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Mozilla Firefox 8 released

Post last modified:November 7, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 8 final is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in November 8th .

what’s new in this firefox 8?

Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
Added Twitter to the search bar
Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs
Improved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and <video> elements
Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
Added support for HTML5 context menus
Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
Improved WebSocket support
Fixed several stability issues
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2 Best free wordpress themes from wordpress themes directory 6 november 2011

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

Secluded

Secluded is a free wordpress modern blog style theme and it comes with the following features.

customizable menu in the header (or the option to not have one at all).
customizable background.
many widgetized areas.

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Marie Curie’s 144th birthday google doodle

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

The search giant Google is celebrating the 144th birthday of Marie Curie with an google doodle on its homepage.Marie Sklodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish–French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris. She was the first woman to be entombed on her own merits (in 1995) in the Paris Pantheon
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iPadian – iPad simulator for windows

Post last modified:November 6, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

iPadian bring iOS user interface and some extra features to windows.

Main features:

Standalone Adobe air application
Full Screen preview
Custom App Store
Games
Free music & videos
Webkit browser
Support Facebook notification & messages
Social Chat
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How to create website shortcuts in ubuntu 11.10 desktop

Post last modified:November 6, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

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.

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Notepad++ 5.9.6.1 released

Post last modified:November 6, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

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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Google chrome beta 16.0.912.21 released

Post last modified:November 5, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

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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Google Calendar Suggested Times

Post last modified:November 5, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

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.

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VirtualBox 4.1.6 released

Post last modified:November 5, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

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 released

Post last modified:November 4, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

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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