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Opera Next

Opera Next 16 Based on Chromium 29 Now Available for Windows and Mac

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Opera Next

Chrome 29 Beta has been released recently and Opera has released its first Next build based on Chromium 29 . Opera Next 16 has brought jump-lists support on Windows 7/8  and experimental features Opera: flags which you already familiar in

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Revo Uninstaller 1.9.5 Adds Windows 8 Support

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Though Revo Uninstaller has worked on Windows 8 from Developer Preview version till the  current final one, official wording has to come from VS Revo group, and it has arrived now. Revo Uninstaller 1.9.5 Freeware version has been released with

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Everything Desktop Search Beta Adds 64-bit Support for Windows

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Everything, Desktop search program for Windows that quickly indexes files in your hard drive and easily locates and shows files and folder names from its search function has got Beta version released. This beta has added 64-bit Windows support, still

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F.lux 3.0 Beta for Windows Adds Movie Mode and Safe Mode

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

F.lux, freeware the program for Windows -prevents eye strain for people, use computers long time by adopting computer’s display to time of day- has v3.0 beta released with new and experimental features. If you’re not getting proper sleep by working

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IObit Driver Booster Easily Updates Outdated Drivers on Your PC

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

IObit, makers of popular Advanced Systemcare and other products has released first beta version for IObit Driver Booster program, which automatically detects outdated drivers on your system upon scanning and downloads and installs them to your PC when you click “Update

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VLC 2.0.7 Update Improves Stability, Fixes Security Issues

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

VLC 2.0.7, though a small update for VLC 2.0 series, codenamed “TwoFlower”  but it comes with fixes to security issues and improvements for PowerPCs (Mac). VLC 2.0.6 update was offered in April. You can update VLC on Windows or Mac

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Compress PNG Images On Fly in Windows with Free PNGGauntlet

May 11, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

As a Blogger I am always looking for ways to speed up my site for readers, that’s why you don’t see any Facebook widgets … [Read more…]

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Decrap my Computer

Decrap my Computer, is a good Alternative to PC Decrapifier?

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Decrap my Computer

Seems Decrap my Computer, freeware for Windows- which lets you remove preinstalled bloatware from new computers- is an good alternative to PC Decrapifier. When compared to PC Decrapifier, this program also removes left over information in registry after software uninstall

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Download Alaskan Landscapes Theme for Windows

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently we’ve covered New Zealand Landscapes theme for Windows, now yet another beautiful landscapes theme available for download from Windows Personalization gallery, its Alaskan Landscapes theme. Here is the description we’ve found for this theme on its download page “Explore

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SumatraPDF v2.3

SumatraPDF 2.3 Now Lets You Edit its Settings

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
SumatraPDF v2.3

Version 2.3 for freeware Lightweight PDF viewer, SumatraPDF has been released with new features and improvements. This version brings more configurability to the PDF Viewer by allowing users to edit settings of it. By opening SumatraPDF’s settings text file you

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View Pictures in Zip files without need of extraction

SpReader Shows Pictures in a Zip File When you Drag & Drop It

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
View Pictures in Zip files without need of extraction

Though you can extract pictures in a Zip file quickly by selecting extract command from context menu, but if you’re in a hurry you can see pictures one by one in the Zip file without need of extraction with SpReader

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Unlocker 1.9.2 Improves Its Installer

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Unlocker, the tool which lets you delete files or folders that refuses to get deleted by showing error for instance in use by another program or access is denied has finally got an update after an year as 1.9.2 version

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