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Notepad now with Google Drive support

Notepad++ 6.6.8 adds Google Drive Support for Settings

July 28, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Notepad now with Google Drive support

Till now Notepad++ lets you access its settings on Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive, yesterday released Notepad++ 6.6.8 version update has added support for

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CCleaner 4.16 available with Improved Chrome 36 and Firefox Cleaning

July 24, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Piriform has released CCleaner v4.16 and is available to  download for Windows. This version has improved cleaning for Google Chrome 36 and Firefox. Uninstall … [Read more…]

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Dropbox 2.10.0 Release Candidate is now Available

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

In May, Dropbox team has started testing 2.9 series builds with the Streaming Sync feature, get ready! The stable version is coming soon for this build as file syncing site today has made available Release Candidate for Dropbox 2.10.0. Dropbox […]

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SUPERAntiSpyware 6 Free Available with System Investigator Tool

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Support.com has released SUPERAntiSpyware 6 Free version, Pro (trial) and are available for download with new intuitive interface and useful System Investigator Tool. System Investigator (SI) is available for access under ‘System Tools’ shows what’s running and installed in your PC. […]

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CCleaner 4.15 adds Support for 64-bit Chrome [Updated]

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google has recently released 64-bit Chrome for Windows 7 & 8, they’re available on dev and Canary channels for testing (not on stable channel), Piriform has added support for it in version 4.15.  CCleaner 4.15 has improved wipe free space algorithm […]

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Notepad Plus Plus Preferences Cloud

Notepad++ now lets you Put its Settings into Cloud Via Dropbox

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Notepad Plus Plus Preferences Cloud

Notepad++, programmers’ favorite text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting has got an update, version 6.6.4 has added Dropbox support. After running Notepad++, click on Settings, select Preferences  and select Cloud and tick for Dropbox under ‘Settings on the Cloud’, […]

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WinPatrol 2014 v31

WinPatrol 31 adds PaleMoon Support

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
WinPatrol 2014 v31

WinPatrol new version, 31.0.2014 has been released and available for download. This update has added support for PaleMoon, Firefox-based browser, that means it will be automatically detected by WinPatrol, hence cookies stored by PaleMoon will be managed by WinPatrols View […]

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Advanced SystemCare Security Reinforce

Advanced SystemCare Free 7.3 Introduces Security Reinforce feature for XP Users

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Advanced SystemCare Security Reinforce

IObit has released Advanced SystemCare with brand a new security feature intended for XP users. IObit’s system Optimizing software continues to support Windows XP permanently and they’ve added new feature Security Reinforce to the new version, that ‘reinforces the security […]

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Agomo Receives an Update

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Agomo, Piriform’s cloud based tool which is based on CCleaner and Defraggler technologies has got an update after a long time, this beta has brought improvements to performance and scalability, most of the bugs reported have been fixed. And Agomo […]

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AppRemover Adds Support for Uninstallation of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You can now completely remove Malwarebytes Anti-malware 2 with OPSWAT’s tool. AppRemover, free tool from OPSWAT which lets you uninstall Security, public file sharing, and backup applications has got an update, version 3.1.13.1 has been released and available for download. […]

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Portableapps.com IObit Uninstaller Portable

Download latest version of IObit Uninstaller Portable

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Portableapps.com IObit Uninstaller Portable

Why to Install IObit Uninstaller where you can put it in your USB drive in Portable form? IObit Uninstaller, free tool from IObit, has definitely been the best Uninstaller out there. And when compared with Revo Uninstaller, it comes out […]

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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Released (Offline Installer link inside)

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 has been released and available for download from Microsoft Download Center. You can download and install this highly compatible .NET version over .NET Framework 4, .NET Framework 4.5 and .NET Framework 4.5.1. FYI, Windows 8 already […]

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