Articles for the Topic: 'Software'

Microsoft Corporation India introduced a free tool, Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions, for India’s growing student and technology enthusiast community.

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are light-weight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn offerings that enable novices to quickly develop dynamic Web applications and Windows applications.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions consist of Visual Web Developer Express, Visual Basic Express, Visual C# Express, Visual C++ Express and Visual J# Express.

The Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx. In addition, to address bandwidth issues in India, Microsoft is giving out CDs of Visual Studio Express Editions.

The CD is available to the first 20,000 developers that register on the site - www.vsexpress.in and will be shipped to them free of cost.

Microsoft had indicated that it plans to ship Windows Vista build 5381 as Beta 2, towards the end of May 2006. Microsoft expects to eventually deliver this version to millions of people.

Microsoft will be releasing a DVD of Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2 to attendees of the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) on May 23 2006. All users who wish to obtain a DVD version of Vista Beta 2 as download will also have to wait till May 27 2006.

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Skype is a little chat program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It�s free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers.

Skype is the Global P2P Telephony Company that is changing the telecommunications world by offering consumers free, superior-quality calling worldwide.

Skype software is a chat, voice chat, and video chat application from the maker of KaZaA. Skype uses the P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect to users but only to make voice and text chats. With Skype you can voice chat with your friends across the world who use same software at their end. At a very nominal cost you can call landline numbers directly without having need to engage in PC-to-PC connectivity.
Skype is simple to install regardless of your PC environment and will set up with no server or workstation configuration. Skype works behind most firewalls and gateways without providing new security risks.

Download Skype 2.5 BETA and see what�s coming next to make Skype even easier to use.

8.96 MB | Windows (All) | Download | Freeware

Infosys, India’s leading software exporter has announced that it plans to spend $100 million in year 2006 on in-house training in view of the acute technically skilled people shortage in outsourcing industry.

“The limiting factor to growth going forward will be the (lack of) availability of trained manpower, not infrastructure,” Dow Jones Newswires quoted T.V. Mohandas Pai, head of human resources at Infosys, as saying.

“There is war for talent,” Pai added.

He explained, India’s information technology sector will require at least 1 million professionally skilled software graduates over the next three years.

Company did not provide specifics on how the it would use the money for training.

Espoo, Finland-based Nokia, unveiled a new version of its Internet tablet gadget which runs Google Talk communication software for voice and text chat.

The deal between Nokia and Google offers consumers the ability to chat with other users of instant messaging software via the Nokia Wi-Fi device, which relies on short-range wireless networks.

The Nokia 770 Internet tablet, introduced last year, offers wireless access to digital music and video, as well as access to e-mail.

The new version of the Nokia’s Internet tablet also has a full-screen finger keyboard. Rather than using cell-phone networks, the 770 device relies on unregulated local wireless connections.

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Google Inc. on 10 May 06, Wednesday has launched many new products in its ongoing duel with rivals Microsoft and Yahoo.

The company has added a new tool viz. Google Gadgets & Plug-ins to make it easier to share information through its online search engine and enabling users to download mini-applications, or “widgets,” designed to become fixtures on a computer screen.

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Opera Mini is a fast and tiny Web browser, that allows you to access the full Internet on your phone. Users can surf any website such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Hotmail on their mobile phone just like they would on a normal computer. Take all your favorite Web sites on the go with Opera Mini! This includes the vast majority of today’s WAP-enabled phones.

Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, it uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. The new version further improves the browsing experience by enabling download of images, MP3s, etc directly to your phone.

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Free Ringtones brings you the latest ringtones and mobile content (games, graphics and mrore) for your cell phone, download it below for free!

Free Ringtones offers ringtones for your mobile phone, including MIDI and RTTTL tones.

The ringtones are compatible with major cell phone brands such as Nokia, Sagem, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, and Siemens.

Version 1.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and some bug fixes.

Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

281.16 KB | Windows version Windows (All) | Download | Freeware

Motorola has launched MOTODEV portal claiming to deliver a unified developer experience featuring a web-based program and business ecosystem. MOTODEV is designed to make it easier and more rewarding for developers around the world to innovate with Motorola, its products and technologies.

Designed to connect developers to the world of Motorola platform opportunities, company explains, its new MOTODEV portal provides access to everything one need to create and deliver innovative solutions for any of Motorola’s products.

Whether you’re creating business-driven content for iDEN handsets, games to run on a sleek new SLVR, or interactive entertainment solutions for Motorola’s Connected Home products, MOTODEV is here to support your success.

Developers familiar with Motorola’s developer programs, including Motocoder, iDEN, and Horizon, now have a single home base for accessing all the tools, documentation, and other resources you expect from your current Motorola developer program.

What’s new?

Motorola claims that its initial enhancements are aimed at giving you better access to developer information and support, including:
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uTorrent is a powerful and efficient BitTorrent client for Windows.

* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled

Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0, and now BitComet 0.63) and peer exchange.

Resource-Friendly

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren’t there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 160 KB in size.

156KB | Windows version Windows (All) | Download | Freeware