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Lion UX Pack for windows 7

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

Lion UX Pack Transforms Windows 7 To Mac OS X Lion User Interface without touching system files.

Main Features:

Easily configurable in single click with intelligence Metro UI design
UxStyle memory patching
OS X Lion themes, wallpapers, user pictures and logon screen
Start Orb matching OS X Lion themes without actually modifying system files
OS X Dock emulation with pre-configured docklets optimized for stability/performance
Expose and Spaces with shortcut keys configured
ad-supported.
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iSpy – detect and record movement via webcams

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

iSpy is free, open-source software to turn your PC into a full security and surveillance system. It uses your webcams and microphones to detect and record movement or sound.Any media that is captured is compressed to flash video and made available, securely over the web.

Main Features:

Embed the iSpy Viewer in your own website
Control PTZ enabled IP cameras
Listen to and monitor remote microphones live over the network
Pair video and audio sources for capturing movies with sound
Remote Commands (execute over the web or via mobile devices)
Desktop capturing
Access and control your cameras and microphones using your mobile device (iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7)
Connect and monitor as many security cameras and microphones as you like.
Install iSpy Server and publish your webcam to other instances of iSpy, over your network and to the web
Detect, highlight, track and record movement
Record video and audio on demand (and via the web)
Face detection alert mode
Connect multiple computers in a group and manage over the web
And many more
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AMPPS 1.4 released

Post last modified:February 18, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

AMPPS 1.4 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

The current version of AMPPS for Windows include:
Softaculous AMPPS 1.4(Softaculous 3.9),Apache 2.2.21,PHP 5.3.8 and 5.2.17,PERL 5.10.1,Python 2.7.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3 module,MySQL 5.5.19,phpMyAdmin 3.4.9,SQLite Manager 1.2.4

The current version of AMPPS for Mac include:
Softaculous AMPPS 1.4(Softaculous 3.9),Apache 2.2.21,PHP 5.3.8 and 5.2.17,PERL 5.14.1,Python 2.7.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3 module,MySQL 5.5.19,phpMyAdmin 3.4.9,SQLite Manager 1.2.4
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Mozilla Firefox 10 beta 3 released

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

Mozilla Firefox 10 beta 3 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?

The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
New bdi tag element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks
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PHP 5.3.9 released

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

PHP 5.3.9 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?
This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 90 bug fixes, some of which are security related.

Added max_input_vars directive to prevent attacks based on hash collisions.
Fixed (Integer overflow during the parsing of invalid exif header).
Fixed (is_a() triggers autoloader, new optional 3rd argument to is_a and is_subclass_of).
Fixed (mysqlnd cannot be built shared)
Many changes to the FPM SAPI module
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Arclab Thumb Studio

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Thumb Studio is free image gallery, thumbnail, slideshow, image converter and web photo album creator software.

Main features:

custom album or slideshow
add a visible watermark
EXIF support to read information like blend, apperture
add metatag informaton like IPTC/JPEG comments for copyright notices or image descriptions
Multiple Design Templates
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Nicolas Steno’s 374th birthday google doodle

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

The search giant Google is celebrating the 374th birthday of Nicolas Steno with fossils,various earth bottom layers and a green surface google doodle on its homepage. Nicolas Steno (11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686) was a Danish Catholic cleric and scientist who was a pioneer in both anatomy and geology. By 1659, Steno had decided not to accept a statement as true simply because it was written in a book, but rather to rely on his own research. He is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy.
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Game Downloader – Download client for more than 200+ games

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

Game Downloader is a free open source portable game download client for windows.Game Downloader allows you to download more than 200 games, by simply selecting a game category then selecting any game from the available list.

Main features:

Over 200+ games.
Games are added or updated weekly.
Customizable user friendly features.
Small and Portable.
Installer for the PortableApps platform.
Available for windows 7,Vista / XP (Requires .Net Framework 3.5)
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FoxClocks firefox add-on

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

FoxClocks is a free firefox add-on FoxClocks to display world times in your statusbar (or any toolbar).you can just have your local time in your statusbar. Or you can keep an eye on the time around the world with multiple clocks. You can set each clock’s colour individually, or have a clock change colour during certain hours.choose from a set of useful standard formats, or create your own – custom formats are easy to create and very flexible.

FoxClocks is available in English (British and US), Belarusian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
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WebMail Notifier firefox add-on

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

WebMail Notifier is a firefox add-on to checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails.

Currently supports:

Gmail (Gmail & Google Apps)
Yahoo (yahoo.com, ymail.com, rocketmail.com, yahoo.co.jp)
Hotmail (hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com)
AOL (aol.com, aim.com, mail.com)
Daum (daum.net, hanmail.net)
Naver
Nate (nate.com, empas.com)
Paran (paran.com, hanmir.com)
POP3/IMAP
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