Top Stories in Twitter sorted by region

The first thing I find is that the regions are limited to some countries, however, that I stopped to take a look to share this interesting web service that allows us to read the most interesting Twitter classified by regions.

While the ability to filter the information regions of some countries is now only available to much of the United States, India, Canada and Australia also lets you see what is happening around the world. Sure, it will be difficult to find any relevant information from Mexico, for example, but at some point if Twitter will explode.

As always, the idea is great, I see Frrole Flipboard with Twitter on the web by the way content is displayed. Sincerely hopes that at some point we can expand coverage and see from there where we are located local information. For now we will only see information from countries quite distant.  Link: Frrole

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Pretty Run: search and quick access to files, folders, bookmarks, software

The start menu of Windows Vista and 7 it includes useful Search box by which quick access after typing in specific keywords, the interest.

Some of you readers of Macworld, however, may be looking for a resource to integrate your OS can execute what we have just mentioned but also more.

In this case, an application which Pretty Run will undoubtedly be very useful.

Pretty Run is a free software and used not only on Windows Vista and 7 but also on XP that, once in use, will research and faster access to files and folders but also the favorites of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, to mp3 files using their tags, the various sections of the Control Panel, printers connected to your computer and its options.

But there's more!

Thanks to Pretty Run will also be search online using the ones that are the favorite search engines, start a specific set of programs through a single click and set certain keywords to quickly launch programs.

The software, in order not to miss anything, reminds Furthermore, the last items copied to the clipboard and allows restore if necessary.

Pretty Run after installation will be accessible directly from the system tray Windows by double-clicking its icon.

From the window that opens (similar to that vision by taking a look at the screenshots) can then be performed all the operations mentioned above.

Exploiting instead the configuration panel Pretty Run the application will be set based on what are their needs. Download | Pretty Run

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Brazil will manufacture iPads

Brazil will become the second country after China in make iPads. On Wednesday, the Brazilian government authorize the Taiwanese Foxconn to manufacture the tablets of Apple. As a benefit the Taiwanese company will enjoy a 95% reduction in industrial products tax on the production of the tablets until 2014.

Brazil will be the first country outside China to produce iPhones and iPads. The manufacture of this equipment will bring the Brazilian industrial park developments and innovations in the production process.

The tax benefit mentioned above iPad The marketing of a 30% discount to its final value, which meant greater international competitiveness. For its part the company Foxconn will be engaged in producing most components in Brazil and will have to invest 4% of its net sales in research and development in the South American country.

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Microsoft Outlook add-on for important notifications

Normally, most email clients have reported the arrival of new mail by sending a notice to an alternate account, thanks to a previous configuration. These programs make no distinction between those who are important and which not, which may cause the account to be overrun by spam emails, newsletters and other irrelevant. Solution? Outlook For Important complement Mail Alert.

Thanks to this free add-on is possible to specify exactly when we want to be notified. The program is installed automatically, and users can view an Outlook icon on the main screen itself.

The system allows the use of keywords, which may be searched in the title of the message and its content. This marks the biggest difference with the ground rules in Outlook, which only allow you to configure keywords that are found only in the subject line.

Alerts are displayed on the screen and the tab of the program simultaneously. Simply click on the setup icon to choose which mail accounts will be notified.

One of the advantages which we highlight in this add-on is that it works completely independently, which allows you to view emails that have been moved by Outlook rules. For example, those that have been removed for setting up an alternate email account that removes the server. It is compatible with Microsoft's Exchange Server, which enables reading of messages with one click.

Outlook users who want to be notified when certain issues, contents or senders are listed can download and install Important Mail Alert from the author's site.

It supports Outlook 2003, 2007 and Outlook 2010. Having two versions available for 32-bit or 64-bit. Also required to have installed version 2.0 of Microsoft. Net Framework.

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5 Software to Identify and Open Files

5 Software to Identify and Open Files
Sometimes find ourselves with certain files which do not really know how to open it. The name of it may be irrelevant, since what really matters is the content, which usually can not be so easy to identify unless you have the correct value.

An image becomes a mass of meaningless characters if, not knowing what to use, open it with notepad. The best idea would certainly open the hex file, so try to read the header. And that is precisely what the 5 programs to identify files I've collected for the Utilities.

Free Opener
Free Opener works on any Windows® based system to help you quickly and easily open PDF files along with 80+ other extensions. No other software is needed! It's 100% Free!

Universal Viewer
Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are:

• Images: all major graphics formats: JPG BMP ICO GIF PNG WMF TIFF PSD..., over 40 formats. Also RAW images from 400+ cameras are supported.
• Multimedia: all major media formats: AVI MPG WMV MP3 MP4 FLV MKV..., over 170 formats.
• Word: file types of MS Office Word: DOC DOCX.
• Excel: file types of MS Office Excel: XLS XLSX.
• PDF: Adobe PDF format, plus DJVU XPS CBR CBZ.
• RTF: Rich Text format.
• Internet: all file types supported by MS Internet Explorer: HTML XML MHT...
• Text: text view for unknown file types. Files of unlimited size can be shown (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed). All major text encodings supported. Unicode/UTF-8 views are present.
• Plugins: all file types supported by Total Commander Lister plugins.

Free File Opener
Free File Opener opens more types of files than any other application - over 200 types. You can open Microsoft Office document, PDF files, videos, images, music and more. Free File Opener is fast and easy to use. You do not need Microsoft Office or any other software. 100% Free Download

Freely Open
Edit, Print & Save All Microsoft Office Files. One Program To Open Many File Types - Over 100 Types Supported. Built For Windows. Windows 7, Vista, XP all supported!

FileSee
FileSee is a powerful All-In-One file viewer. It is a tool that helps you to view files quickly. FileSee is a combination of a file manager, a text file viewer, an image viewer, a flv player, a flash player, a video player, a mp3 player, a midi player, a hex file editor, a html viewer, a zip file decompresses, a filename batch renamer and manager, a desktop searching engine, a dll viewer, a wav to mp3 converter... So, FileSee is an All-In-One file viewer and a powerful file manager! FileSee's interface is similar to Windows Explorer.

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List of Best Applications for Ubuntu

In this article, we covered the best free applications for Ubuntu. To get the application of your preference, you can simply click the link you want to download and then save it directly to your computer. It's time to navigate through these useful applications and choose the best suit your needs.

All these applications are compatible with operating systems Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

List of Best Applications for Ubuntu

1. Desktop Flickr Organizer: Application to manage online Flickr album.
2. PDF Mod: Application to edit documents in PDF format.
3. AcetoneISO: Extract, convert, capture, encode and decode DVD and CD images on Ubuntu.
4. Firestarter: Firewall to protect Linux computers.
5. News-RSS Ticker: Feed ticker that brings the latest news on your desktop Linux.
6. One Ubuntu : Cloud storage service for Linux and other platforms.
7. GiverThe application you easily transfer files in a Linux network.
8. KTorrent: Lightweight BitTorrent client with advanced configuration options.
9. Nanny Parental Control: Application of parental control, with time restrictions to limit Internet use for children.
10. Deja Dup Backup: Application for backing up and restoring data in Ubuntu.
11. Steadyflow: Minimalist download manager for Ubuntu.
12. Comix: Comics reader compatible with CBZ, ZIP, RAR, TAR, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, BMP, ICO, XBM and other formats.
13. Liferea: RSS feed reader for Ubuntu.
14. Gnome Activity Journal: Keep a log of all activities, open files and folders in Ubuntu.
15. Starry Hope Uploader: Application to upload photos to Facebook on Ubuntu.
16. Hardware Lister: Application for listing of hardware configurations.
17. Super Boot Manager: Plymouth boot manager, Burg and Grub.
18. Boot Repair: Application to troubleshoot boot Ubuntu.
19. Cryptkeeper: Tool to encrypt folders in Ubuntu.
20. Synapse: Application to quickly find applications, documents, videos, images, etc..
21. DesktopNova: Wallpaper Rotator for Ubuntu.
22. gm-notify: Gmail Notifier email.
23. LightDM Manager: Change the start screen in Ubuntu.
24. Radio Tray: Radio Player Internet minimalist Ubuntu.

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Background Wallpapers Changer - BioniX

BioniX Wallpaper allows you to change your background wallpapers at any chosen time interval, from 1 second to several days. Currently it is the choice of millions of users all over the world, winner of multiple awards from renowned reviewers and critics.

Here are some of its unique features that brought us these awards:

• Freeware, easy to use (user friendly interface), low hardware requirements, portable (no installation required).

• Advanced Playlist Editor with wallpaper rating system that supports up to 500000 images.

• Dual monitor support, smart enlarge, smart desktop background color, smart tile, smart borders, mirror effect.

• Stores your background wallpapers in multiple thematic playlists.

• Support BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, JPEG2000, EMF, WMF wallpapers.

• Lock on folder unique feature that allows BioniX Background Wallpapers Changer to monitor a folder and automatically update its playlist when wallpapers are added or deleted.

• System tray icon, context menu, panic button, hide desktop icons, minimize all open windows, remote control, show time over wallpaper, hide taskbar, brightness, saturation or contrast, customizable global hotkeys, shuffle wallpapers, wallpaper preview panel, next/previous wallpaper buttons, "Don't disturb me" mode, playlist association. Lots of other features here.
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