The second test of the India-England Series is on it’s way. Here are some places you can watch all the live action for free :
[Most of the links will work only with Microsoft Internet Explorer]
TVU Link - Link 1 Link 2
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ActiveVOS by Active Endpoints is a a 100%-standards-based visual orchestration and business process management (BPM) tool for creating true services-oriented architecture (SOA). BPM is a field of management focused on efficiently aligning an organization with the needs and demands of clients, in order to continuously improve ones effectiveness. In very simple terms SOA Software can be treated as a system for linking resources on demand. It enables enterprises and developers to automate business processes, collaborate across IT and business boundaries, control the overall state of the business and adapt rapidly and easily to change.
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Recently I blogged about some awesome Christmas Screensavers. Now its time for some awesome Windows Themes (visual styles). Fifteen breath taking Windows Themes (Visual Styles for Windows Xp, Visual Styles for Windows Vista and WindowBlinds skins) have been hand picked by me, to get your desktop dressed up for this Christmas.
[Check out my guide to Desktop Modding if you need help applying these themes]
The following themes require Windows XP with patched Uxtheme.dll or a theme management software like StyleXP or TuneUp Utilities.
The second edition of Mashable Open Web Awards is officially over and all the winners have been announced. There were two categories - one set of winners were picked by the official blog partners and the other set was picked by the public. The Public’s Choice winners list is the more interesting one, since it threw up quite a few surprises. The Blogger’s Choice winners list is more in line with my expectations (probably because I myself am a blogger and one of the judges). All the winners are listed below.
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Just about ten days are left for Christmas, and everyone is gearing up for the holidays in their very own way. Here are fifteen awesome holiday screensavers to dress-up your computer.
Santa and the City 3D Christmas Screen Saver
Join Santa as he flies through an amazingly detailed city on his sleigh. With 3D sound effects, 50+ christmas tunes and dynamically generated visuals this screensaver is guaranteed to get you into the spirit of christmas.
3PlaneSoft has multiple offerings when it comes to Christmas. My personal favourite is Christmas 3D Screensaver. Christmas Tree, Snowman and enchanting Christmas Music - everything you need to get in the holiday mood is packed into this screensaver.
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It’s not easy describing a software like DeskAngel, because you simply don’t know how to start. DeskAngel is a tiny freeware that rolls into it more than a dozen nifty features that you may otherwise find spread across five or six different softwares.
My favourite feature in DeskAngel has always been the ability to scroll an inactive window with mousewheel. DeskAngel is also the easiest way to emulate the Icons only mode present in Windows 7 taskbar (superbar).
Other features of DeskAngel are :
Pin a window (always on top) with right click.
Change any Windows transparency on the fly.
Hide cursor while typing.
Capture any region of screen by simply drawing a rectangle.
Roll-up any window by double clicking on the title bar.
Turn off your monitor with the click of a button.
Change the default action for middle click button.
And more
Sometimes even little things can make a difference. The tiny little things that DeskAngel does may not seem like much, but they can make a big difference to your productivity. What makes DeskAngel even more amazing is that is a mere 91kB download that doesn’t even require installation.
Download DeskAngel (91.5kB)
Platforms Supported : Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32 bit versions only)
License : Freeware
The wait is over! Peregrine is finally here! Opera claims that the new build is up to 30% faster than the previous build! I have been using Peregrine for last couple of hours and it’s definitely blazing fast. I haven’t done any tests but Peregrine definitely puts Opera right on track to reclaim the lost crown of being the fastest browser. Among other things the new engine adds support for Web Fonts and is 100% ACID 3 compatible.
The alpha build isn’t feature complete and is mainly intended to showcase the new engine - Presto 2.2. The major new feature additions are Spell-Checker and Update Manager - as I had earlier speculated. Both of them were long overdue and are welcome additions. Another long awaited and much requested feature - HTMl formatting for emails, has been added. Hopefully, my other suggestions/wishes will also get implemented. You can get a taste of what’s to come from here.
Download Opera v10 alpha :
Windows
Mac
Mac Intel
Unix
P.S. : The Opera v10 webpage is sporting a favicon. Is that an indication of the icon Peregrine is likely to feature?
TuneUp Utilities is an award winning system optimization tool that has long been my favourite. The 2009 edition was released yesterday and boasts of several new features. Let’s take a look at the latest release and see if it’s worth the upgrade.
Retooled Interface: TuneUp Utilities 09 maintains the look and feel of TuneUp 08 with a few changes. The new addition is the Start Page. It basically acts as a dashboard. It gives you a quick summary of your computer’s current condition, and recommends actions to be taken. There are other several minor changes e.g. “Maintain Windows” Tab has been renamed to “Clean Windows” which makes more sense.
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