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AMPPS 1.6 released

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

AMPPS 1.6 is now available for download.AMPPS is an Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Python and Softaculous STACK for desktops and office servers (localhost).what’s new in this version?

The current version of AMPPS for Windows include:

Softaculous AMPPS 1.6(Softaculous 4.0.5),Apache 2.2.22,PHP 5.3.10 and 5.2.17,PERL 5.10.1,Python 2.7.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3 module,MySQL 5.5.20,phpMyAdmin 3.4.9,SQLite Manager 1.2.4,MongoDB 2.0.2(Only 64-bit),RockMongo 1.1.0 .

The current version of AMPPS for Mac include:

Softaculous AMPPS 1.6(Softaculous 4.0.5),Apache 2.2.22,PHP 5.3.10 and 5.2.17,PERL 5.14.1,Python 2.7.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3 module,MySQL 5.5.20,phpMyAdmin 3.4.9,SQLite Manager 1.2.4,MongoDB 2.0.2(Only 64-bit),RockMongo 1.1.0 .
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SmartCam – Smart Phone Web Camera

Post last modified:February 16, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

SmartCam is a free open source software and it turns a camera phone with bluetooth or WiFi into a handy webcam ready to use with your PC.
Supported phone OS: S60(Symbian Series 60), Windows Mobile 6.x, Android, Samsung Bada

How to use SmartCam?

Install the program in Windows or Linux and
install the client to your smartphone.
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SharpDevelop – IDE for the .NET platform

Post last modified:February 16, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

SharpDevelop is the open-source IDE for the .NET platform.
Supported Programming Languages:C#,VB.NET,Boo,IronPython,IronRuby,F#.

Main features:

Windows Forms,WPF,Entity Framework
Refactoring and Parallel build support for multi-core machines
NuGet and T4 support
Multi-framework targetting (.NET 4.0, as well as 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5)
Code Autoinsert
Integrated Debugger
Unit Testing
Setup projects
SharpDevelop Reports .NET open-source reporting solution
XML code completion
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HandBrake – multithreaded video transcoder

Post last modified:February 16, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

HandBrake is a free multithreaded video transcoder for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Main features:

Chapter selection, Chapter Markers
Subtitles
Vobsub and Closed Captions
SRT import and passthru
SSA passthru or burn-in
Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
Video: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Cropping and scaling
Live Video Preivew
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FreeCol – turn based strategy game

Post last modified:February 15, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization and similar to Civilization.The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.The main aim of the freecol team is to create an Open Source version of Colonization (released under the GPL).The gameplay and the rules are exactly the same as the original game.

Supports:
All platforms
A minimum screen resolution of 1024×768
Java Virtual Machine version 1.5.0 or above
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LibreOffice 3.5 Released

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

LibreOffice 3.5 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

Better UI for header/footer handling.
New faster built-in grammar checker for English and several other languages.
New multi-line input bar in Calc.
Import filter for Microsoft Visio documents.
Custom Shapes import was greatly enhanced.
checks for updates automatically at user defined intervals, and allows manual download of the newest version.
The word count dialog is modeless and updates as you type.
New native driver for PostgreSQL databases.
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HeidiSQL – MySQL and msSQL database management for windows

Post last modified:February 15, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

HeidiSQL is a free Windows based interface for managing MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases.

Main features:

Connect to multiple servers in one window
Connect to servers via commandline
Create and edit tables, views, stored routines, triggers and scheduled events.
Generate nice SQL-exports
Export from one server/database directly to another server/database
Manage user-privileges
Export table rows as CSV, HTML, XML, SQL, LaTeX and Wiki Markup
Bulk edit tables (move to db, change engine, collation etc.)
Batch-insert ascii or binary files into tables
Write queries with customizable syntax-highlighting and code-completion
Monitor and kill client-processes
Find specific text in all tables of all databases of one server
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How To Customize new Twitter background (Let’s Fly design)

Post last modified:February 6, 2014
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Twitter redesign the site Let’s Fly design and also offer some new features.

Tips for creating your own new twitter background

1.Keep important background content on the left of the screen.
2.Twitter.com content is still centered on the page.
3.New design uses fixed width of 865 pixels
4.Twitter Background is left-aligned.
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Valentine’s Day 2012 Google Doodle

Post last modified:February 14, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Today the search giant, Google is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a new animation video Google Doodle that uses Tony Bennett’s song “Cold, Cold Heart” on its homepage.Just click the play button.
Valentine’s Day is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. Watch below video for this doodle.

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Personal Finance Manager – record transaction and budget information

Post last modified:February 14, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Personal Finance Manager is a free simple finance manager to record transaction and budget information.

Main features:

Record income and expenditure.
Register payments that can be automatically debited or credited on given dates.
Create budgets.
Copy or move selected transactions between accounts.
Reports:graphs, pie charts, balance plots and multiple page colour reports that can be displayed, printed and exported into many popular formats.
UN-delete deleted transactions.
create multiple accounts.
multiple budget transaction allocations.
encrypted database with password protection.
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