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Free 60-Day Trial – Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

Post last modified:September 26, 2011
Post category:Promo Codes
Post author:Manikandan

Now get Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 for 30 60 Days from kaspersky usa website. Just go to the below download page and enter your name and email address and get 60 day trial download link in your email.

Key Features

Combines antivirus protection with premium Internet threat defense
Prevents hacker attacks with two-way firewall
Secures your identity while online banking & shopping
Checks instantly for file, application & website safety
Rolls back most harmful malware activity
Keeps your children safe & responsible with advanced parental controls
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How to install SpiderOak on ubuntu 11.04

Post last modified:September 25, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

SpiderOak is free online backup, sync, sharing and storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE) and it is the best alternative to dropbox. Use SpiderOaky to backup, synchronize, and share data across all of your computers, external drives and network volumes.
click here to know more about SpiderOak.

1.Go to SpiderOak download page and download the ubuntu client 32 or 64 bit deb package file.

2.Double click the .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.

4.To open SpiderOak, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type SpiderOak in the search applications field and click SpiderOak Backup.
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Spideroak – a dropbox alternative

Post last modified:September 25, 2011
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

SpiderOak is free online backup, sync, sharing and storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE) and it is the best alternative to dropbox.Use SpiderOaky to backup, synchronize, and share data across all of your computers, external drives and network volumes.

Free Plan: 2GB space

Refer a friend and you get an additional 1GB more free space (up to 50GB max for the free )

Main Features:
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75th birthday of Jim Henson google doodle

Post last modified:September 24, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The search giant Google is celebrating the 75th birthday of Jim Henson with an interactive google doodle on its homepage.This doodle turns user into a puppeteer. select your Muppet with the bottom hand button, hover over the logo or click themuppet. The Jim Henson Company and The Creature Shop partnered with Google to create this doodle.
James Maury “Jim” Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets.Henson, who was born in Mississippi, and educated at University of Maryland, College Park.
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 Released

Post last modified:September 24, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2?

Many Bug fixes and performances improvements.
Padding and alignment issues have been solved in software center.
UI tweaks to the Dash and unity Launcher.
LightDM-added an Accessibility Menu.
Default application version numbers:
Firefox 7 Beta
GNOME 3.1.92
Banshee 2.2.0
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OpenShot 1.4 Released

Post last modified:September 24, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

OpenShot 1.4 is now available for download.OpenShot Video Editor is a free open-source video editing software for Linux, built with Python, GTK, and the MLT Framework.

To install OpenShot on ubuntu 11.04 click Here.

what’s new in this OpenShot 1.4?

Timeline improvements.
More stable video & audio effects engine.
Many new & exciting video & audio effects.
15 new video profiles & updated descriptions
New 3D animations and transitions
Many enhancements to the project files tree
Improved internationalization, translations,thumbnail, title editing and color accuracy with 3D animated title color pickers.
New keyboard shortcuts
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Google chrome beta 15.0.874.24 and 15.0.874.21 released

Post last modified:September 23, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The Google Chrome team released a new beta version of chrome 15.0.874.24 for Windows, Mac, and Chrome Frame and 15.0.874.21 for Linux.what’s new in this new chrome beta?

A new Reredesigned New Tab Page.
Javascript Fullscreen API is now enabled by default.
Chrome Web Store items can now be installed inline by their verified site .
Omnibox History is now an additional sync data type.

Reredesigned New Tab Page features:
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New facebook features

Post last modified:September 23, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at the f8 conference in San Francisco Thursday introduced some of facebook changes.

1.New Timeline feature

2.Facebook apps need only ask permission once to share stories on your behalf.

3.Now do all within Facebook- TV,movies,music,news.

4.Ticker-Status updates,list of things your friends are posting now that scrolls down the side of your screen.

5.Facebook Gestures

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Facebook hits 800 million users

Post last modified:September 23, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at the f8 conference in San Francisco Thursday announced some facebook stats “Now the social king Facebook has passed 800 million active users (users logged in during the past 30 days). That means Facebook has added about 50 million users since July and it set a new record for the most visitors in one day: 500 million.

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