

Fixed:
An issue causing spell-checking only parts of words in Thunderbird 16
An issue causing Thunderbird 16 to repeatedly download emails
RSS feeds can now be viewed in the Wide View Layout
Various fixes and performance improvements
Various security fixes
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Firefox For Android Now Supports ARMv6 Processor phones

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

Mozilla announced that Firefox for Android 17 is now available on phones using ARM’s older v6 architecture with at least 800MHZ processor and minimum 512MB RAM.This includes the HTC Status, HTC ChaCha, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Motorola Fire XT and LG Optimus Q mobile phones. Firefox for Android also supports hardware and software decoder for h.264 video and Explore by Touch.
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Notepad++ 6.2.2 released

Post last modified:November 20, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.2.2 is now available for download.What’s new in this version.

Fix url link style problem in php document.
Add selected line count display on the status bar.
Add the capacity to treat path like “\test\test.txt”.
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FileZilla Client 3.6.0.1 released

Post last modified:November 19, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

FileZilla Client 3.6.0.1 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

Fix problems with TLS cipher selection, including a bugfix for GnuTLS
Fix a crash on shutdown
Add log message for servers not using UTF-8
Small performance and memory optimizations getting file types
Improve formatting of transfer speeds
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phpMyAdmin 3.5.4 released

Post last modified:November 18, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

phpMyAdmin 3.5.4 is now available for download.

What’s new in this release?This a bugfix release.

uuid_short() is a no-arguments function
Add routine parameter headers not valid for “function”
-Various search operators not working as expected
Invalid select query generated for tables with ENUM fields
Incorrect imagejpeg Syntax Breaks Image Transformation
Editing SQL not possible when no records found
Display chart and number of rows to plot
Wrong redirect url caused cookies error with ForceSSL
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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 evaluation released

Post last modified:November 17, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 60 day evaluation version is now available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions from Microsoft’s TechNet Evaluation Center for download.It includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync.

Microsoft ID and registration to download is required.
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Now buy WordPress.com upgrades with bitcoins

Post last modified:November 17, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress.com has announced that it will now accept payment for its digital goods in Bitcoin in addition to credit cards and PayPal. Bitcoin is a digital currency that enables instant payments over the internet. Unlike credit cards and PayPal, Bitcoin has no central authority and no way to lock entire countries out of the network.
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WordPress 3.5 beta 3 released

Post last modified:November 15, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.5 beta 3 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this release?

Add Media dialog
updated jQuery UI 1.9.1,
updated SimplePie 1.3.1,
updated TinyMCE 3.5.7.

Other new features in WordPress 3.5
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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
Post category:Tech News
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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