Friday, September 30, 2011

Linux Could be Kicked-Out of Windows 8 PCs - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Linux Could be Kicked-Out of Windows 8 PCs - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Linux Could be Kicked-Out of Windows 8 PCs

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:29 PM PDT


Being advanced has its own pros and cons. And for the next generation of Windows 8 PCs, it's going to be something very different. Following the news that the next generation of Windows 8 PCs will be equipped with a completely new booting specification known as UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, we were able to receive a rather shocking update about the UEFI's supposed desirable feature. It appears that Microsoft has gone a little cold, although the UEFI specification is somewhat captivating, we've also heard that the interface could most likely include a special secure boot protocol that will be required to all Windows 8 users. Yes, it is a security feature that can not only preserve your PC's software sanity but can also ward off infectious rootkits from entering into the system as well. But there's a problem.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Download Mozilla Firefox 7 With Faster Web Browsing And Optimized Memory Management - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Download Mozilla Firefox 7 With Faster Web Browsing And Optimized Memory Management - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Download Mozilla Firefox 7 With Faster Web Browsing And Optimized Memory Management

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:02 PM PDT


Mozilla Firefox 7 Final is out now and feature's the much awaited MemShrink memory optimizations to the popular web-browser, the new update to Firefox 6 brings an overall faster browsing experience to users by offering faster speeds when opening new tabs, enhanced performance when lots of tabs are open and during long Web browsing sessions that last hours or days, more responsive clicking on menu items and buttons on websites, lower memory consumption (see comparison between Firefox 6 and Firefox 7 before and after update with same tabs and load).

Firefox 6 Vs Firefox 7 Memory Consumption On Same Load (Click image for a larger version)

Firefox 6 Vs Firefox 7 Memory Consumption Comparison

Apart from the memory and speed enhancements - this release also features new tools which are designed to make it easier for developers to build speedy Web experiences for users. A new version of hardware-accelerated Canvas, W3C navigation timing spec API (allowing developers to measure page load time and other related crucial factors) and a brand new Telemetry tool to collect performance data across userbase for improving the browser performance further are also included.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Torrent And Direct Download Links For Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Torrent And Direct Download Links For Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Torrent And Direct Download Links For Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:14 AM PDT


The next generation of Microsoft's software development IDE suite - "Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview" is now available for public downloading via the various links shared at the end of this post, This major new update to the "Visual Studio" adds support for next-generation application development featuring support for .Net Framework 4.5, Microsoft Windows 8, HTML 5, and cloud with enabling developers to target multiple platforms across multiple devices and services.

Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Download Compiled VideoLAN VLC Media Player For Google Android - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Download Compiled VideoLAN VLC Media Player For Google Android - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Download Compiled VideoLAN VLC Media Player For Google Android

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT



The hugely popular multi-platform, open-source VLC Media Player is well known for it's wide support for virtually every multimedia format available. The nifty media-player is already available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Apple iOS platforms, while Android port of this software is still under development in pre-alpha phase - we now have a first public compiled binary build of Android VLC Media Player for Android available for download.

VLC Media Player For Android

VLC Media Player For Android

Similar to another popular media-player port of MPlayer to android, VLC for android will allow users to say goodbye to all the multimedia re-encodings as they will become a "supported format" for your device once VLC is in there.

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