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Windows 7 is now officially… ‘Windows 7’

It has been recently confirmed by Microsoft that the upcoming version of Windows will now officially be called as ‘Windows 7’.
This was revealed by Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management in a blog post at the Windows Vista Blog. For as far as we know, this is final deal and perhaps its [...]

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Opera 9.6 is officially out

As the browser-competition heat grows with the launch of Google Chrome, Google’s Free and open-source web browser, other browsers like Opera and Firefox have already started planning strategies to out-throw Chrome in any possible way they can.
Today! Opera declared its war against Chrome by releasing the new Opera 9.6 which promises some unique new features [...]

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Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 is out

After months of beta testing, Yahoo! has officially released the final version of Yahoo!  Messenger 9.0, which means no more betas!
Just after a week after Microsoft released Windows Live Messenger 9.0, Yahoo releases its popular IM for Windows XP and Vista, and comes packed with many new features including the new and improved user-interface.

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5 killer Firefox tips that you should know

So you think you’re Firefox savvy?  Are you using the browser’s capability to the fullest?  Read on and see if you are already doing the tips below.
1. Using Control-H (hold control then type H) shows the current profile’s browsing history.  The tab should appear on the left part of your browser:
The history panel has many [...]

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Google Chrome Browser

And so it seems that a new browser war is inevitable. Yes, Google enters the browser arena with Google Chrome. Google has released their open-source web browser named Chrome today.

Built upon Webkit, the same rendering engine as Safari, and with some features from Firefox, Google Chrome poses as a serious competitor to current browsers. Still [...]

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View and Manage Downloads from a Statusbar in Firefox

I have been a die-hard fan of Firefox since atleast 5 years now and have come across some fantastic add-ons during this time. Never thought about going back to Internet Explorer, to tell the truth. Here’s a but about a must-have Firefox add-on which has very nicely been described in this article I came across [...]

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