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5 articles

Freeware
Avast free Mobile Security for Android phones: antivirus app on a smartphone

Avast Releases Free Mobile Security (Beta) for Android Phones

December 7, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu
Avast free Mobile Security for Android phones: antivirus app on a smartphone

Avast security vendor which is offering free antivirus to PC users till now is entered into Mobile security by releasing Beta version of Avast … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Security Tagged: Beta
Freeware

TeamViewer 7 Beta Released with New Remote Control Features

November 17, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

First beta version of TeamViewer 7 desktop remote control utility has been released for Windows with new remote control features which is available for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware Tagged: Beta, TeamViewer
Cool websites

Scoop.it : Be the Curator of Your Favorite Topic

January 7, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Few months back we’ve covered about Storify, curating tool lets you create interesting stories from social sites  Scoop.it, is similar type of curating tool … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cool websites Tagged: Beta, Bookmarklet, curating, curation, Scoop.it, Scoop.it Bookmarklet, Storify, tools, topic, Tumblr
Firefox

Enable WebSockets in Firefox 4

December 14, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Due to security issues in WebSockets protocol, Firefox and Opera turned off support for WebSockets for their next releases Firefox 4 and Opera 11.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Beta, enable, Firefox 4, WebSockets
Opera

Re-enable Disabled WebSockets in Opera 11

December 10, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you don’t know WebSockets are disabled by Opera and Firefox for their Opera 11 and Firefox 4 major releases as vulnerabilities found in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Opera, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Beta, disable, enable, Opera 11, WebSockets

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