To create website desktop shortcuts
1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
3.The create lancher window will pop-up,Type website name in the name field and type the browser name and the url in the command field. And click Ok button.
Notepad++ 5.9.6.1 is now available for download. what’s new in this version?
Fix the crash issue while executing “Add Files from Directory” command (Project Manager).
Enhance “Add files from Directory” command in Project Manager and
sorted result: first all folders, then all files, both of them alphabetically.
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What’s new in this beta?
Now signing in to Chrome enables sync and brings chrome bookmarks and other personalized settings to all of your computers. Example: anything you update on one device instantly updates everywhere else. Go to the Wrench menu and select Sign in to Chrome.
Added a new feature that lets people who use a shared computer each have their own personalized Chrome.
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Today the search giant Google announced a new feature in google calendar called Suggested Times. This new feature allows users to co-ordinate their available times to have a meeting together. To get started, create a calendar event, add guests and click Suggested times. The resulting list will include upcoming times where all participants are available.
Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.6 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
fixed screen corruption.
fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setup.
improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels .
Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15.
fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4
install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests
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Free download manager 3.8 beta 6 is now available for download.what’s new in Free Download Manager 3.8 beta 6 ?
Added:Corrected network speed measure algorithm.
Fixed:FDM could crash a browser with monitor for flash video option enabled
Fixed:Bugs using macros for Bittorrent downloads
Fixed:General bugs
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Vincent Mo, Google+ Photos engineering lead, announced a new feature on Google+ photos that users can now give +1 for photos.
To +1 a photo, click on a photo to open the lightbox photo viewer, and click +1 button at the bottom left side of the photo or click the counter to see who else has +1’d it.
+1’ing a photo is also available in the latest Google+ iPhone app and is coming soon to the Android app and the mobile web site.
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Main features of Scratch
syntax highlighting with gtksourceview-3
a SearchBar to search the words in the files
strong integration with Granite framework by elementary-team
tab and split documents system
1.Go to Scratch download page and download the .deb file .
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Opera Mini 6.5 browser is now available in the Apple App Store, Android Market and for download at m.opera.com for Symbian S60, Java-enabled phones and BlackBerry phones. The Opera Mobile browser is available at the Android Market and at m.opera.com for Symbian S60 phones.
what’s new in Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5?
Added a built-in data counter,found in the “Help” menu.
Two different counters, one for total usage and one for temporary usage.
enhanced bookmarking functionality with a small star in the address field.
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