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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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Print Edit firefox add-on

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

Print Edit is free firefox add-on to allow editing of the web page content while in Print Preview mode. Editing the web page prior to printing can compact the layout and remove unwanted content such as adverts, sidebars and blank pages. Any element can be formatted, hidden or deleted.

Load the web page.
select Print Edit menu from toolbar or firefox menu or toolbar print edit icon.
And start editing the web page.
Click the Close button to end editing and return to normal browsing.
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Screen Draw firefox add-on

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

Author’s Description:
Screen Draw is a firefox add-on to draw on any page without needing to screen shot it and then edit it later Now do it all inside of firefox with Screen Draw . Screen Draw lets you draw or type text over the top of any page in any colour or size and then save it to png or jpeg. To use it go to toolbar and find the Screen Draw icon. Once you click the icon you will get the Screen Draw toolbar which lets you select brush, text, colour, new, eraser and save.
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FileZilla Client 3.5.3 released

Post last modified:January 9, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

FileZilla Client 3.5.3 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

Ctrl+Shift+O can be used to toggle between modification time and filesize based directory comparison.
It is now possible to use custom passwords if using “anonymous” as user name
After un-hiding toolbar, update toolbar button states
Fix TLS compatibility issues with TLS 1.2 servers
MSW: Unset hidden attribute on FileZilla’s settings files
Building FileZilla from source now requires wxWidgets 2.8.12 or higher
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Firebug 1.9.0 released

Post last modified:January 8, 2012
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

Powerful web development tool firebug 1.9.0 is now available for download what’s new in this version?

Firebug UI docking
Copy JSON responses to the clipboard
Syntax error position displayed
New column in the Net panel: Protocol
Quickly Remove Elements from the page
Function objects: displayName property
Every Console log has its origin info
Resend HTTP request
Tooltip for conditional breakpoints
Add Watch from the DOM panel
Response Headers from the browser cache
Font Viewer
Font Tooltip
Tooltip tip for array items
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