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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 [Download Links & Price Details]

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Microsoft has launched the Visual Studio 2010 final RTM release last week (also .NET Framework 4 along with this).Visual Studio 2010 RTM is available in 3 editions : Ultimate, Professional and Premium.In addition to these editions, there are also i) a Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 which is a specialized toolset for Quality Assurance (QA) test execution ii)Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 iii) Visual Studio 2010 Express (available as free download).

“ Microsoft Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft, which can be used to develop console and GUI applications along with Windows Forms applications, websites, web applications, & web services in both native code together with managed code for all platforms that are supported by Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, .NET Framework, .NET compact Framework & Microsoft Silverlight. (From Wiki) “

Visual Studio 2010 RTM Screen shot

Visual Studio 2010 boasts of many feature enhancements over Visual Studio 2008 version.VS 2010 includes a new editor that makes use of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) that supports multiple monitors, which enables a developer to have one monitor with code, another with the user interface designer, and yet another with database structure.

Pricing Details:

visual studio 2010 download

Visual Studio 2010 Professional

with MSDN Essentials (Upgrade or Renewal): $549
with MSDN Essentials (Full Version): $799
with MSDN (Upgrade or Renewal): $799
with MSDN (Full Version): $1,199

  Full Version Upgrade or Renewal
Visual Studio 2010 Premium (include MSDN) $5,469 $2,299
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (include MSDN) $11,899 $3,799
Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional $2,169 $899

More details about pricing at this page

Download Visual Studio 2010:

Download Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate ISO

Direct download links (VS 2010 Ultimate) – Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4

Visual Studio 2010 Professional ISO – Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4

Visual Studio 2010 Premium ISO – Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4

via My Digital Life

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Download

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Microsoft has released .NET Framework 4 last week along with Visual Studio 2010.The latest version of the .NET Framework is now available both as a Web installer as well as a stand alone installer.If you have been following our blog off late, you must have read our post about how to find the version of the .NET Framework installed in your windows.The newer applications that require Microsoft .NET Framework 4 will automatically trigger a download of the component, if it’s not been already installed on the user’s computer.

.NET Framework consists of the core framework that goes behind all the modern windows based applications.The .NET Framework model’s downward compatibility lets it to work along side with older versions of the .NET Framework.The newer version introduces many features besides improving the performance.

.NET Framework 4 Features:

Net Framework 4 poster

.NET poster via Brad Abrams

  • Improvements in Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Base Class Library (BCL)
  • Innovations in the Visual Basic and C# languages
  • Improvements in Data Access and Modeling
  • Improvements in performance and scalability
  • significant enhancements to ASP.NET that provides more control over HTML, element IDs and custom CSS
  • Improvements in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • New added support for Windows 7 multi-touch, ribbon controls & taskbar extensibility features.
  • Improvements to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) (Ex: support for WCF Workflow Services)
  • Innovative new parallel-programming features (Ex:parallel loop support, Task Parallel Library (TPL), Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) etc.,)

Complete list of new features/changes is available at this page.

Download .NET Framework 4 :

Link 1: Standalone Installer

Link 2: Web Installer

Requirements : Windows XP SP3 /Windows Vista SP1 or later versions (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions)

Firefox 3.6.4 Beta Released

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Firefox surprised every one last week by announcing launching out-of-process feature for plugins (via Firefox 3.6 Lorentz) that let the users to run the plugins in a separate process rather than in native browser process.What it means is that if a plugin crashes, it will not affect the rest of the browser as you can fix it either by reloading the page that restarts the plugin process.

And now Mozilla team has a taken a step further to add this feature in their latest release Firefox 3.6.4 Beta.Apart from this main feature, Firefox 3.6.4 also addresses other security issues.

firefox 364 beta download

Firefox 3.6.4 provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.

Download Firefox 3.6.4 Beta

Direct download link (Windows – 8.2 MB – via Mozilla FTP) Update: Link expired.

P.S: Firefox 3.6.4 version is coming on May 4, 2010.Untill then, grab this beta version.

Nokia N86 Firmware Update V30.009 Available

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The Nokia N86 has got a firmware update today the new upgraded firmware version being V30.009.The new firmware versions features the latest Ovi Maps client.

The new update (143 MB) is now only available (to PC) via Nokia Software Updater but soon it will be available via Over-The-Air (OTA) update service too.The screenshot posted below has been uploaded by a Nokia N86 user who spotted the update.

n86 v30.009

The new version 30.009 includes:

Latest Ovi Maps 3.3

Location sharing via Facebook

Improvements in Nokia messaging

Related:

Nokia N900 Firmware update V3.2010.02-08

If you are a Nokia freak, also read about Nokia’s 3 new mobiles phones announced yesterday : Nokia C6, Nokia C3 & Nokia E5

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool KB890830

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Microsoft updates its Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal tool (MWMSRT) and releases the update on the second Tuesday of every month.As usual, Microsoft released updated version of this tool for the month of April (2010) as KB890830.This tool checks your computer for any malicious software and helps to remove it, once it finds the infection.Please make note of the difference between an anti-virus program and thus Malicious Software Removal Tool.

This Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is no replacement to an anti-virus program.An anti-virus program blocks malicious software from running on a computer, whereas this tool only removes malicious software from a computer which is already infected.As they say “Prevention is always better than the cure”, it applies here too ! It’s always desirable to block such malicious software from running on the computer first up,

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – April 2010 (KB890830)

Update Released on : April 13, 2010

Update type: Important

Download Size: 9.9 MB

Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000

Download:

Download the 890830 package now

Download link for x74 version of the software

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=39987

Previous updates : KB977206, KB980182, kb978601

RSS Subscription Extension For Google Chrome

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Unlike most of the other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera, Google Chrome doesn’t automatically gives a quick way to subscribe to RSS feeds in a web page with a single click.

If are very much used to the other browsers then you might be feeling inconvenient in Google Chrome due to lack of this quick RSS feeds subscription feature.

Well, if you are just worrying about this missing RSS subscriptions support, you should look at this great extension “RSS Subscription Extension” developed by Google.

This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe.

Also the extension has 4 predefined web-based feed readers (Google Reader, iGoogle, Bloglines, My Yahoo).However you can add any web-based feed reader of your choice to this list.

install RSS subscription extension chrome

Here’s how any website offering RSS feeds will look like after installing this extension.Observe the RSS icon in the Omnibox.

RSS feed subscription icon chrome

Download RSS Subscription Extension for Chrome

Nokia Ovi Contacts 1.5 Updated

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Nokia, after listening to the feedback from the users in Beta Labs community, decided to make some tweaks to the Ovi Contacts 1.5 client (see the changes below):

Improvements to the Ovi Contacts 1.5 :

  • Pop-up note for incoming chat messages
  • Additional file types for file sharing: contact card & presentation

This new release of Ovi Contacts 1.5 is available for S60 5th edition phones like Nokia N97, N97 Mini, Nokia 5800 etc.

Download Ovi Contacts 1.5 (You need to sign in to Nokia Beta labs to download else you may a see a 403 error)

Via [Nokia Beta Labs]

Amayeta SWF Encrypt 4.x Free License Key Giveaway

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Amayeta SWF Encrypt is a popular Flash Actionscript Encryption tool to encrypt and protect Adobe Flash SWF files from various ActionScript decompilers and other hackers.The version of the software which we are talking about in this post is version 4.x (4.0 or later ).If you are interested in SEF Encrypt version 6.0, you may read the features listed below:

SWF Encrypt 6 features:

  • Encrypt, Obfuscate 7 Protect your Flash 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 SWF Movies
  • Updated for Flash 10/CS4, Flex 2/3 and ActionScript 1/2/3
  • Dense Actionscript Obfuscation
  • No Actionscript Line Limit
  • Available for Windows & Mac OSX

Download SWF Encrypt 6.0 trial

Steps:

1.Visit Amayeta promotional offers page, enter your details in the registration form available in that page, select the platform as ‘Windows’  (See the screenshot below) and click ‘Generate Free 4.x License’ button.

SWF Encrypt registration page

2.Now you will see your free SWF Encrypt 4.x License Registration serial (see the screenshot).Note down or copy the serial number and store it in a safe place for future reference.Then click on the link “Click Here to Download SWF Encrypt 4.x” just below your serial number.

SWF Encrypt Licence registartion

3.You’ll be now taken to download page, where you can see all variants of SWF Encrypt 4.0 version (SWF Encrypt 4.x in general).Download any version for example, you can download SWF Encrypt 4.0.06 from this direct link.

SWF Encrypt 4.0 download page

4.Install the downloaded file and enter the license key you have got.Enjoy the software !!

How to Find Your Location In Windows 7 Using Geosense

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Geosense is a Windows Sensor that uses the Location and Sensors platform in Windows 7 accurately using IP lookup, WiFi and Cell tower triangulation positioning without the assistance of GPS hardware, enabling more practical location-based applications and scenarios on Windows 7.

Today most of the laptops are not equipped with GPS, so  the Windows 7’s new Sensors and Location platform is practically not much useful to the users. But with the help of Geosense, we can use this location sensor platform.

Geosense if free to download and it is available for  both 32 and 64 bit editions of Windows 7. Please note that Geosense will work only with Windows 7 editions having Location and Sensor platform. For example this functionality is not available for Windows 7 starter. All other higher editions have this feature.

Follow the instructions below to install and use Geosense For Windows.

Step 1: Download Geosense For Windows from the link below. Select your compatible edition while download.

Click Here to Download Geosense for Windows

Download Geosense for windows

Step 2: Install Geosense for Windows. Accept the agreement, and accept to install the device.

install Geosense for windows

Allow install Geosense for windows

Step 3: After successfully installing the sensor, Click on Start button and type geo in the search box. Click on Enable Location and other sensors.

Open Geosense for windows

Step 4: Select the enabled Check Box and Apply.

enable Geosense for windows

Step 5: Now on the desktop right click, and open Gadgets. Double click on Weather. You can see your location in the Weather gadget as shown.

Weather Gadget for windows 7

Once you have added the gadget, you can see the Location in the desktop Weather gadget as shown below. My location shown here in Delhi, India.

See location using Geosense for windows

But the location sensor displaying only the location in the gadget is not quite impressing. As there in not much of Location aware Windows 7 applications, Geosense has made a Google Maps Client Demo to make use of the sensor in a proper way. Hope that in near future we will be able to use this Windows 7 Location sensing feature in a proper way.

WInRAR 3.80 Free Licence Key Giveaway

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Well, WinRAR is the best file archiving tool that I have ever used.WinRAR works well with RAR, ZIP archives and can also be used in unpacking ARJ,LZH,TAR,GZ,ACE,UUE,BZ2,JAR,ISO,EXE,7z, & Z archives.WinRAR started supporting Windows Vista from version 3.70 and the latest version WinRAR 3.90 support Windows 7 as well.

The WinRAR version for which you can get key through this process is ‘version 3.80’.The key obtained through this tutorial is absolutely legitimate and it is offered by a German tech magazine.

Follow These Steps:

  • Step 1: Download Winrar 3.80
  • Step 2: Visit this German proxy site, as the offer is valid only in German and hence we have to use proxy with German server and not any other proxy site like hidemyass.com.

Proxy site LINK

  • Step 3: Enter this URL ‘https://covermount.win-rar.com/pcwelt0310/’ in the form and hit  ‘GO’ button.
  • Step 4:  Now it’ll take you to the German website, scroll down to the registration form as shown in the screen shot

WinRar Free Licence Give away site Regsitration form in Germany

Checkout this image, which shows the same page in English if you are still finding it difficult to fill-in.

  • Step 5: Enter the your details in the form follow the above screen shot for reference and you can either check or uncheck the option below the form(that’s for subscribing to their newsletter) and click the button which reads “Abschicken” (which means ‘Submit’ in German).
  • Step 6: Check your email, and find the link similar to below:

https://covermount.win-rar.com/pcwelt0310/download.php?email=user@mail.com

[Your email address would be present in place of ‘user@mail.com’]

  • Step 7: Open the link in new tab and this open a webpage where you’ll find a download link:

Downloading WinRar key REG file

  • Step 8: You will be asked to download a file called “rarkey.rar” which contains rarreg.key which is the key that you wanted.

WinRAR key file in rarkey

Now double click the key file to install the key and now you have a full licensed WinRAR 3.80 version and this key is valid till 30.09.2010.

Leave a comment if you have any troubles while going through these steps.