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Giveaway of the Day – Paragon Virtualization Manager 9.5 Personal (English)
March 10, 2010
Easily migrate a Windows-based computer to a virtual environment (P2V) and vice versa (V2P).
Work with virtual disks from one easy-to-use interface of Virtualization Manager, without starting a virtual machine: migrate from one virtual environment to another (V2V), exchange data between your physical environment and the virtual one, perform any partitioning operations and more.
Recover the OS startup ability after a system migration to a different hardware or unsuccessful virtualization by a 3rd party tool.
Virtualization Manager 9.5 Personal allows you to: Read the rest of this entry
Yahoo! Messenger for Windows 10.0.0.1241 Final
Yahoo! Messenger for Windows 10.0.0.1241 Final is released.Yahoo! Messenger allows you to quickly exchange messages with your online friends. Unlike e-mail, instant messages appear as soon they’re sent. By downloading the application to your computer, you can send instant messages. Other features include voice chat, file transfer, mail and stock quote alerts, sports scores, news, and much more.
Tutorials to help speed up your XP, Vista or Windows 7 computer
There are plenty of things you can do to help improve the performance of your computer. Most of us know a few of the different methods to accomplish this, but it is always nice to have access to a whole list of these methods all in one place. Below are links to three “Master” tutorial to help you improve the operating speed of your computer(s).
Enjoy!
Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack
The most interesting thing in Windows Vista is its look, new icons, cursors, theme, sounds, login screen, boot screen, etc.
If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows Vista look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.
After following this tutorial, you’ll get the same Windows Vista look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:
- Windows Theme or Visual Style
- Boot Screen
- Login Screen or Welcome Screen
- Sounds
- Cursors
- Icons
- Progress dialog box
- Shutdown/Log off dialog box
- About Windows box
- System Properties dialog box
- A few other mods
To view the tutorial visit Tweaking with Vishal: Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack
Transform Windows Vista into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack
I found this awesome tutorial for Transforming Windows Vista to look and feel like Windows 7 on Tweaking with Vishal. Here is a description of what this tutorial will help you do:
Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc.
If you are still using Windows Vista but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.
Here is a list of things that this tutorial covers:
- Windows Theme or Visual Style
- Boot Screen
- Login Screen or Welcome Screen
- Taskbar
- Wallpapers, Sounds & Icons
- About Windows Box
- Extras like “Aero Shake“, “Aero Snap“, “Aero Peek“, “Calculator” and “Paint“
- A Few Other Mods…
To view the tutorial visit Tweaking with Vishal: Transform Windows Vista into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack
Google Chrome 4.0.249.78 Final
Google Chrome 4.0 has been finalized and is now available for download for the general public. It was on January 21st, 2010, that Google released the last Beta development milestone of Chrome, namely version 4.0.249.78. And fact of the matter is that this is the same build string of version 4.0.
Google Chrome 4.0 comes to the table with a range of improvements, including features requested by end users such as extensions.
You download it here at the Chrome Homepage.
Or you can download it here.
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (Final)
Firefox 3.6 is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development since early 2009 and contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers, and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Maemo.
Notable Firefox 3.6 features include:
- Available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.
- Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click.
- Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse.
- Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames. Read the rest of this entry
Firefox 3.6 1 Release Candidate Has been Released
Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1 is the latest development milestone of the next version of the Firefox web browser. As a release candidate, this is considered to be stable and safe to use for daily web browsing, and represents the features and content that will be in the final product release.
Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.
View Release Notes/Download Page
Google Chrome Passes Safari in Market Share
Google Chrome after only two years has passed Apple’s Safari browser for the title of the Internet’s third most popular browser. Net Applications found that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (all versions) accounts for about 62.7 percent of the worldwide browser market, while Mozilla’s Firefox accounts for about 24.6 percent of the worldwide market and now Chrome accounts for about 4.6 worldwide market. Read the rest of this entry
List of Firefox Add-ons
I know that this has been written about on this site before; it is always good to go over it again. Here is a list of the add-ons that I find are the most useful in my everyday browsing in Firefox.
ColorfulTabs
This add-on is one of my favorites. It will color every tab in your Firefox browser in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the browser. You can customize how and what color it will color each of your tabs.
Get ColorfulTabs
Firebug:
If you are a serious web developer or even just dabble with coding web pages, this is a must-have add-on. Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. This means you can easily view and study other people’s code as well as your own.
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