Google Reader to Shut Down July 1, 2013.

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Be ready to say goodbye to another Google product. Google Reader to shut down on July 1, 2013.

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There are still a lot of people that are actually using Google Reader, unlike the trumped-up Google+ number of users. RSS readers such as NetNewsWire give users option to sync with Google Reader,

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As usual, Google provide users the ability to download their data through Google Takeout.

Feedly immediately jumped on the news, welcoming the soon to be ex-Google Reader users.

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Angry Birds Seasons gets Power Ups

Rovio has just released an update for Angry Birds Seasons with Power-Ups and a few new levels.

What’s New in Version 3.2.0
Angry Birds Seasons now has power-ups! Check out your old favorites Sling Scope and Super Seed, and get ready for the never-before-seen HOMING BIRD! This hog-seeking hero will head with missile force for the first pig to enter his radar!

PLUS: earn stars and Mighty Eagle feathers to unlock up to EIGHT NEW LEVELS in Winter Wonderham and Haunted Hogs!

Angry Birds Seasons is available for iPhone/iPod touch, iPad, Android OS, Mac OS X, Windows and other platforms.

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Microsoft releases updates for Office 2008 and 2011

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.3.6 Update

This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.3.2 Update

This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

Office 2011 14.3.2 Update

Dropbox 2.0

Dropbox 2.0 is out now.

New in 2.0.0:

  • Fix a bug where discrete graphics would be enabled on OSX laptops.
  • Add support for Brazilian Portuguese.
  • Other small fixes.

Here are a few things you should know:

  • It is only enabled on Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and above, and on Windows XP and above.
  • It is not yet enabled on Linux.

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Font Rendering on Web Browsers

It is interesting how different Web Browsers render fonts. I wonder why Google Chrome on this particular computer running Windows 7 doesn’t render the fonts correctly.

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Firefox 3D Web-Inspector

There is one feature in Mozilla Firefox that most users don’t even know it exist; a 3D Web-Inspector. Bring up the contextual menu by right clicking (OS X – control-click) on the page and select “Inspect Element”.

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Then click on the Cube at the bottom-right section.

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Use the cursor to rotate the page for 3-dimensional view.

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