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VLC 1.0 is Finally Out with Better File Support and Playback

By • Jul 7th, 2009 • Filed under: Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

VLC, the best Linux media player leaves beta and goes 1.0 final. This open source media player that is capable of playing most of your media files out-of-the-box gets even better and reads more media files formats than before, the new comers are; Raw Dirac and M2TS. New HD codecs are also included in this […]

Firefox Icon History and Creative Brief – The Big Picture

By • Jul 6th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source

We would like to modernize the shape of the tail. Currently the Firefox appears as a two dimensional sprite placed in front of a three dimensional globe. We really like how in Jon Hick’s conceptual sketch the tail starts to wrap beyond the horizon of the globe. This gives the icon a strong three dimensional […]

jBrout: A cross-platform Photo Manager

By • Jul 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For Linux and Windows XP: Ubuntu, amongst many other applications also bundles up Gnome’s photo manager, F-Spot. If for one reason or the other you’re not a fan of F-Spot — be it for Mono (polemics apart, F-Spot gets the job done) or if you don’t like the way it handles your photos then give […]

How to Clean Your Keyboard

By • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Extras, Hardware

Dclass you know your hair-dryer can effectively clean-up your Keyboards. Sounds bizarre no. But amongst the 10 ways to clean your Keyboard according to Inc.com, you’ll find it and several other strange but effective ways to clean-up that germ-bump called Keyboard. Other bizarre ways mentioned: Use a USB vacuum cleaner ~ Screenshot above. Remove all […]

Firefox 3.5 Hits 10 Million Downloads

By • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Just a few day back Firefox 3.5 was officially released to the general public. It’s now been downloaded over 10 million times. It hit 10 million according to Mozilla’s real-time download tracker just before I started writing this post. The graph show the US is leading in the downloads, as usual, but its a huge […]