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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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Easy Photo Effects

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

Easy Photo Effects is free photo effect software for windows. This software allows you easily apply a cool effect to your photos.

Main features:

open and save JPEG files and uncompressed bitmap images.
works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Supported photo effects:

Black and White,Sepia,Brightness,Contrast,Topaza,Movie,Embossed,Analogica,Borders,Colored Grid,Tilt Shift,Resize,Night Vision,Rotate,
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How to install Firefox Aurora on ubuntu

Post last modified:February 13, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox Aurora is a new Firefox release channel designed to show the first look of the latest firefox features. It is a pre-Beta build of Firefox.

Firefox channels:

Aurora: Newest innovations in an unstable environment
Beta: Aurora features but with more stability
Release: Tried and tested final release

To install Firefox Aurora on ubuntu

Note:It will overwrite your existing Firefox installation.
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How to install Cinnamon desktop environment on Linux mint

Post last modified:February 13, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Cinnamon is a free desktop environment from Linux Mint.It looks like a traditional GNOME 2 desktop but it is based on the modern GNOME Shell.

To install Cinnamon desktop environment on Linux mint

1.Open linux mint software manager. To open software manager in linux mint, click Menu button and select software manager or type software manager in the search field and click software manager.

2.Type Cinnamon in the software manager search field and select Cinnamon.

3.click the install button.
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OneShar.es – Send confidential information

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

OneShar.es allows to send confidential information such as passwords, account information and other sensitive data that automatically deletes after the recipient views it once.

How to use?

Just go to OneShar.es create page and type your message and click create link.
Copy the private share url and send it to the recipient.
After they click the URL, it will no longer be accessible.

Some security features:

HTTPS (SSL; Port 443) to encrypt the data from your web browser to our servers.
All data is stored encrypted.
When someone views the unique URL that you send them; your encrypted message is deleted from the system.
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How to install FreeFileSync on linux mint

Post last modified:February 12, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool.

To know more about FreeFileSync click here

To install FreeFileSync on linux mint 12

1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs

3.Type your linux mint password if needed.

4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.
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Picturethrill – desktop wallpaper changer

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

Picturethrill is a free desktop wallpaper changer software for windows.It automatically downloads new wallpapers from Bing, NASA, Earth Science, National Geographic and Nature websites and applies a new desktop background on your computer screen each day.

Just Select sites that you want pictures from.
Click “Download” to download pictures.
Click “Wallpaper” to wallpaper them.
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