Phew! After a seemingly never ending development cycle, a dozen beta releases, 2 RC versions and a lot of bug fixes, Mozilla has unveiled the final version of Firefox 4 on March 22, as promised. Read more…
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Microsoft has just released the 9th incarnation of most widely used browser in the world – Internet Explorer 9. After over a year of development Read more…
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After a really long development cycle, Firefox 4 is ready to be unveiled. Mozilla has released the RC1 version aimed Read more…
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A week ago we told you about the expected arrival of IE9 Release Candidate on 10th Feb. Well, it is here now. Read more…
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Environment is a matter of concern and the tech world is aware of it. Every now and then some tech company is talking green. Recently Google invested a lumpsum in wind energy to help bring clean and renewable energy to 2 million households. Software and web-apps focussing on the power consumption of computers are being made and are being used by increasing number of people. Going along similar lines, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) made a new green file format: .WWF. Essentialy, a WWF file is a PDF file that can’t be printed. Once you download and install the WWF software, you will be able to save any document in a WWF format. It can be opened in a PDF viewer like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader just like any other PDF file. The only difference is, the Print button is now disabled.
WWF hopes that this small step will help prevent, at least to some extent, unnecessary printing of documents and thereby saving paper and trees. Some companies like SunCycle and B.A.U.M.e.V and Tridos Bank have already started using the WWF format on a grand scale.
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Recently Skype went down and with it, a lot of vchat addicts went through hours of frustration. Skype has certainly gone mainstream and it’s the first thing that strikes one’s head when it comes to video chat. Well, very few of us do know that there are some great alternatives to Skype. Based on performance and stability, we have listed the 4 best that come at par with Skype itself.
ooVoo is a free video chat solution that offers video sharing for upto 4 users simultaneously. Simply download and install the software, import your contacts from your email and social network accounts and your are good to go. You can even chat with people who do not have the software installed using the browser-based applet.
TinyChat is a browser-based video chat solution where you can connect with upto 12 users (including you) simultaneously. There is nothing to install so that’s a plus.
FaceFlow is a relatively new service and is still in a beta but is quite decent. It offers free, browser based video chat with upto 3 users along with features like photo sharing, file sharing, games, full screen mode and ability to stay anonymous.
Tokbox offers video chat to upto 20 participants in a single call. You can import contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Sharing YouTube videos within the interface might appeal to many. You can invite more people to join the video chat by promoting your call URL to your Facebook friends and Twitter followers.
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Opera, one of my favorite browsers, has upgraded itself to version 11. The Opera team has released the final version a few hours ago and is ready to download.
Opera 11 is packed with new features like:
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The Address bar is tweaked to offer enhanced security using badges corresponding to protocols like HTTP, HTTPS etc and integrated information about Turbo sessions.
- Auto update for extensions.
- New Bookmarks bar and Mail Panel
- Presto 2.7 engine for enhanced rendering of HTML5 and CSS3.
- Tab Stacking and Pin Tabs
- Visual mouse gestures.
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