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How to install Miro 5 in Ubuntu

The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) has released the next major version of Miro open video downloader and player. Miro 5.0 adds several improvements other concerning video playback. “The latest release of Miro will allow you to clean up your music collection by changing titles like Track 01 to their real title with a single click! Unknown Artists are replaced with the actual name. Browsing your collection is vibrant and organized in the new Album/Artist view”. More»

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How to Remove Passwords from your PDF Files

If you ever find it necessary to remove a password from your encrypted PDF file without modifying the document in anyway, then there is a tool for that. The tiny app or utility that solves the problem is called BeCyPDFMetaEdit. Its a free Windows utility that you can also install on your Linux box, be it Ubuntu or Mint or whatever via WineHq.

BeCyPDFMetaEdit
Here’s how to get along:
First, launch the program. Before you select and open the PDF, change the mode to “Complete Rewrite.” Lastly switch to the Security tab and set the “Security System” to “No encryption.” Click the Save button and your PDF will no longer require a password to open.

Download BeCyPDFMetaEdit

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Nitro PDF Reader Provides many PDF Tools for Free

Nitro Reader for Windows is not a traditional PDF reader that only does a good job in displaying your PDF documents. It can also create PDF files from plain documents, extract reusable images, fill in existing PDFs. Nitro includes tools that handle Word-to-PDF and other document conversions easily. With the free version of Nitro PDF Reader you can also save a signature and automatically stamp it on documents.
Nitro PDF Reader

Nitro PDF Reader is a free download for Windows. The pro version, Nitro Pro is a jam-pack of extremely versatile features. Of course that comes with an extra cost.

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Google Earth 6.0 adds Street View and 3D Trees

With Google Earth 6, you can explore the streets in 3D like never before. Fly from outer space down to the streets with the new Street View and easily navigate your way around. Switch to ground-level view to see the same location in 3D.

Download Google Earth 6.0. Available for Linux, Windows and Mac platforms.

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Firefox 4 Beta 1 hits the road

Firefox 4 Beta

Mozilla has finally released the first beta for Firefox 4, you can now download and test this beta release, the very first of a series of betas that bring many improvements to the popular brown browser. As already reported, Firefox 4 that will be officially released at the end of the year is a major update, much of the Firefox of this browser depends on this release. More»

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