Opera 12 still gets updates check whats new !!!

- Modern versions of Opera aren't affected by the bugs

Opera 12.17 is now available for download for Windows clients, bringing a fix for the Heartbleed bug, but also some other improvements supposed to keep users on the safe side while browsing the web. Opera said in a blog post that version 12.17 was specifically designed to block vulnerabilities that could allow Heartbleed attacks, but while fixing these issues, the developing team has also discovered another security glitch affecting the autoupdate engine on Windows. “Successful exploitation, which would require using a third, unrelated bug on Windows, could allow a mischievous man in the middle to run arbitrary code on the computer. Opera 12.17 is therefore a recommended security upgrade on Windows,” Opera said in a blog post. “While it is unlikely that someone has gained access to a certificate of ours, we cannot rule out that some foreign intelligence agency has done so, and we want to be on the safe side.” Opera 12 running on Windows clients will automatically receive the new update, while Mac and Linux versions are not affected, the parent company guarantees. Keep in mind that these security vulnerabilities only exist in Opera 12 on Windows versions, so in case you’re running the modern builds of the browser, you’re on the safe side and there’s no need to do anything to patch the application.

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Microsoft to Launch Free Version of Windows 9 – Rumors

 - Windows 9 is very likely to debut in early 2015

Windows 9 is Microsoft’s next big project in the OS industry, with some people close to the development plans indicating that it’s very likely to debut in early 2015.

But a new report released by Russian Windows leaker WZor and coming via myce.com claims that Windows 9 is the first operating system in Microsoft’s modern lineup that will actually come with a freeware license, which would basically allow users to install it without paying for a license.

However, this isn’t the first time when Microsoft is believed to be working on a freeware version of Windows, so don’t take this for granted until the company really confirms it.

Of course, no specifics have been provided, but the “freeware Windows” concept could actually have two different meanings.

First of all, Microsoft could actually offer Windows with a freeware license to OEMs and other partners, in order to bring more affordable devices to the market and thus make sure that it boosts adoption of its new operating system.

The company is already cutting fees for Windows 8.1 Update, so the next big thing would be to go for a freeware license that would basically bring a completely new series of products to the market available at very affordable prices.

On the other hand, if Microsoft decides to offer Windows 9 free to users, chances are that such a project would include ads or some other ways that could help the company monetize the product.

It’s almost impossible to see Microsoft offering a Windows version at no cost without a catch that would bring back some cash, not only because this is the company’s flagship product, but also because the software giant is in the end just a business that needs to stay on profit.

According to the same report, Windows 9 is also expected to come with a Start button that might also be displayed on the Start screen and thus make the Modern UI easier to use for those who decide to install the operating system on desktop computers.

Again, no specifics have been provided, but it appears that the Start button and the Start menu, which is projected to debut in a future Windows 8.1 update, are both going to be part of the operating system, in another attempt to make it more appropriate for desktop computers and those relying on mice and keyboards as the main input method for their PCs.

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Kill Processes using Command Prompt in Windows 7 | 8

If your Task Manager gets stuck or unresponsive due to intensive apps and you are not able to kill the particular process. What do you do ? You press ctrl-alt-delete to open up the Task Manager and find the culprit. But you can kill also multiple processes using command prompt in Windows 7.

Kill Processes using Command Prompt in Windows 7 | 8

For this we use the Tasklist and Taskview commands.

Open the Command Prompt in the Administrative privileges mode and run the Tasklist command, it will show you a list of all the running processes.



To views the processes, type Taskview and hit Enter.

To kill any particular process use the Taskkill command. For example to kill Chrome, run the command as:

Taskkill /IM chrome.exe /F

where /F is used to kill the process forcefully. You can also kill any particular process by using it’s ID, the tasklist command displays the process ID’s as well (you can see the PID column in the screenshot). To kill any process using it’s ID, run the command as:

Taskkill /PID 2704 /F

Now to kill multiple processes simultaneously, run the above command with the PID’s of all the processes followed by spaces

Taskkill /PID 2704 5472 4344 /F

That's it!

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Top 5 Text Editors

Sublime Text

Cross-platform and feature packed, Sublime Text was a crowd favorite in the call for contenders thread, partially because of its amazing feature-set. Plug-ins and add-ons are available for specific programming languages and uses in Sublime Text, the app features extremely powerful search and go-to features, tons of keyboard commands to help you never have to take your hands off the keyboard while you use it, a distraction-free mode that lets you focus right on your work—whatever that work may happen to be, and much much more. Sublime Text has a tabbed interface so you can have multiple documents open at the same time, and a 10,000ft view on the right so you can see where in your document you are at any time. You can select multiple rows to make simultaneous changes, customize shortcuts to suit your own needs, and even chain shortcuts together to perform complex—but fast—operations. It's remarkably powerful. P

Sublime Text is available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It's distributed as evaluation software (meaning it's free to try, but there's no time limit on how long you can use it for free) and a full license will cost you $70. A full license is per user, so you can use it on as many computers as you like once you have one. In the call for contenders thread, those of you who nominated Sublime praised its impressive feature-set, developer-friendly plug-ins and API, side-by-side file comparisons, and much more.

Notepad++

Notepad++ has been around for a long time, and many users have only ever used Notepad++ when they're ready to upgrade from Notepad or Wordpad. It's stil under development though, and combines the simple interface of Notepad or Wordpad with advanced features that will make writers and developers happy. Some of them include a customizable interface that you can make as minimal or toolbar-rich as you choose, a document map so you can see where you are in your work at any time, a tabbed interface so you can work in multiple documents, auto-completion and text shortening, macro recording so you can customize shortcuts, and more. You also get customizable syntax highlighting, text folding and collapsable parts of the document (to make things easier to read,) and options you can use to launch the app under certain parameters, just to make your work easier. P

Notepad++ is free (free as in free speech and free beer) and available for Windows only. You can grab it as an installable app, or a portable app to run from a flash drive or cloud storage service like Dropbox. If you're not sure exactly what you're looking for in a text editor, it's a good place to start, especially because it's free. You can donate to the project though, and if you enjoy it, you should. The code is available too, so if you'd rather contribute, you can do that as well. Those of you who nominated it praised its simplicity, wealth of plug-ins for just about every type of user, and of course, its price tag.

Vim (and Its Iterations)P

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Oh boy, Vim. Designed to bring the simplicity of Vi to every platform and person who needed a configurable but not-too-heavy text editor, Vim is one banner of the Holy Text Editor Grail Wars to march under. It's not without good reason—Vim is cross-platform, free, and while it's aimed squarely at programmers who want an interface they can tweak to their liking and really get some work done in, you don't have to be a programmer to get the most use out of it. Instead, you just have to take the time to configure it so it works the way you prefer. It won't hold your hand (although its extensive help is useful for beginners), but once you remember its keyboard shortcuts and commands, download tons of user scripts to apply to it to streamline your work, and learn your way around, it quickly becomes an essential tool. It supports dozens of languages, keeps a history of your actions so you can easily repeat or undo them, supports macro recording, automatically recognizes file types, and lives—once installed—at your command line.P

Vim—and most of its iterations, which include editors that add a GUI to the app so you can launch it without resorting to the command line—are free (GPL licensed). It's available for any operating system with a command line of just about any type, and it's charityware, meaning instead of paying for the app, the team behind it suggests you donate to children in Uganda who could use the support via the ICCF. Those of you who praised Vim noted that it takes some commitment to learn, but once you're familiar with it, the sky's the limit. Read more in the nomination thread here. P

Atom

Calling itself a text editor "for the 21st century," Atom earned a lot of praise in the nominations round for being a text editor designed for the needs of today's developers. It's built by the team at GitHub, and incorporates some of the lessons the team there learned by managing so much code on a regular basis. It's flexible, customizable, themeable, and even though it's relatively new, it already has a large following and tons of plugins, thanks to its open API. It operates like a native application, and even the application package is customizable so you only get the modules you need. It packs a tabbed interface, multi-paned layout, easy file browser, and easy learning curve so you can get up and running with it quickly. There's also solid documentationto help you get started if you need it. Only downside though: Atom is currently in private beta, and you'll have to sign up for an invite and cross your fingers if you want to give it a try. P

Atom is currently OS X only (10.8+), although Windows and Linux versions are on the roadmap. It's also free to use while it's in beta, but when it's finished and released, the team behind it says it'll be "competitively priced." Those of you who nominated it praised its customizability and available plugins, and pointed to the tool's potential to become one of the best and most powerful text editors we've seen in many many years.

Emacs (and Its Iterations)

If you've used an operating system with a command line interface, you've had Emacs available to you. It's been around for decades (since Richard Stallman and Guy Steele wrote it in 1976), and its the other major text editor to stand behind in the Holy Text Editor Grail Wars. It's not the easiest tool, but it's definitely one of the most powerful. It has a steep learning curve, but it's always there, ready for use. It's had a long and storied history, but the version that most people wind up using is GNU Emacs, linked above. It's richly featured, too—Emacs can handle almost any type of text that you throw at it, handle simple documents or complex code, or be customized with startup scripts that add features or tweak the interface and shortcuts to match your project or preference. Similarly, Emacs supports macro recording, tons of shortcuts (that you'll have to learn to get really familiar with it), and has a ton of modules created by third parties to leverage the app for completely non-programming purposes, like project planning, calendaring, news reading, and word processing. When we say it's powerful, we're not kidding. In large part, its power comes from the fact that anyone can play with it and mold it into something new and useful for everyone. P

Emacs is completely cross platform, with versions and derivatives available for Windows, OS X, Linux, and just about every other operating system on the planet. It's free, as in both free speech and free beer, and comes with detailed help, tutorials, and guides to help you get started using it if you're new to using Emacs. Those of you who praised it in the call for contenders thread highlighted its flexibility and power, complete customizability, and the fact that you can play Tetris in it, which is admittedly a nice bonus.

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The New Opera Finally Gets Bookmarks

When the new Chrome/Chromium-based Opera came out, the browser maker wanted to highlight all the new things, like the revamped speed dial or the new stash feature. But, unsurprisingly, most users focused on the things that were missing, and there were many of them.

Thankfully, Opera did listen to the critics and eventually decided to bring back bookmarks in some form. In fact, bookmarks are finally part of Opera 17 Next and Opera 18 Developer by default.
The new Quick Access Bar, essentially the bookmarks bar found in most other browsers, is now available by default in the testing versions of the new Opera. You still have to enable it from the settings, but you don't have to turn on the flag that controls it anymore.
For bookmark power users though, there's not much to celebrate yet. That's because the new Opera only brings back the bookmarks bar, but not a full-blown bookmark manager. The bar is good for storing a few sites, maybe a dozen or more, but certainly not hundreds or thousands.
It's also unlikely that Opera will bring back a full bookmark manager. The quick access bar is a favor to fans, but it's probably one of the few. By now, people have gotten used to the bookmark-less Opera or moved on to other browsers.

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Maxthon Cloud Browser Preview - Blink the brand new core 30% faster

Please be one of the first to try the Maxthon 4.2.0.800 - the brand new core preview.This is a prerelease version of the integrated Blink core Maxthon. In this preview, JS performance increased by 30%, Page loading is faster.And you will get to try out many new features , such as “checking the HTTPS certificate”, and “Downloading YouTube videos with Resource sniffer ”.

New features：
+ Improved Webkit core
+ Support checking the HTTPS certificate
+ Support the Jumplist new window command, etc
+ Resource sniffer works with the YouTube video

Optimization: 
* Optimized Favorites menu display
* Improved Video popup in retro mode
* Improved animation effect of background tabs while dragging a tab
* Maxthon Supports Windows 7 libraries when choosing download manager directory

Fixes:

[Main Frame]
* In some cases, skin displayed improperly 
* After closing the print window, the main window is not visible
* Problem when opening the background tab
* Problem with the default display favorites path 
* Letter case identification problem in URL
* In some cases, account panel displays in the wrong place

[Webkit Core]
* Quick save image, a link will be open
* After Taking a screenshot and paste it in the Foxmail, there are two pictures
* It is not activated after right mouse clicking and selecting “Open in the New Tab”
* A bug with XSS 

[IE Core]
* Support HTML5 video right click menu

[extension platform]
* Improved the new tab interface

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Viber for Windows 8

Viber for Windows 8 now with HD Voice Quality and Live Tiles


For all those who are living away from home, Viber has become the first choice to call your near and dear ones by avoiding heavy outstation call charges. I use Viber almost everyday to call my buddies who are away from me and this saves me lot of bucks too. Moreover it’s not only the calls that we can make from Viber, it also allows us to message and share pictures with our friends.
It is because of these features that Viber has become so famous with over 175 million people using the service worldwide daily. In spite all these useful features, the application is completely free, safe and secure and that too without any advertisements. I think these are all the features that are enough to make the application so popular.





Viber is available on all mobile platforms too whether it is iOS, Android or Windows Phone 8 which results in wide range of users and connectivity. Team Viber is also striving for better performance and experience and that is why they have upgraded theWindows phone 8 Viber app.



So now Windows phone 8 Viber users can talk to their friends on Viber in HD voice quality. Isn’t it cool? You get to talk to your buddies in superfine HD voice quality without any disturbance and that too for free. The team has also introduced better Live Tiles for the WP8, which means now you can not only pull the app but also any chat conversation as a tile on the main screen. So if you chat with someone a lot, then you can directly create a tile of the conversation making it easier for you.
Features of the new Viber WP8 app:
• Free calls with HD sound quality
• Free text and photo messaging
• Share photos on Viber directly from your device’s photo gallery
• Connect with your friends in group conversations of up to 40 participants
• Share your location in messages
• Live Tiles
• Pin conversations to your home screen
• Lock screen notifications
• 30 supported languages
If you, still, are missing out on this great app on your Windows phone 8 then get it from here.

Download Viber for Windows phone 8

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