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Google+ Redesign

Post last modified:April 12, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google+ rolled out its first major redesign on wednesday.

What’s new?

new profile with much bigger photos.
new chat list that puts your friends front and center
dynamic ribbon of applications on the left.
drag apps up or down to create the order you want
hover over certain apps to reveal a set of quick actions
show or hide apps by moving them in and out of “More”
Full bleed photos and videos
A stream of conversation “cards” that make it easier to scan and join discussions
An activity drawer that highlights the community around your content
always-updated list of invitations from the people in your circles
Quick access to every public and On Air hangout
A rotating billboard of popular hangouts
New Explore page that shows what’s interesting and trending across the network
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Connection Keeper – keep your internet connection active

Post last modified:April 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Connection Keeper is free windows software that simulates Internet browsing to preventing the ISP from dropping the connection due to inactivity.

Main features:

automatically dial back in, restoring the connection.
automatically close popup windows.
simulated activity takes up almost no bandwidth.
monitor web sites and even DNS records.
monitor DNS blacklists.
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Sleep Moon Xpress – computer automation

Post last modified:April 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Sleep Moon Xpress is a free automation software to shut down,restart,hibernation,stand by or log off the system or run a specific file or sound an alarm.

Main features:

Sound An Customizable Audible Alarm
Display A Customizable Silent Notification
Perform a scheduled command according to Date & Time,Download & Upload Speed,
Perform a schedule command via any internet connected platform equipped with browsing capabilities,Sound Activation ,Mobile Platform equipped with a Camera and Bluetooth Connectivity.

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Peacock color picker

Post last modified:April 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Peacock color picker is free windows software to pick the color of any pixel on your screen.

Main features:

Customizable Zoom Up To 10,000%
Exhaustive Color Mixing Palettes
Customizable Color Schemes
Color Scheme Analyzer
Manually Adjustable RGB Color Values
Provides RGB,HSV,HSL,LAB,YIC,YUV,YUV,CMYK,HEX,HTML Color Values.
Provides Long,Greyscale,Visual Basic Color,C++ ,Java,Delphi Color Values
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Home Media Center

Post last modified:April 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Home Media Center is a server application for UPnP / DLNA compatible devices. It supports streaming and transcoding media files, Windows desktop and video from webcams.

Main features:

streaming and transcoding media files
supported output media types: MPEG2 (up to 1080i), WMV, WebM
subtitles integration
Windows desktop and webcam streaming
web (HTML) and UPnP (DLNA) interface
x86 and x64 version
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News Bar wordpress plugin

Post last modified:April 11, 2012
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

News Bar is a free wordpress plugin to show a News bar with latest tweets or posts from specified blog category.

Main features:

5 skins.
show latest twitter post
show posts from specified category.

To install News Bar wordpress plugin

Login to wordpress (wp-admin).
In your admin dashboard click plugins and select Add New.
Type News Bar in the search field and click Search Plugins button.
Install Twitter Bird on Site.
After the successfully Installation click the activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.
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Notepad++ 6.1 Released

Post last modified:April 11, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Notepad++ 6.1 is now available for download.Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

what’s new in this release?

Fix search/replace bug while Document Map is opened.
Fix User Defined Language syntax highlighting problem while Document Map is opened.
Fix showing Chinese characters problem while Document Map is opened.
The old behaviour of comment/uncomment without selection is restored.
Fix selecting all the text in document map while clicking on its dialog caption.
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Super Start firefox addon

Post last modified:February 7, 2014
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

Super Start is a free firefox addon that provides a visual bookmarks on your homepage.

Main features:

visual bookmarks on your homepage
a simple todo-list
the todo-list can be closed
The bookmarks can be folded
ctrl + T or open a new tab and you’ll see SuperStart
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MemInfo – memory usage in the system tray

Post last modified:April 11, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

MemInfo is a free windows application that displays the current memory (RAM or Page File) usage of Windows in the system tray.

Main features:

value updated in real time
fast feedback to current memory usage in Windows
highly customizable
Choose when MemInfo should warn you about high memory usage
show physical memory or Windows page file
show free or used memory
choose the font
built in memory defragmenter
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SEO Friendly Images wordpress plugin

Post last modified:April 11, 2012
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

SEO Friendly Images is a free WordPress SEO plugin to automatically update all images with proper ALT and TITLE attributes.

To SEO Friendly Images wordpress plugin

Login to wordpress (wp-admin).
In your admin dashboard click plugins and select Add New.
Type SEO Friendly Images in the search field and click Search Plugins button.
Install Twitter Bird on Site.
After the successfully Installation click the activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.
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