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Download Safari 4 Beta

Friday, February 27th, 2009

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For you Webkit browser lover, Apple has been released Beta version they next major browser Apple Safari, you can download Safari 4 beta on this page. They have new tagline for this browser, Browsing made beautiful. And smart.

This is some cool features on Safari 4

Top Sites

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Thanks to Top Sites, you can enjoy a stunning, at-a-glance preview of your favorite websites without lifting a finger. Safari 4 Beta tracks the sites you browse and ranks your favorites, presenting up to 24 thumbnails on a single page. You can even customize the display by pinning a favorite site to a specific location in the grid. That locks it into position, so you know just where to find it every time you open Top Sites.

Wonder which sites have changed since your last visit? Sites with a star in the upper-right corner have new content. A single click opens the page and updates its thumbnail. Whenever you want to return to your ever-evolving Top Sites page, just click the new Top Sites button in the bookmarks bar. (more…)

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Tags: Apple, Browser, Safari
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How to clear the “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” message after doing automatic upgrade?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

As part of the automatic upgrade WordPress places a file named .maintenance in the blog base folder (folder that contains the wp-admin folder). If that file exists, then vistors will see the message Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.

To stop that message from being displayed to vistors, just delete the .maintenance file. The automatic upgrade should be executed again, just in case it failed.

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Windows Vista netbooks to allow easy upgrade to Windows 7

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

In recent months there has been a series of articles written about the possibility of the benefits of Microsoft next 7 windows operating system on the new small, low power system called netbooks. It is expected that the next generation of Windows operating systems, so that a more stable performance and provides some new features compared to the current Windows Vista OS or Windows XP operating system that is characterized for most netbooks currently available on the market. In this note, the latest information on the availability of Windows 7, it seems that the Vista-powered netbooks allow users to take advantage of Microsoft Windows Vista to update the system 7.

According to an article on Tech ARP indicates Microsoft Windows Vista to Windows 7 schedule update users who have or acquire a computer powered by an operating system, Windows Vista will be able to take advantage of the upgrade. Obviously, this system has been used in the game so that people who are considering buying a new Windows-powered computer is not run until the next iteration of Microsoft operating system, officially.

It is still the official release date for the next operating system Windows 7, but according to the latest rumors have Redmond, Washington based software giant to release my new operating system from Christmas.

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Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows 7
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What’s on in Google Earth 5

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

If you are a big fan on Google Earth, you need to upgrade you software to Google Earth 5. On this version you will more and more satisfied with Google Earth. You Need to Download Google Earth to more enjoy your vacation ;) This some information about New Google Earth 5

More on Tour Features

The Record Tour is a major new feature in GE 5. Here’s Google’s post about the Touring. This post is by Googler Dan Barcay who was a prime player in the tour feature development. Lots of interesting tips, links to references, and examples. Here are some observations from design expert Richard Treves, including his review after experimenting with the features.
World Clock with GE 5

Barnabu also has developed a cool app taking advantage of GE 5’s ability to support Javascript. You can see timezones as an overlay over the Earth, click on a specific time zone and see a running clock for that location. Very slick!
UK Snow Animation

James Stafford produces some slick KML using Google Earth 5’s new time animation slider. He’s taken data during the snowstorm in the UK this week from Twitter to produce an animation showing the number of tweets over time about the snowfall. His post includes a video or the KML which you can load in GE 5.
New GPS Support

Google eliminated the Google Earth Plus product in December. The GPS support in Plus is now available in the free version of Google Earth. FreeGeographyTools was probably first in commenting on this, and here’s Google’s post about it.
More on Mars

This is Google’s post on the new Mars mode in Google Earth 5. The post acknowledges that this project was part of the agreement NASA and Google made a couple of years ago.