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  1. News

    Python Tools for Visual Studio | Visual Studio Toolbox

    Link Removed (PTVS) is a free, open source plugin that turns Visual Studio (including Express!) into a Python IDE. In this episode, Robert is joined by Steve Dower, who shows how PTVS provides Python developers all of the goodness of Visual Studio, including IntelliSense, local and remote...
  2. Granny Flats

    Windows 8 questions about Microsoft windows

    I am curious about Microsoft Windows. So I have a few questions. Microsoft Windows needs an antivirus program because it is in danger of getting viruses. Microsoft Windows also needs anti malware protection, antispyware protection.. Windows needs firewalls to protect from hackers. Windows...
  3. News

    VIDEO Windows Developer Program for IoT now rolling out

    Oh you know I couldn't pass this up as our Hardware Friday post! It's IoT, it's Windows, much will be open source, it's new and it's IoT (yeah, I know I already said that, but it's IoT! ;! Link Removed Link Removed You’ve heard quite a bit recently about Microsoft’s strategy for bringing...
  4. News

    Kinect to Oculus Rift with Kintinuous

    Today's kind of, sort of inspirational project is from a Hack-a-Day post by Brian Benchoff. It's kind of inspirational in that since the project's authors can't release the source, they can at least release their background research... Virtual Physical Reality With Kintinuous And An Oculus Rift...
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    Windows XP FastRename in XP Explorer

    Hello, let me first explain what functionality I want: In the Details view of Explorer, I want to navigate throgh the Filename column as if it was a text file. I want this because currently it takes THREE mouseclicks (selectFile, activate edit mode, positionClick) till I am where I want to be...
  6. Safal Piya

    Windows 8.1 Top 5 Video Play Which You Should Know

    Hey guys it's me Safal Piya again. And in this video I'm gonna show you Top 5 Video Play Which You Should Know: So, Let's get started: 1) Media Player Classic (Windows, Free) Media Player Classic started out as a project to preserve the simplicity and lightweight playback of the old Windows...
  7. Ralph Bromley

    VIDEO Good (linux) alternatives to windows XP

    Well the clock is ticking XP folks, less then a month for now XP will be unsupported and you will have to choose what to do. If you want to keep your old hardware thats fine, as these alternatives are good if you dont like the fancy new Windows 8 or 8.1. Just keep in mind no OS will ever fully...
  8. L

    Windows 8.1 Which freeware are you using to replace MS Office?

    Are you using Microsfot Office? If not, which freeware are you using to replace MS Office?
  9. Ralph Bromley

    Reasons why Linux is better then Windows and 10 distros to try out for beginners

    Consider this my nudge topic, since Linux here has been clumped together in this new section I am amking the best of it by making a controversial subject matter. But the truth is that I do think linux is better then Windows and here is why: 1 It is developed by communities: Microsoft values...
  10. Mike

    Tor Browser Bundle

    Mike submitted a new resource: Tor Browser Bundle - Anonymous web browsing Read more about this resource...
  11. News

    Microsoft continues courting Web devs with IE 11 for Windows 7, Parallels discount

    There's also an open source tool for scanning sites for compatibility issues.         Link Removed
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    Unable to play mp3 files in Fedora 17

    I have searched the applications store on Fedora 17 for codecs, VLC player and all existing music players but found nothing? The thing which i found was a line that states that "Fedora no longer supports mp3 technology as it is third party issue & have conflicts with open source licences"...
  13. Faster3ck

    Windows 7 Converseen - an open source batch image processor

    Link Removed Hi all, Converseen is an open source image converter and resizer. It supports more than 100 image formats like DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, TIFF and many others. Converseen allows you to convert, resize, rotate and flip automatically an...
  14. whs

    I was bored, so I made this - enjoy

    Since I did not have much to do, I thought it would be fun to explore other operating systems. After all, with the recent developments in Windows, you never know where this will end up. I looked at a variety of Linux distros. They have an adorable price of $0 and are easily installed in VMware...
  15. News

    TA13-024A: Content Management Systems Security and Associated Risks

    Original release date: January 24, 2013 | Last revised: February 06, 2013 Systems Affected Web-based Content Management Systems, specifically Joomla! installations. Overview This Alert was developed as a collaborative effort between Public Safety Canada and the U.S. Link...
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    Windows 8 Gesture2Launch to make it faster to launch apps on Win8

    Taipei, February 4th – Linpus, a leader in the field of open source software in the consumer space, announced the release of a new application for Windows 8. Linpus, one of the most successful open source vendors in the notebook and consumer device market, has recently added Android and Windows...
  17. patcooke

    Windows 8 Enhance Windows 8 Desktop with StartW8: A Free Alternative to Start8

    It didn't take longfor a number of packages to appear to enable modification of the Windows 8 desktop to a more "traditional" look. I was trying Stardocks start8 when I discovered the free open source startW8 which I find to work better: StartW8 - Download
  18. kemical

    VLC Media Player Update

    VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. The free VLC Media Player has been updated to Version 2.0.2. This version contains various bug fixes.
  19. Ralph Bromley

    Why I use Linux as my main OS

    I have been a linux user for about 7 years now, I am a loyal user of Linux and barely use Windows and I have some very good reasons. First of all Linux has not been as troublesome to me as Windows has, if there is an issue with it its actually easier to fix (even with the terminal) then Windows...
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    Windows 8 Power8 - Start menu replacer for Windows8

    Hi All! My colleague and I are writing the start menu replacer for Win8. At the moment it's free, open-source and works under ХР, 7 and 8. What it can do, what it will do, how does it look like, download 7z archive, etc. - welcome to GoogleCode: Link Removed I appreciate if you...
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