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MyUnity – Unity tweak tool

Post last modified:May 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

MyUnity is a ubuntu unity customization tool.

Main features:

Tweak font settings,size, RGBA and hinting
Change Dash, Launcher and Panel transparency and Adjust Dash blur
Display ‘home’, ‘trash’ and mounted drives on the desktop
Adjust launcher size, backlights and hiding preferences

To install MyUnity on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.
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Robert Noyce’s 84th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:December 12, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The search giant Google is celebrating the 84th birthday of Robert Noyce with a stylised electronic chip google doodle on its homepage. Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed “the Mayor of Silicon Valley”, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
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Picasa 3.9 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Picasa 3.9 is now available for download. what’s new in this version?

Share to your Google+ circles
now upload and share your name tags on Google+
New photo editing effects
Compare two different photos side by side
Add or remove Photo Tray buttons
Choose an upload size
Sync albums from Picasa to web albums
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Youtube new video manager

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Youtube rolling out an updated video manager with some new features. What’s new?

Simplified top and left navigation bars.
Icons to indicate privacy status, if monetization is enabled and scheduled publish status.
Badges to indicate whether videos are HD, Creative Commons and/or captioned.
A new look.

To try out the new design, go to the Video Manager and click try it now.
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Mozilla Firefox 9 beta 5 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla Firefox 9 beta 5 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this beta?

Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Added two finger swipe navigation and Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
Added support for font-stretch and querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML,CSS and text-overflow
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Silverlight 5 released

Post last modified:December 10, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Silverlight 5 is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

less than 7 MB in size
Hardware Decode of H.264 media
Postscript Vector Printing to improve output quality and file size.
improved graphics stack with 3D support
extends the ‘Trusted Application’ model to the browser for the first time
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New twitter tools to websites

Post last modified:December 9, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

1.Embeddable Tweets:

Now add any Tweet to your website just by copying and pasting a line of code.It give visitors the ability to reply, retweet and favorite without leaving the page. Try it on your website by clicking “Embed this Tweet” from any permalink page in the newly launched Twitter.

WordPress help

Posterous Spaces help

2.Fresh Tweet and Follow Button:

The new #hashtag button and @mention button .#hashtag button tells your visitors there’s an interesting conversation happening on Twitter, and lets them join in with just one click. The @mention button encourages visitors to Tweet to your account.
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Twitter’s new TweetDeck

Post last modified:December 9, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

what’s new in this new TweetDeck?

No Air installation,now like a standard Windows application.
fresh and new look.
orange and black logo is replaced by a blue Twitter bird.
Every tweet now starts with a boldface name.
All links are Twitter blue inside each tweet.
a larger blue tweet button, which launches a tweet input pop-up window.
defaults to Twitter’s URL shortener and Twitter’s photo services.
new search box
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All about the new Twitter

Post last modified:December 9, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Twitter rolling out a brand new look and some of new features.
what’s new?

New four-column design (Home,Connect,Discover,Me)

Home:
IT is where you view Tweets from the people you have chosen to follow.
Photos, videos and conversations are embedded directly in Tweets.

Connect:
new Connect section is where you see who has followed or mentioned you, retweeted or favorited one of your Tweets.

Discover:
see results reflecting your interests—based on your current location, what you follow and what’s happening in the world.
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Turpial – Twitter client

Post last modified:December 8, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Turpial micro blogging client for Twitter and Identi.ca.

Main features

Use Low Resources.
Desktop Integration.
Optimized API
Mention Asistant.
Easy Mentions, Replys and Favorites, to RT (new and old), Direct Messages, Follow and Unfollows.
Selective Tweets and Time Line.
URL Shortener and Image Uploads.

To install Turpial on ubuntu 11.10
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