CodeWeaver has released a new version of its popular application CrossOver. CrossOver is an application for Linux, Mac OS X using which you can run Windows applications. It is an improved version of Wine, the free software that allows Windows applications to run in Linux. The new version Crossover 9, codenamed “Snow Mallard” brings with [...]

The new Ubuntu Light theme has the windows control buttons on the left rather than the right, where it traditionally is. This has resulted in many users voicing their opinions how they do not like the change. Mark Shuttleworth has meanwhile said that the buttons on left is here to stay. So, here are two [...]

Canonical introduced a new design for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, which is due for release this April. The new theme introduced a radical change by putting the windows control buttons on the left instead of the right. This has caused quite a controversy with a lot of users demanding that it be put back on [...]

The Amarok team has announced the release of Amarok 2.3 codenamed “Clear Light”. The new release has a much requested feature – an Equalizer. The equalizer however uses kdelibs 4.4 , so you will have to be running KDE 4.4 for it to work.
As Amarok 2 is largely stable by now, for Amarok 2.3, the [...]

We have already told you how to install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 in Kubuntu. However, we have not really written anything else about what new features and improvements will come with Amarok 2.3. However, the Amarok team has very conveniently revived the Amarok Insider. So, here is whats new in Amarok 2.3 from their own [...]

Freenet is a decentralized, censorship-resistant distributed data store. Freenet aims to provide freedom of speech through a peer-to-peer network with strong protection of anonymity. Freenet works by pooling the contributed bandwidth and storage space of member computers to allow users to anonymously publish or retrieve various kinds of information. (via Wikipedia)
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In some new builds of Google Chrome a bug has been reported which makes it the browser hang when it is used in KDE but it works fine in GNOME. In Google Chrome, the bugs results in the tab hanging after a page has been loaded. After sometime a pop-up usually comes saying some thing [...]

Choqok is a micro-blogging client for KDE and in my opinion, one of the best at that. Recently, the Choqok team released the first beta towards Choqok 1.0. It has various improvements like:

Actions to subscribe/unsubscribe and block a user, added to User menu.
Support to attach a file (like image) to a dent in StatusNet/Identica(>0.9).
Ability to [...]

Paint.NET is a photo editing tool for Windows system – small in size but heavily loaded with features. You can almost term it as the layman’s Photoshop. Although, Paint.NET has support for almost all famous file formats but it cannot handle other file formats such as the PSD (Photoshop Document – Adobe Photoshop’s Native Format). [...]

Along with the new theme, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is getting a new ubiquity slide-show. What is Ubiquity slide-show? It is the slide-show you see when the Ubuntu installation is taking place.
The new slide-show does indeed look very good in keeping with the new theme. So, here are the slides:

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Amarok is an audio player for Linux that needs no introduction. This article will outline how you can install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 codenamed “Altered State” in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. So, before you proceed, remember that this is a beta and there is every possibility of it breaking.
So, to install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 [...]

Presenting Two New themes for your Windows 7 Desktop. The Shamrocks theme and the Discovery LIFE theme.  The Shamrocks Themepack has been released by Microsoft for the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration on March 17th. The Discovery LIFE Themepack – as the name suggests – is from Microsoft and The Discovery Channel. This theme also packs [...]

In this article we will tell you how to convert a CHM file to a PDF file in Linux.

The Caps lock on your laptop or computer’s keyboard is equally useful and disastrous. There are situations when you unknowingly press the CAPS lock and you find that you have gotten yourself into total mess – like entered wrong passwords during login or registration, etc. Although toggling the CAPS lock key toggles the indicator light [...]

By now, you must have know or atleast heard about Ubuntu’s rebranding. Canonical has changed a lot of things about  Ubuntu from the font used in its logo to its default theme. Talking about the theme, Ubuntu has made a radical departure from its typical brownish theme to a new “light” theme. While there is [...]

Canonical caused a huge surprise yesterday with its announcement of the new Ubuntu looks. Now, you can download the wallpaper used in the screenshots posted.
To downlaod, simply click on the image below.

Thanks Bognár András.
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Zend Framework(ZF) is an open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 5. Zend Framework was conceived in early 2005 while many new frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails and the Spring Framework, were gaining popularity in the web development community. ZF was publicly announced at the first Zend Conference in October 2005.
In this article, we will tell you how [...]

Amarok 2.2.2 has been out for quite sometime. With this release, the Amarok team has changed the layout of some familar components a bit. The option to select random track/album or playlist/track repeat is no longer in the toolbar as it used to be.
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The final build of Opera 10.50 has already been released for Windows. It boasts of some superb features and claims to be the fastest browser. The Linux build has, however, not even reached the beta. It is still in the Alpha stage. Nevertheless, here we give you how you can install Opera 10.50 Alpha in [...]

The final build of Opera 10.50 is finally out for Windows. Opera claims that this is the “fastest browser on earth”. Opera 10.5 features a new JavaScript engine, Carakan and a new graphics library called Vega. Opera claims that this has resulted in a browsing speed increase of 700% from the Futhark JavaScript engine used [...]

Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site. This was a reaction to an bug in VBScript that Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus had revealed Friday. The vulnerability could enable hackers  to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft noted that hackers exploiting the VBScript flaw [...]

About a week ago, we told you about the launch of Symantec’s flagship product, Norton 360 version 4.0. We’ve been using it for the past one week and have come up with some  interesting results. How does Norton 360 version 4 compare with Norton Internet Security or Norton AntiVirus? How is Norton 360 different from [...]

The first alpha release of Fedora 13 Goddard was going to be due out next week, but that release is now pushed back by a week. Fedora lives on the bleeding edge of Linux development with many new features going into each release. It gives Linux enthusiasts a taste of what is to come in [...]

As you may already be aware by now, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is coming with a music store called the Ubuntu One Music Store. This is a very new and exciting thing from Canoncal and understandably people have a lot of questions about this new service. So, the Ubuntu One Music Store team have come [...]