Archives: Windows
Firefox Wallpaper Rotator for your Desktop
They are many wallpaper switchers out there and several have been presented on this blog, such as Wally, my preferred desktop wallpaper rotator for Ubuntu but what makes this one particular is that its a nifty Firefox extension, an easy to configure “no-install” that lets you change your desktop wallpaper periodically. More»
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KOffice 2.2 Released
The KOffice team has announced the release of KOffice 2.2, the free and open source office suite. KOffice 2.2 comes half a year after the release of KOffice 2.1 and brings many new features and bug fixes.
Top amongst these new features is the return of Kexi data management application with a new user interface and a new reporting framework, it was last released in KOffice 1.6. More»
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Opera 10.60 Alpha 1, No 10.5x version for Linux Users
Opera software has just released the first alpha of Opera 10.60 web browser for all platforms. Opera 10.6x brings speed, performance improvements for JavaScript, DOM and CSS, an improved user interface (UI), and lots of bug fixes. More»
Firefox 64-bit builds for Windows x64
Mozilla has finally decided to deliver a 64-bit version of Firefox to users with 64-bit operating systems. Formerly these users were restricted to Firefox 64-bit builds for Linux distributions, or untested and unoffical Windows builds at the Mozilla x86-64 web site. More»
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Desktop Notifications in Chrome via Extensions
Desktop notifications are deployed to notify users that something important has happened in the “background”. Desktop notifications are now available to extensions in Chrome 5, which means developers can start using the notifications API in their extensions to deliver non-modal messages from web sites. Notifications from an extension have no permission prompts or infobar warnings. More»
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Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate 1 with Performance Improvements released
Mozilla has just released the first release candidate of Thunderbird 3.1 based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. If you’re currently testing Thunderbird 3.1 then check for updates at Help -> Check for updates or download Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 directly from the Mozilla web site. Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 comes with improved performance to stability, memory usage, and password handling, web compatibility and sustainability. More»
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Sumatra PDF Reader 1.1
The developers of lightweight open source PDF reader Sumatra have released version 1.1.0. Sumatra PDF a tiny, quick loading PDF viewer, that can be downloaded as a single executable file for Windows 7, Vista, XP and Windows 2000 operating systems – its portable out of the box, a great alternative to the rather heavy resource consuming Adobe Reader. More»
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Download VLC Media Player 1.1.0 with WebM Support
More and more organizations are committing to support WebM project. Giants like Skype, Oracle are already part of the long list of supporters. Miro Video Converter can convert your videos to the WebM (VP8) format. More»
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Moovida Media Player now supports WebM (VP8) Video format
Looking for a media player to playback your videos converted to open WebM with Miro Video Converter, then grab Moovida media player. Open Source Moovida media player formerly known as Elisa is one of the first media players to boast support of the open source VP8 codec.
Moovida also supports wma, flac, flv, mpeg4, matroska(mkv), Theora and many more file formats. Its a free download for Windows and Linux. A Mac version will be out this summer. Ubuntu Linux users can install via the Software Center or using the terminal: sudo apt-get install moovida
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