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Thunderbird 13 released

Post last modified:June 6, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 13 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?

Filelink: Upload your files to an online storage service and send links to your friends, avoiding bounce back due to large attachments.YouSendIt brings this feature.

In partnership with Gandi and Hover, now sign up for a personalized email address from within Thunderbird. Along with your new email address, Thunderbird will be automatically set up and ready to send and receive messages.

The minimum system requirements for Windows are now Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
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XnConvert – batch image converter and resizer

Post last modified:June 6, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

XnConvert is a cross-platform batch image converter and resizer for Windows, Mac, and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

Main features:

Supports more than 500 image formats
Batch adding of files and folders
Support for drag and drop of files
Batch rotating, cropping, resizing and more
Adding of photo masks
Preserving or removing image metadata in conversions
Multipage image file support (i.e animated GIF, APNG, TIFF)
Command line integration via NConvert
Filters – such as ‘Blur’, ‘Gaussian Blur’, ‘Emboss’, “Sharpen’ and much more
Effects – such as ‘Old camera’ and much more
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Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta build 1256 released

Post last modified:June 6, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta build 1256 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta build 1256 release?

Support of “Decrease traffic usage on browser activity” option for Firefox browser.
Fixed:Bug in saving the list of downloads.

Note:Please notice that this version uses newer format of its service files which is incompatible with the previous versions of FDM.
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Google buys QuickOffice

Post last modified:June 6, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google announced that it has acquired QuickOffice.QuickOffice is the developer of mobile apps for Apple iOS, Android, and Symbian devices that allow users to view, edit, sync and share documents anywhere, anytime. Google working on bringing their technology to google’s Apps product suite.
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LibreOffice 3.5.4 Released

Post last modified:June 5, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

LibreOffice 3.5.4 is now available for download.

Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand or upgrade to 3.4.5.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
Microsoft Office 2010 will complain that ODF 1.2 and extended documents written by LibreOffice 3.5 are invalid (but opens them still). This is a shortcoming in MSO2010 only supporting ODF 1.1,
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Mozilla firefox 13 released

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 13 final is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in June 5.

what’s new in this firefox 13?

When opening a new tab, users are now presented with their most visited pages
The default home page now has quicker access to bookmarks, history, settings, and more
SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup
Smooth scrolling is now enabled by default
72 total improvements to Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad and Style Editor
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to theelement
The CSS turn angle unit is now supported
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Browser Market Share May 2012

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in May Total market share of

microsoft internet explore is 54.05%,
firefox 19.71%,
chrome 19.58%
Safari 4.62% and
opera 1.57%.

Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in May Total market share of
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Operating System Market share May 2012

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, in May the total market share of

microsoft windows is 92.53%,
mac 6.44%,
linux 1.03%%.

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share:

The total market share of

iOS is 62.65%,
Android 19.69%,
java ME 12.17%,
blackberry 2.09%
symbian 1.86%,
Windows Phone 0.66% and
Kindle 0.47%.

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MidiPiano – MIDI player, recorder and editor

Post last modified:June 4, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

MidiPiano is a free MIDI file player, recorder and editor for windows.

Main feature:

Play and Record MIDI file with a virtual keyboard.
Edit MIDI file with visual piano roll.
Max 128 MIDI IN/MIDI OUT devices work in double harness.
Colorful keys stand for different track simulate left hand and right hand.
Customize keyboard layout.
Support multi-language.
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Windows 8 Release Preview released

Post last modified:June 1, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Windows 8 Release Preview is now available for download.

Do Not Track capabilities being turned on by default with Internet Explorer 10
new Bing apps
integrated Adobe Flash
greater customization of the Start screen
improved multimonitor usability
Updated Windows Store application

System requirement:

1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
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