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Follow Appstore on twitter

Post last modified:February 19, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Great news for Apple and twitter users now you can get all the news about new apps, get exclusive offers, and share the news with your friends. Apple has launched new twitter account for Appstore @AppStore.

@AppStore

AppStore

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How to Install Mircosoft Windows fonts on Ubuntu

Post last modified:September 5, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

In ubuntu you can install microsoft windows fonts using below methods. First install Microsoft’s TrueType Core fonts.This font pack contains Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana, and Webdings font.…

Name.com promo codes January 2011

Post last modified:January 21, 2011
Post category:Promo Codes
Post author:Manikandan

New year offer from Name.com.Use the new january month promo code

HAPPY2011

from name.com to take advantage of:

$9.25 .COM and .NET registrations and renewals
$8.49 .ORG registrations and renewals

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How to Automatically publish Blog posts directly to Facebook via networked Blogs

Post last modified:February 7, 2014
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

NetworkedBlogs Application for Facebook offers this service for facebook users to automatically publish Blog posts directly to Facebook wall.

To Automatically publish Blog posts directly to Facebook via networked Blogs

1.Login to your facebook account.

2. Open a new tab and copy paste below url

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/

3.click the login button.

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Paul Cézanne’s 172nd birthday google doodle

Post last modified:January 12, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Today google celebrates Paul Cézanne’s 172nd birthday and the new Google Doodle is showing different letter of “Google” based on Still Life painting. Paul Cézanne (19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.
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How to fix “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

Post last modified:January 18, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

The core automatic upgrade feature in worddpress was added with version 2.7. During the automatic upgrade WordPress places a file named .maintenance in the blog root folder. In that time the vistors will see the message Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. If your automatic upgrade process failed and your site still shows the “vistors will see the message Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” message.just delete the .maintenance file.

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Mozilla Firefox 4 beta 9 released

Post last modified:January 15, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Firefox 4 Beta 9 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in firefox 4 beta 9?

Some new features are

1.Overhaul of the bookmarks and history code, enabling faster bookmarking and startup performance.

2.Per-compartment garbage collection is now enabled, reducing work done during complex animations
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Makar Sankranti Google Doodle

Post last modified:January 14, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Today google celebrates the Makar Sankranti and the new Google Doodle is showing 7 Kites with Google written on it. Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path. Traditionally, this has been one of many harvest days in India. Sankranti is celebrated all over South Asia with some regional variations. It is known by different names and celebrated with different customs in different parts of the country.
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Joomla 1.6

Post last modified:January 13, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Joomla 1.6 is officially released and ready for download. Joomla is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. According to W3Techs, Joomla powers 2.6% of the web and holds 11% of the CMS market. Joomla 1.6 delivers new features to end-users and site administrators including:

Finer access controls

A user-defined category structure

Installation improvements a

Expanded language support

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How to Remove WordPress Dashboard Widgets (also from screen options)

Post last modified:January 12, 2011
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

If you login to your wordpress admin area ,you will see some useful (or maybe useless) dashboard widgets. It is a useful feature in single author blogs. By default,you can turn off any dashboard widget using the “Screen Options” tab at the right top of the admin area. In multi-author blogs it leak some important details to other users. Example:incoming links,recent coments, right now, recent drafts etc.

To completely remove wordpress dashboard widgets (Dashboard quickpress widget,incoming links widget,Recent comments widget,Right Now widget,Dashboard Plugins widget,Dashboard Recent Drafts widget,Dashboard primary widget,Dashboard secoundary widget)
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