Technology Pulse

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Firefox plug-in Updater

Mozilla is conducting tests for its plug-in checking page. This site allows to automatically ping Mozilla servers which in response returns list of plugins installed on your pc with their status (vulnerable or safe) and action to perform (Up to Date or needs upgrade).

To check plug-ins installed on your system go to Tools>AddOns>Plugins Tab. In my case not all the plugins were scanned up, like Adobe Acrobat, iTunes Application Detector, Microsoft DRM, Google Picasa, Vivox Voice Plugin, Windows Genuine Advantage among many were left out. This may be because its still in beta testing stages. However its fully functional prototype will be embedded with Firefox 3.6 to be released in coming days.

Download Fifa 10

New Fifa 10 makes hard to believe that you will win the World Cup. Designed by EA Sports includes amazing features like

1. Authentic Game play
2. Individual Team style
3. Pre Match Scouting reports
4. Season Mode
5. Manger Mode
6. 360 Dribbling
7. Online Gaming
8. New Russian League

Fifa 10 Video

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Nokia Photo Browser

Nokia Photo Browser is a S60 platform application which allows you to browse and manage photos with 3D effects. Watch how it works

This small app makes thumbnails for all the pictures for an easy view and is currently available for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music and N97, N79, N86 8MP, E66, E75, 6720 Classic, 5730 XpressMusic, E55, N85, N96-3, 6210 Navigator, 6710 Navigator, 5320 XpressMusic, 6650, 6220 classic, N78, 6124 classic, E63, E51, N95-3 NAM, N81, 6121 classic N81 8GB, 6120 classic, 6110 Navigator, 5700 XpressMusic, N76, and 6290.

Download Nokia Photo Browser

Adobe Desktop Client for Facebook

Adobe AIR app for Facebook allows you to install desktop client and use all the features from your desktop. Its like a enhanced Facebook Chat messenger where you can update status, Read news feeds, view comments, check updates for pages subscribed etc.

By using this application there will be no need to use the web based version and provides easy accessibility. Good feature is that there will be no need to click the updated posts in your facebook timeline again and again. However major drawback is that it does not supports Facebook Voice Chat which is still in its beta phase.

System Requirements: Adobe AIR Installer

Adobe Desktop Client for Facebook

Free 8085 Simulator

Features:

1. Built in assembler
2. Built in dissembler
3. Has autocorrect features
4. Sample codes
5. Simulation step by step (including back step).
6. Number conversion tool
7. Can load programs written in any other 8085 assembler
8. Powerful memory editor
9. Can change memory address range according to your need

Requirements: Java 6 Update 16

Download Free 8085 Simulator (126KB)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Install Artist themes on Chrome

Google Chrome team has introduced a new way to make you happy with Chrome browser. Now you can make your Chrome more personalized with Artist themes. There are many artists themes available to choose from like Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Karim Rashid, Jonathan Adler, Oscar de la Renta, Anita Kunz, Tom Sachs, Kate Spade, Donna Karan, Kid Robot, Casey Reas, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Graves, Todd Oldham, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Mariah Carey to name a few. Watch the Video below for the artistry in the making of this project.

You can download the Google Chrome (if you don't have) and check out the Theme Gallery.

Facebook Voice Chat

Vivox has released the beta Voice Chat App for Facebook. Using this app it is now easy to voice chat with friends colleagues in your Facebook social network. Just follow Vivox Voice > Go to Application and start the application. This would require you to install AddOn (approx 8.10MB for firefox). Create a Channel and invite friends to channel. When you invite friends to your channel a bit.ly link will be send, which will connect them to your channel.

AVG AntiVirus 9

The new version of AntiVirus Grisoft 9 has been released. This product is available for 30 days trial with full online support. Some of the core features include

1. LinkScanner® Active Surf-Shield
2. LinkScanner® Search-Shield
3. New Superior Phishing Protection
4. Web Shield
5. E-mail Scanner
6. AntiVirus
7. AntiVirus
8. AntiRootkit
9. Game Mode
10. Update Manager
11. Fast Scans

System Requirements: Windows XP, Vista, 7

Download AVG 9 (71.2MB)

Other Products you might like to download AVG Internet Security (103.58MB), AVG Identity Protection (16MB)

Download Registry Mechanic + key

Registry mechanic provides repair and optimization of Windows Registry. It is the most reliable security solutions to eradicate windows registry. Some of the features are listed below

World's most popular registry cleaner with over 60 million downloads.
Safely clean, repair and optimize the Windows® registry.
Improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades.
Backup registry.
Recommended by experts and editors as the world's best registry cleaner.
Registry defrag to optimize your PC for better performance.
FREE customer support for all users.
Easy to use. Designed for both expert and novice users.

One of the prominent feature which has been noticed is that it surely speeds up the PC. In order to use the Key Please make it sure that you don't update the software or don't install the software when internet connection is turned on!

System Requirements: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000

Download Registry Mechanic New (8.2 MB) + Key

Friday, October 2, 2009

Apple search Engine: uquery

uquery is a powerful engine for Apple iPhone, iPod geeks. It covers a variety of Applications from Apple iTunes store. The significant part is the Criteria based search. Google or Bing which filters search according to time, date, images, and even colors likewise uquery serves the purpose for price (from free to payed apps), 5 star rating, time (from an year old to 24 hrs latest added) and also customized categories for applications like music, games, utilities etc. If iTunes software is inaccessible, uquery is the best alternate option. Any application you choose shows a comprehensive description including its features, some screen shots, size, links and recent reviews. On the right most column, list of recent applications are shown.

Try searching "Google Wave" on www.uquery.com see if you can find something! :)

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Download VLC 1.0.2

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full feature list. It can also be used as a media converter. There are lot of skins available to keep you happy all the time. Check out some great screen shots.

Download VLC 1.0.2

Last Pass Extension for Google Chrome

Previously a comprehensive introduction was given for Last Pass. For our new readers, Last Pass is an easy way to manage your accounts passwords with a single password. It is very familiar to Digsby Social concatenation system. Up till now it supported only Firefox and IE. Recently LP extension for Google Chrome has been released. Since Chrome extension feature are available only on developer build Google Chrome, so it needs to downloaded first in order to user LP.

Download Google Chrome dev build

Install LastPass

Download Norton 360 v3.0

Norton 360 is available for download. It covers 90 days trial with full online support. This version is installable on 3 personal computers. New features includes

1. Provides industry leading security without slowing you down.
2. Blocks Botnets
3. Makes online shopping easier
4. Delivers up to the minute virus protection
5. Speeds up PC Boot time
6. AntiVirus
7. AntiSpyware
8. Firewall Protection

Requirements: Windows XP (32bit, SP2 or later), Windows Vista (32/62 bit), Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

Download Norton 360 v3.0