SpringPublisher Pro Desktop Publishing Software Giveaway [Expired]

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SpringPublisher Pro is the premium upgrade to SpringPublisher Free desktop publisher software. The freeware counterpart which is light on system can be converted to the pro version without burning a big hole in your pocket (it costs only $23.95). Thanks to SpringPublisher Team, we’re giving away 5 copies of SpringPublisher Pro this week.

The pro version unlocks the locked functions of the Free version. Earlier, we have already seen how SpringPublisher free version works. If you have not read that article, you can read the article titled: “SpringPublisher: Design & Print Flyers, Business Cards, Letterheads” here.

The free version lets you design and take print out in low to medium quality (96 and 180 dpi, respectively) of your creatives. The professional version, which we’re giving away here, unlocks the locked functions and will allow you to print in high quality output at 350 dpi. You will also get 100 download credits to grab templates from SpringPublisher online store. [Read more...]

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Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Now Available for Download

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Apple Mac OS X Lion is now available for download from the Mac App Store for $29.99.

Apple has released the eighth major release of the Mac operating system, Lion. Lion includes over 250 new features compared to the earlier version of Mac, Snow Leopard. The flagship operating system is now available as a $29.99 download in the Mac App Store. Those who wants to buy Mac OS X Lion Server should have the Client version of Lion, server version costs $49.99.

Some of the new features include are: new Multi-Touch gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore Mac software; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.

Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we’re thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.” [Read more...]

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WordPress 3.2 “Gershwin” Now Available

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WordPress 3.2 “Gershwin”, fifteenth major release of WordPress is now available.

Yesterday, we updated that WordPress 3.2 will be available by this week and today it is available. WordPress 3.2, codename “Gershwin”, dedicated to the noted composer and pianist George Gershwin, is the fifteenth major release of WordPress. This major release of the most popular content management system (CMS) comes just four months after 3.1 (which coincidentally just passed the 15 million download mark this morning). [Read more...]

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CyanogenMod 7 Released, Brings Gingerbread, SMS Gestures, Built-In Overclocking [Android]

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CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) is based on Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) from Google. It not only brings Gingerbread, but includes additional great features like sending canned SMS responses with a gesture, incognito browsing, a new simple theme engine and smaller tweaks like being able to play and pause music with the camera button. Other cool new features include built-in CPU clocking, a “phone goggles” feature, which, like Gmail’s Mail Goggles feature, prevents you from sending unwanted SMS messages by making you do simple math problems.

CM is currently providing support for 30 devices. There are a few CM6 features that aren’t part of CM7 yet, but they are in the queue for 7.1 already. Check out the full changelog for detailed information about what’s included in this release. [Read more...]

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Microsoft Security Essentials 2 Available for Download

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Microsoft Security Essentials is one of the best free antivirus available for Windows. It is without doubt the most popular antivirus solution among Windows users. With detection rate that matches the commercial security products, it is without doubt one of the best software made by Microsoft.

Microsoft Security Essentials 2 upgrade brings in many improvements and new features, including the most requested heuristic scanning engine. MSE 1′s protection relied too heavily upon definitions, which is not enough for today’s ever-changing advanced threats. But with heuristic scanning engine and other new improved features, MSE 2 is now giving tough competition to other free and paid products. [Read more...]

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Opera 10.62 Released, Recommended Security Update [Opera Latest Version]

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Opera Developers has released Opera 10.62, which is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements. It is highly recommends for all Opera web browser users to upgrade to the latest version to take advantage of the security and stability improvements.

Opera 10.62 is based on the brand new version of Presto, Opera’s rendering engine. It now uses Presto 2.6.30 that includes support for several new HTML5 features, such as GeoLocation, Web Workers and Offline applications. [Read more...]

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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 Stability Fix Update Released [Downloads]

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Mozilla Messaging has released the new update of the most popular email client Mozilla Thunderbird and now the version is 3.1.2. This releases fixes some stability issues and several user experience concerns.

Thunderbird 3.1.2 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.1:

  • Several fixes to improve stability.
  • Several fixes to the user interface.

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 in Stores This October, Plus Pricing, Editions, Free Upgrade Offer

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Microsoft has announced that Office for Mac 2011 will be available at the end of October, 2010. There will be mainly two different retail editions of Office 2011 for Mac available for purchase: Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 and Office for Mac Home and Business 2011. Additionally, there is a special edition for higher education students, staff and faculty: Office for Mac Academic Edition 2011.

Additionally, if you buy Office 2008 for Mac product from an authorized reseller between August 1, 2010, and November 30, 2010, you will be able to upgrade to Office 2011 for Mac, when it is available, free and at no additional cost through the Microsoft Office for Mac Technology Guarantee Program. [Read more...]

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