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It is almost the end of life of Windows XP. vi Microsoft has announced the Windows XP end of support date of April 8, 2014. After this date, Windows XP will no longer be a supported operating system*. To help...
It is a sad news. I use LogMeIn for many years. I used it to do the troubleshooting on my parents in law’s computer remotely. They live in San Francisco. Today, I sign in LogMeIn account and saw this news....
Microsoft release Jan., 2014 update as scheduled on Jan 15, 2014. There are four important updates for my Windows 7 64bit.
It is a strange error that I encountered installing Centos 6.4 64bit into Virtual Box. The CPU is AMD A8-3870. 8GB Memory Host OS is Windows 7 64bit. VirtualBox is 4.3.6, latest version on Jan 15, 2014. I have no...
It is time to memo the new features of Calibre 1.19. New Features of 1.19 Edit book: A new tool to insert special characters into the text, available via Edit->Insert special character. Supports all unicode characters (over 60,000 of them)....
Calibre released 1.15. Here is the new features below from 1.12 New Features of 1.15 A new book editor, capable of editing files in the EPUB and AZW3 (Kindle) formatsRight click on any book in calibre and choose ‘Edit...
Here is the new features of Calibre 1.12.0 New Features Auto adding: Option to add files of all types, not just ebooks. You can now tell calibre to auto add all file types, instead of just known ebooks via Preferences->Adding...
Microsoft announced that Windows XP will not be supported any more until April 8, 2014. There are certain terms of Microsoft support lifecycle. Mainstream support: Microsoft will offer mainstream support for a minimum of 5 years from the date of...
This is a new version of Calibre, eBook Manager software. I like to put the upgrade news here, because I like this software. It is free and compatible with most of the ebook devices in the market. New Features Conversion:...
Microsoft release IE 11 few days ago for Windows 7. It is already available for Windows 8.1 in Oct. 2013. Here is the requirement to install IE 11 on Win7 Processor PC with a 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or...
When I am playing FarmVille2 on Facebook, I saw a notice on the bottom: Powered by Flare3D Engine. Copyright © 2012 What is Flare3D Engine? I know FarmVille2 is powered by Adobe Flash. But, what is Flare3D? Based on the...
New Features of Calibre v1.9.0 Drivers for the new Nook Glowlight, Lenovo IdeaPad and Kindle Fire HDX (linux) Add an option to check for duplicates (books with the same title/author) when copying between libraries. Option is under Preferences->Adding books. Content...
New Features of 1.8.0 DOCX Input: Support linked (as opposed to embedded) images, if the linked image is found on the local computer. FB2 Input: Add support for note and cite back references. Link pairs of type=”note” and type=”cite” now...
It is time to get upgrade from Calibre 1.4.0 to 1.7.0. New Features of 1.7.0 Cover grid: Allow using images as the background for the cover grid. To choose an image, go to Preferences->Look & Feel->Cover Grid. An option to...
It is update time again. Microsoft 2013 October updates released. There are 26 important updates on my Windows 7.