7 free/open source Flash editors

Flash SWF editor is also know as flash builder. it’s a software that allow you to edit an existing SWF file or create a professional Flash animation from scratch. Here is 7 useful free/open source flash SWF editors for web.

1. Ajax Animator

   Ajax Animator is a fully standards-based, online, collaborative flash Integrated development environment (IDE) specially designed for simplicity and community. The Main goal of the project is become usable Flash IDE alternative, but has evolved into a cross-platform/cross-format animation tool, primed to support Animated GIFs, SWF (Flash), SVG Animations, and more. It is currently built using JavaScript and PHP.

2. FlashDevelop

   FlashDevelop is a one of the most powerful and popular open source Action Script 2/3 and web development environment built on the Scintilla editor component and is a Microsoft .NET 2.0 application. it has very nice user-friendly docking interface that you can reorganize as you like. A collapsible file explorer that makes bigger coding projects easier to navigate. The layout includes a useful snippets panel that has keyboard commands to show predefined commands. It has built-in support for many workflows and seamlessly integrates with Flash CS3, Flex SDK, MTASC, haXe and Swfmill .

3. Open Dialect

   Open Dialect is an open source Flash IDE based on Adobe Flex created with the intent to help System Dynamics Modelers to create and publish Interactive Learning Environments to their work. it’s a free flash IDEwhich allows anyone from beginners to advanced Flash coders to create Rich Internet Applications quickly and easily. These apps can also be published to the desktop using the Adobe AIR runtime. Open Dialect supports 17 different components and action script scripting can be done using either a wizard (for beginners) or by hand (for advanced users).

4. Salasaga

   Salasaga is an Open Source flash IDE for creating Flash based eLearning. it has a easy to use GUI authoring environment that helps you create visually impressive and actually useful learning material. Initially similar to Adobe Captivate, but will eventually incorporate an AJAX (browser based) playback capability for advanced content. Salasaga written in C, using GTK, libxml, gconf, and ming.

5. minibuilder

   Flash minibuilder is a free and lightweight IDE specially designed for developing programs written in ActionScript 3. Flash MiniBuilder is itself written in ActionScript and provide a completely free and cross platform alternative for developing ActionScript projects. Extending, changing (and even integratingMiniBuilder with other software) is very easy.

6. Ming

   Ming is a library for generating Macromedia Flash files (.swf), written in C, and includes useful utilities for working with .swf files. It use PHP Module that allows for the dynamic generation of Flash animations. In addition to PHP, the library can also be used in the programming languages C++, Perl, Python, and Ruby.

7. MTASC – Motion-Twin ActionScript 2 Compiler

   MTASC is the first ActionScript 2 Open Source free compiler. It can compile large number of .as class files in a very short time and generate directly the corresponding SWF bytecode without relying on Macromedia Flash or other tools.

Topmost Hacking/Security Tools

 

1. Nmap: 

Nmap is the most popular one, recently evolved into the 4.x series. Nmap or Network Mapper is a free open source utility which is used for network exploration or security auditing. It can scan large networks rapidly, and it can work fine against single hosts too. Nmap uses raw IP packets to determine the availability of hosts on the network, and their service. Nmap also determines what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and several other characteristics too. Nmap is compatible with most types of computers and both console and graphical versions of this tool are available. Nmap is free and open source and it can be used by beginners as well as pros. Download Nmap here.

2. Nessus Remote Security Scanner: 

Nessus is a closed source option now, though it comes for free. Nessus, which works with a client-server framework, is the world’s most popular vulnerability scanner and it is used across 75,000 organizations world-wide. Nessus helps in effective cost-cutting when auditing is done for business-critical enterprise devices and applications. Download Nessus here.

3. John the Ripper: 

John the Ripper is a fast password cracker which is available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Primarily it detects weak Unix passwords and it also supports Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, along with several more with contributed patches. Download John the Ripper here.

4. Nikto: 

This is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner. It performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, and the list includes over 3200 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Updates are made frequently to scan items and plugins. Nikto is a good CGI scanner. Get Nikto here.

5. SuperScan: 

SuperScan is a powerful TCP port scanner, pinger and resolver and an update, SuperScan 4, has arrived recently. If you are looking for an alternative to nmap on Windows with a decent interface, Ithen SuperScan is highly recommended which you can download here.

6. p0f: 

P0f v2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting tool which has some basic requirements to identify the operating system like machines that connect to your box (SYN mode), machines you connect to (SYN+ACK mode), machine you cannot connect to (RST+ mode) and so on. Basically this tool can take fingerprint of anything but no active connection is made with the target machine. Get it here.

7. Wireshark (Formely Ethereal): 

This is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer which lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. Wireshark aims to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and it works great on both Linux and Windows (with a GUI). It's quite user-friendly which can reconstruct TCP/IP Streams. Download it here.

8. Yersinia: 

Yersinia is a network tool which is designed in a way so that it can take advantage of some weakness in different Layer 2 protocols. It pretends to be a solid framework for analyzing and testing the deployed networks and systems. Currently, certain network protocols are implemented like Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), IEEE 802.1q, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) and more.Download Yersinia here.

9. Eraser: 

Eraser is an advanced security tool, primarily for Windows, and it allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive. It gets overwritten several times with carefully selected patterns. Eraser is compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. It is a Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License. Eraser is an excellent tool which keeps your data safe anyhow. Download Eraser here.

10. LCP: 

LCP program mainly focuses on user account passwords auditing and recovery in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. Its other specialisations include accounts information import, passwords recovery, brute force session distribution and hashes computing. LCP is a good free alternative to L0phtcrack. Get LCP here.

11. Cain and Abel: 

This is one of the most famous password cracking systems across the world. Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool used for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by just sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations and so on.Download this program here.

12. Kismet: 

This is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet is compatible with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. It is also a good wireless tool as long as your card supports rfmon. Download here.

Courtesy: Darknet.org.uk 

Top 10 Smartphone To Buy This Festival Season

Dussara and Diwali Festival season is starting in India, No festival feels complete without gifts and shopping for yourself. Considering this nature of Indians, shops have sale, discount offers going during festival season.

1. LG G3

13.97-cm (5.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 1440x2560 px
Quad core 2500 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
13 MP Primary Camera, 2.1 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3000 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 43,899

2. Sony Xperia Z2

13.20-cm (5.2-inch) IPS LCD display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 2300 MHz processor, 3 GB RAM
20.7 MP Primary Camera, 2.2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, DLNA
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3200 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 41,392

3. Samsung Galaxy S5

12.95-cm (5.1-inch) Super AMOLED display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 1900 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
16 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2800 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 36,999

4. HTC One E8

12.7-cm (5-inch) S-LCD 3 display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 2500 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2600 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 33,439

5. Sony Xperia T3

13.46-cm (5.3-inch) IPS LCD display of 720x1080 px
Quad core 1400 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 1.1 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, DLNA , NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4 (KitKat)
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 26,399

6. Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290

11.93-cm (4.7-inch) IPS LCD display of 720x1280 px
Quad core 1400 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2000 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 11,799

7. Lenovo S660

11.93-cm (4.7-inch) IPS LCD display of 540X960 px
Quad core 1300 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3000 mAh, Li-Polymer battery
Rs 10,999


8. Micromax Canvas XL2 A109

13.97-cm (5.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 540X960 px
Quad core 1200 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
4 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 9,649

9. LG L60 Dual

10.92-cm (4.3-inch) LCD display of 480x800 px
Dual core 1300 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
4 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
1700 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 7,899

10. Xolo Q610S

11.43-cm (4.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 480X854 px
Quad core 1300 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4 (KitKat)
1700 mAh, Li-Polymer battery
Rs 7,499

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17 open source alternative for Commercial software

we have already covered so many open source alternative for Commercial software. Here is another 17free/open source alternative for Commercial software. Some software are really handy and offer some great features as compared to Commercial Applications .

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3. 8 open source alternative application for commercial graphic applications

Open Source Alternative for Adobe Flash Professional CS3

1. OpenLaszlo

   OpenLaszlo is an open source platform for developing user friendly web based applications in the SWF8, SWF9,SWF10, and DHTML runtimes, which work identically across all popular browsers and platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, IE, Firefox, Safari, etc). It’s ideal for presenting and editing raw XML data generated by PHP and other web services.

2. Synfig

   Synfig is a free and open source 2D vector graphics and timeline-based computer animation program, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. Synfig eliminates the task of manual tweening, producing smooth, fluid motion without the animator having to draw out each frame individually. This allows you to produce 2D animation with fewer people while producing art of a higher quality.

3. F4L

   F4L is an open source development environment for Macromedia Flash, a multi-platform format(swf/svg) widely used for web applications and vector animation. Basically, you can make interactive eye candy for your web site or any other purpose.

Open Source Alternative for Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw

1. Xara Xtreme

   Xara Xtreme for Linux is an open source 2D Vector graphic editor specially designed for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X. Formely known as Xara LX, it is based on Xara Xtreme for Windows. Xara Xtreme is quite simply the world’s fastest graphics software, with truly flexible illustration tools and revolutionary photo handling. A single application for all types of creative work, whether it’s vector drawings, DTP, photo composition, Website design or Flash animation.

2. Inkscape

   Inkscape is an open source 2D Vector graphic editor similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X and using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. it specially designed to become a powerful graphic tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG and CSS standards. it supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more.

3. Skencil

   Skencil is an interactive vector drawing application. it is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes. A somewhat unique (for a drawing program) feature of Skencil is that it is implemented almost completely in a very high-level, interpreted language, Python.

Open Source Alternative for Adobe Photoshop

1. Paint.Net

   Paint.Net is a free image and photo editing software for Windows. it provide intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

2. Splashup

   Splashup is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With the features professionals use and novices want, it’s easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photo-sharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress.

3. Snipshot

   Snipshot is a fast online image editor. You can use it right from your browser, no downloads or Flash required. User can crop, resize, rotate or recolor it, then save it into a variety of formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, PDF) or to Flickr or a free image host. For faster workflow, you can optionally enhance the image as it enters Snipshot or resize it to fit a set of custom dimensions.

Open Source Alternative for Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Microsoft Movie Maker

1. Kino

   kino is an open source non-linear video editor for GNU/Linux. It allow user to upload multiple video clips, cut and paste portions of video/audio, and save it to an edit decision list (SMIL XML format). It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.

2. Avidemux

   Avidemux is a free multi-format, cross-platform video editor specially designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

3. VirtualDub

   Virtual Dub is a open source video processor/editor for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters.

4. Cinelerra

   Cinelerra is an highly advanced open source non-linear video editor and compositor for Linux operating system. it allow to solves three main tasks: capturing, editing and compositing audio and video with sample level accuracy. It’s a movie studio in a box.

Open Source Alternative for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

1. Quanta Plus

   Quanta Plus is a highly stable and feature rich HTML editor and a web development tool for HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP and any other XML-based languages or scripting languages. Quanta Plus’s features include multi-document interface, WYSIWYG editing and templates, plug-in support, script language variable auto-completion, project management, live preview, PHP debugger, CVS support, Subversion support (through external plugin). The objective of the team behind Quanta Plus is simply to developer the best tool for web development.

2. Aptana

   Aptana Studio is a complete web application development, deployment and management solution that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services. its an Open-source, cross-platform, development tool for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.

3. Mozilla Sea Monkey

   Mozilla Sea monkey is a free and open source cross-platform Internet suite. It is the continuation of the formerMozilla Application Suite, based on same source code. it come with a web browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, an HTML editor, web development tools, and an IRC chat client specially designed for advanced users, web developers and corporate users.

4. bluefish

   Bluefish is an open source web development tool specially designed for programmers and web designers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. it supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

10 Popular FTP Clients That You Can Use!

1. FileZilla This is an open source free FTP solution that is available for both server and client. It is distributed for free under the GNU General Public License. 2. SmartFTP This is an FTP, WebDAV, S3,SFTP, SSH, terminal client that allows file transfer between server and local computers. 3. FireFTP This is a cross platform, secure and free FTP/SFTP client that is meant for the Mozilla Firefox internet browser. 4. WinSCP 5.5 The new version of WinSCP is easier to use and has a change in the looks. 5. Cyberduck This is an SFTP, Libre FTP, S3, WebDAV and OpenStack Swift browser for Windows and Mac platforms. 6. FlashFXP This one can be used for server to server ftp transfers, uploading and downloading photos, documents, videos, music and other things. 7. CuteFTP 9 This is the newest version of the CuteFTP client that has been released. It has improvements in the performance department. 8. WS_FTP Security, ease of use, compliance, automation and good security features is what sets WS_FTP sets itself apart from the competition. 9. GoFTP This is a free FTP client for Windows that increases the connection speeds between remote FTP server and your computer by as much as 300 per cent. 10. CoffeeCup This one came up from a real world coffee shop and is used by many all over the world.

Best CamStudio Alternatives

One of the most widely used features of your PC or laptop is its webcam. As we know, CamStudio is the product of Microsoft Windows which is used for screen shooting purposes. It is free software that helps us to record almost every activity which is being carried out on our device’s screen. However, there are a few alternatives to this software as well. Below are the 10 best alternatives to the CamStudio software.

1. Camtasia Studio

   Camtasia Studio software is very easy to use. It is powerful software that help you to create professional videos. The best part is that it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or a pro in this field. Camtasia Studio allows you to record your screen activities effortlessly. You can also edit as well as customize your videos with the help of powerful themes, ready to use editors, and import HD camera videos as well. Apart from this, it also allows you to share your captured videos with any nearby system/ viewer with the help of clickable links. These videos can be watched by your viewers from anywhere at any time. – camtasia Studio

2. Ezvid

   Ezvid screen recorder is a combination of various features such as video recording, slide show maker as well as video editor. What else does one need, right? Some other leading features of the Ezvid software are screen drawing, face cam, speed control as well as voice synthesis. Videos made using this software will leave an enchanting effect on the viewers. All you need to do is click and you will have the power to record each activity taking place on your screen. You can also edit and upload your videos on YouTube. This software is relatively fast and more efficient as compared to others in this category. – Ezvid

3. Jing

   Jing provides you with a free and efficient way of creating your own videos and then sharing them with the world. Not only videos, you can also share your pictures and short movies using this software. A number of other elements are also available in this software. These elements include the use of visual characters and elements for adding zeal into your record stuff. Not only this, you will also have the power to share these videos as soon as you finish recording and enhancing them. – Jing

4. Active Presenter

   Active Presenter allows you to create interactive videos and other related content. Using this app, you can record the screen and create needful screenshots in just a few seconds. You can further enrich your screenshots with the help of inbuilt annotations, graphics, videos, voice over as well as call outs. Apart from this, you can also add quizzes and simulation applications to enhance the usefulness of your recorded videos and screen casts. Once you have finished recording, you can share it on the internet, nearby desktops as well as on other mobile devices. – ActivePresenter

5. Screen Flow 4

   The Screen Flow 4 software allows you to record and share high quality videos and other content. The algorithms used in this software offers full screen resolution, also keeping track of the file sizes. It also aims at keeping the size of the screen captures as small as possible, so that these can be easily shared across other devices and on the internet. Editing is also an important feature of this software. It allows you to add videos, audio, texts, annotations, voice over, call outs and a lot more. This software is very user-friendly and provides a simply interface as well. – ScreenFlow 4

6. Record My Desktop

   Record My Desktop is a screen recording software for Linux. It is very easy to use and provides two separate parts of function for each program. One part takes care of capturing and recording of your video while the second part offers an interface for displaying the functionality of your work. The files created by Record My Desktop software are in two formats i.e. Vorbis for audio files and Theora for videos files. – Record My Desktop

7. Screenr

   Screenr is a web-based screen recorder. Capturing videos and sharing them with the world is very easy by using Screenr. All you need to do is click on the record button, capture the video/ audio/ image file and share the unique link created with everyone in your network. This is a fun way of recording and sharing as it doesn’t require you to download or install any software. Also, using this software you can record stuff on both your PC and Mac. The best part is that videos recorded on your PC or Mac can also be shared and played on iOS devices such as iPhones. – Screenr

8. Kazam Screen Caster

   The Kazam Screen Caster created with style and design. It is very simple and easy to use interface that allow you to record/ capture the contents visible on your screen including video files. Few file formats supported by this software are WebM and VP8 video formats. Additionally, you can also record sound files from any sound input device. – Kazam Screencaster

9. Krut

   Krut screen casting software written in Java programming language. This is best suited for making video tutorials and other educative content on almost every platform. Using Krut, you can record videos, audio as well as capture selected parts of your screen. The format used by these recorded files are MOV for video and WAV for audio. These two formats allow you to encode your recording effortlessly into any other encoding program. – Krut

10. Voko Screen

    The Voko Screen casting software is very easy to use. It is one of the best options for creating education related videos and contents. Apart from this, live recording of web browsers, various ongoing installations as well as video conferences can also be captured with the help of this software. Above all, this software supports multiple languages and provides more features like pausing, starting, stopping as well as playing the ongoing recordings. – VokoScreen

Great Alternatives to TALLY (Open Source)

1. Post Books: 

This is an open source accounting as well as resource planning software. It's designed to be used in all the medium and small sized enterprises. This is a free software which was released under the CPAL license. Post Books accounting software was initially written in English language but now it has become multi-lingual including Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese as well as French among others.

Post Books software is divided into modules like Sales, Accounting, CRM, Manufacturing, Products, Inventory and Purchase. The modules are arranged in an interactive manner depending on the requirements of the clients. Besides that, this software also supports multi- currency and multi- lingual capability. Post Books is an international software which can be used for a variety of business accounting purposes worldwide.

2. BS1 Accounting: 

BS1 Accounting is open source inventory software which is basically useful for business enterprises. This software takes care of functions like Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Inventory, Sales and General ledger. This software fits the size of your screen effectively and with its user- friendly interface, it is used by a large number of people.

This software helps in easy export and import of goods due to its multi- currency feature. It is also capable of tracking the receivables and payables of various currencies distinctly.

3. TAMS: 

TAMS or Time Accounting Management Software is a unique accounting software, based on PHP/ PostgreSQL. This software offers a whole new range of functionalities in its package including billing, accounting as well as tracking packages. The TAMS software is mainly useful for small businesses and also the companies involved in consulting work. It allows generating bills, saving lot of time.

Important projects don't miss their deadlines and this software provides guidance so that the finance does not exceed from the planned budgets.

4. Turquaz Financial Accounting: 

This is a user-friendly accounting software which is suitable for small and medium sized enterprises. It is double entry financial software which aims at performing target operations like accounts payable, management of inventory, accounts receivable, general ledger, advanced report, journal and advanced analysis. This software is compatible with multiple currencies and multiple languages.

This software becomes a useful tool as it includes a variety of functionalities, while offering a user- friendly approach to the users.

5. GNU Cash: 

GNU Cash is a small but efficient software to handle your accounts, especially the financial matters related to your enterprise. This software is freely licensed under GNU. It's also compatible with other operating systems like Linux, Solaris, BSD, Microsoft Windows as well as Mac OS X. GNU Cash is very easy to use and it allows you to track your bank accounts, your expenses and incomes.

The architecture of this software is based in professional principles of accounting.

6. Turbo Cash: 

Turbo Cash is an entry level inventory control software which is designed to be used by single users. It is mostly used by comparatively small networks as well as other distributed networks. It is also compatible with other operating systems like Linux in Wine and Delphi developments in Windows. It supports developer’s script too.

Its other specifications include multi- language and multi- currency features. There is also a local Plug In which is included to make the experience more worthy for the users. This software is most ideal for SMEs.

7. OBA: 

OBA or Open Business Accounting is a useful web- based accounting software and it has been modified from SQL ledger in order to suit auditors, accountants and people who are involved in similar kinds of jobs. Some very useful and easy to use modules are included in this software like sales summary, quick data entry as well as unique transaction number. It is also capable of performing functions like accepting payments, delivering sales and keeping track of all your transactions.

Courtesy: Dreamcss 

Top 10 Free And Open Source Blogging Platforms For Developers

The major blogging platforms like WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr – these are not designed for hackers. Out of the box these popular blogging platforms lack in a lot of things like code syntax highlighting, markup language support besides HTML and so on. If you are looking for a blogging platform which is programmer-friendly then here we will provide you a list of 10 free and open source blogging platforms which are designed keeping developers' requirements in mind.

1. Hexo: 

Hexo is a blogging platform which is powered by Node.js. Its has hacker-friendly features like native support for GitHub Flavored Markdown (GMF) and you can also template and extend capabilities using EJS, Swig and Stylus. Hexo can be installed within a few seconds through $ npm install hexo -g.



2. Jekyll: 

Jekyll is a static site generator which compiles your markup files into Web-ready HTML documents. Jekyll has a steady-growing ecosystem, as there are several open source projects being developed for it like Octopress, JekyllBootstrap and Exitwp. Jekyll can be installed as a Ruby Gem through gem install jekyll.



3. Anchor CMS: 

Anchor CMS is a lightweight platform as its source code .zip archive is just a little over 200 KB. Anchor supports Markdown syntax, which seems to be easier for coders as it's quite natural for blog-writing and formatting. It also supports art-directed blogging.



4. Wheat: 

Wheat is a cool platform as it pulls articles from GitHub and then publishes it to the website. Wheat is developed with Node.js and can be installed as a Node packaged module: npm install wheat.

5. Nikola: 

Nikola is a static site generator which is strongly blog-oriented but it can also be used for any other type of website. It has a small codebase, which means "programmers can understand all of Nikola core in a day." Nikola supports an array of markup languages like reStructuredText, Markdown and of course HTML will do fine with it.



6. toto: 

toto is "the 10 second blog-engine for hackers” and it is a minimalist blogging engine which runs on Git. It means you can version-control your posts too.

7. Poet: 

Poet is a Node.js-powered blogging platform which gives you the ability to write your blog posts using a markup language, as per you wish. It can be Markdown, Jade or whatever you want. You can also customize routes for your blog posts.



8. Dropplets: 

Dropplets is a Markdown blogging platform which has a limited feature set. It helps you to spend more time in writing and less time in improvising matters.

9. Pelican: 

Pelican, a static site generator, is written in Python. It supports reStructuredText, Markdown, or AsciiDoc markup. It also features code syntax highlighting out of the box and an importing feature for data coming from other publishing platforms such WordPress. Theming can be done using Jinja2.



10. Bolt: 

Bolt is a content management system which can be used for other purposes outside blogging. It uses Twig for templating and its own Symphony debug bar is used for tracing code issues. You can choose from SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Skills That Make You A Real Geek

   

1. Know Your Hardware

When it comes to hardware, you should be able to tell what's what, even the oldest and most obsolete chips make no difference to a nerd. In fact, we specialise in those. Well, that and finding the most out of date hardware from old equipment and putting them to good use in new ones.

2. Run All Your Essential Apps on a USB Stick

It is possible to install various apps on a thumb drive, but if you're a nerd, you would already know that. The rite of passage is in carrying around a thumb drive with all your apps in it, so you can access them and their settings from any computer.

3. Straighten the Pins on an Older CPU

When the pins of an old CPU or card have been bent, you probably throw it away. Not if you're a nerd. There are two simple tricks to realign these pins. The first is to run a credit card up and down through the rows of pins and the second is to take a mechanical pencil and realign them by sheating them in the pencil's tip. The first method works when the pins are lightly bent, while the second one works when the credit card trick fails.

4. Know the 13 Basic HTML Tags

to

-- Heading styles

-- New paragraph


or
-- Single line break

-- Hidden comment

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-- Horizontal rule line

-- Bold text

-- Emphasise text

-- Strong emphasis

-- Italicise

-- Underline

  -- Non-Breaking space

-- Anchor a link

 -- Insert image

5. Get Through to Executive Customer Service

Nerds always get through to the executive customer service, somehow they always do. An average person doesn't know that there are ways to get around robotic customer service menus  (Gethuman.com). Moreover, when nothing works, they find and call the number to a company's corporate offices.

6. Beat Quake in Under an Hour

The art of speed runs is almost non-existent nowadays. Remember how people used to finish Quake in 15 minutes or less? That's a skill that makes you an alpha nerd.

7. Build a Hackintosh

You may not buy a Mac PC yourself, but you've tried out Apple's OS X platform, just to see if it lives up to the hype. Moreover, you may even have tried to build yourself your own custom assembled PC, which runs the OS X platform. In other word, built yourself a Hackintosh.

8. Watch TV Shows on the Internet (Legally!)

There are a number of websites out there, led by Hulu, which offer video streaming services, allowing you to watch popular shows online. A nerd would watch his or her shows online through these legal websites rather than committing piracy.

9. Get Around the Content Filter on Public Computers

Content restrictions on public computers never go well with you. You would much rather get around these restrictions and continue on with things that you want to do on the computer. The first option is to use a proxy website, but if that doesn't work, then you handy portable thumb drive comes into use. You would have a portable version of Firefox enabled with Tor installed in the thumb drive. Use that.

10. Recite pi to 23 Decimal Places

Here's what the value is. Memorise it.

3.141592653589793238462643

11. Replace the Controller Board on a Hard Drive

When hard drives go bust, replacing their Controller Board is often the way to fix them. In nerd land, this an essential skill, which keeps your data safe.

12. Benchmark Your Computer

Nerds are always working to improve hte performance of their PCs. But doing this is of no use or fun if one can not know how much the performance has improved. This is where Benchmarking software comes in.

13. Decorate Your Room Using Only Printer Paper

You know you can create your poster right? As long as you have a reasonably high resolution image, the website Rasterbator can turn it into a poster and you can print it out

14. Securely Erase Your Data So it Can't be Recovered

You erase your data securely, so that it can not be recovered. Face it, even though you know that it might get you into trouble, you have done it. You will go on a manufacturer's website and download the 'zero fill' software for your hard drive. Then you will delete whatever files you need to.

15. Get into a Windows Computer if you Forgot Your Password

Lost your Windows login password for your PC? Doesn't matter, you know there are ways to recover it. You can use a cracker, that is a software that cracks this password. In addition, you can also do some other things, like checking whether an admin account is present. 

Boost Your Browser Security With 5 Best Apps

   

Internet can be a dangerous place and it's no secret now. Even tech-savvy users can accidentally mistype a URL and land on a malicious site. But our concern is not only the internet malware. There are several legitimate sites which can also track your behavior. Here we'll provide you a list of five apps which will help you to improve browser security.

1. IObit Uninstaller: 

This is a free uninstaller for Windows, which is nothing new. There are lots of billion third-party uninstallers available, and Windows has its own built-in uninstaller. IObit Uninstaller doesn't focus squarely on applications like some other uninstallers. The program has an entire tab which is dedicated to browser toolbars and plug-ins. If you are using Internet Explorer, then the software can also remove ActiveX controls. It also supports batch removal so you don't have to remove one component at a time.



2. Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer: 

This might not be what you would think of as a browser security app. After trying a number of ad blockers experts are pretty happy with this app, which is not obviously perfect. But Adblock is able to eliminate the vast majority of web ads without distorting the web page in the process. Adblock Plus is also available for other popular browsers like Firefox and Chrome.



3. History Sweeper: 

It is designed to protect your privacy as it covers your digital tracks. Although most browsers have a "clear history" function and with History Sweeper history removal becomes a lot easier. The program has separate tabs for Windows, internet, and applications, and can remove a variety of history items from each. History Sweeper has built-in support for removing history from everything from the Google Bar to MSN and AOL. History Sweeper also supports Firefox and Chrome.



4. Sandboxie: 

Sandboxie protects system's integrity by running the browser in a sandboxed environment. By sandboxing the browser, malware can't access other parts of our system. One of the best parts about Sandboxie is that it's a "set it and forget it" applications. The application is can be installed simply and there are no intrusive interfaces to worry about. You just need to launch the browser through the Sandboxed Web Browser icon and you get started.



5. DoNotTrackMe for IE: 

Consumer behavior is tracked by internet marketers to deliver targeted ads, collect demographic data, and so on. Internet Explorer has some native tracking protection features but that's not always enough. That's where DoNotTrackMe for IE becomes necessary. DoNotTrackMe intercepts and blocks attempts if your online behavior is tracked. The software is very simple to deploy and you don't need to do anything special after it's installed. DoNotTrackMe alerts you as it blocks trackers. DoNotTrackMe is also available for other popular browsers, including Safari, Firefox and Chrome.

Useful Tips To Make User-Friendly Website

1. Keep it simple: 

Technologically this world has gone a long way but if a website looks complicated and lacks fun then it doesn't work out. Companies like IBM love to do complicated things but when it comes to websites they prefer sleek and customer friendly websites. Website designers should maintain that customers shouldn't get frustrated anyhow.

2. Consistency in outlook: 

If you want to keep the entire look and feel of the website consistent then you need to keep common UI elements consistent too. Then the user can navigate easily through your website. If you try your own navigation controls and tools then maintaining consistency becomes difficult. Stick to standard UI frameworks like JavaScript and jQuery. Using such frameworks will ensure consistency in your website.

3. Maintain page layout with perfection: 

You need to design a good layout and this is one of the fundamentals of a good graphic design. This plays a crucial role for any website and the structure of the page should be based on the importance of elements. Every page item should be checked carefully and the most important keyword of the page should catch users' attention.

4. Communication with user: 

The user interface should be designed in a way so that it becomes communicative and responsive to users. Proper feedback scheme should also be present on every website otherwise it creates a lot of anger among the customers.

5. Colour use: 

While using colours you need to give special attention to UI items. You should highlight the important elements with right colours. You can follow a strategy for using the colours properly and in right proportion. For the website theme stick to maximum five colours.

6. Proper labeling: 

To make the search forms more usable, results should be least confusing and website labels should be designed in a way so that the information comes out in a right manner. The form should be filled out from top to bottom and not left to right.

7. Scroll page should be infinite: 

Users need not to stop, if not only they are forced to do so. If the content is interesting enough then no user will stop. Popular websites implement this design and when users think that they are done with reading an article then a continuous scroll comes up for the next one. In this way users find it easy to navigate through the website and readership also gets a huge boost.

8. Use a proper tagline: 

The tagline can be anything – a statement about the company's mission or a brand advertisement. Philosophy sentences are also often used. This tagline creates an impression about your website. Make sure it's precise, catchy and unique enough.

9. Font Size: 

If the font sizes of your website's content or article is easily readable and big enough then it creates better scope for any website. Improved screen resolution of modern computers require bigger font sizes.

10. Easy URL: 

Users pay a lot of attention to URLs. If the URL looks complicated then users normally can't remember it, hence they will not revisit it. Keep it simple to be more memorable. Major companies use simplest URLs to ensure success of their websites.

Some Cool Google Drive Features

We always appreciate Google Drive for its simplicity and user friendly nature. But little do we know how much the Google Drive apps are actually power packed for further advanced use. There are quite a few impressive features in Google Drive which we usually overlook like Docs, Sheets and Slides.

Now there are some new features which are great time savers and they create documents with utmost perfection, enough to impress your boss, professors and colleagues.

Research Tools 

In this world text should be very interactive and readers mostly prefer having linking to related articles in any text. So citing sources or any academic paper is always very helpful and they provide a research opportunity too. Google Docs has two tools which simplify this task.

The Research tool adds a quick citation system and if you want to use it then click Tools >> Research. The keyboard shortcuts are CTRL+SHIFT-I on Mac and CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-I on a PC. When first opened the tool appears blank but it will begin to auto-suggest the research topics based on whatever your write. The tool features 7 search options: Everything (which conducts a Google search), Images, Scholar (which filters by academic resources), Quotes, Dictionary, Personal, and Tables.

You just need to click inside the box, select the search option and start typing to search. You can select the style of citation and Docs will insert a superscript numeral. It will be added as a note to the bottom of the page. The content is therefore provided in a right format and the in-text citation process becomes smoother.

There is another option called Power Linking. It's faster then the research tool if lots of links are to be added to any document. Highlight the target text and click Control-K. The search menu suggests a link and if you find the appropriate one just click it, insert and your task is done. You can also change the text in the search box to be more specific.

Sheets for surveys 

Google Sheets is fully packed to help you in your spreadsheets. You can create charts through these Sheets and that too very quickly. Select the Chart icon on the menu bar or choose Insert >> Chart. This brings in the chart editor box. In the Start tab you can then edit the range of cells and choose from a variety of layout settings. Click Insert to put the chart in your spreadsheet.

To do so, select the Chart icon on the menu bar or choose Insert > Chart. This will bring up the chart editor box. In the Start tab you can then edit the range of cells and choose from a variety of layout settings. It also suggests some recommended charts based on the type of data you have. If you don’t like any of those, select from the other options by clicking More. Click Insert to put the chart in your spreadsheet.



There is one more powerful feature in Google Sheets which enables to create a map out of location based data. The data needs to have specific locations in the cells in order. To Begin click on the Charts tab and select Map. Then choose GeoMap option. In the Customize tab you can change the colours which appear on your map.



Slides for group-work 

There is no template option like MS PowerPoint on Google Slides but it can make life easier if you are in a group project. You can also upload a PowerPoint file, convert it to a Slides presentation. To do that you just need to loacte the file, drag it into the Drive interface, select the box which converts the file. Once the Slides presentation is started you can invite others to view or edit it. You can also embed a presentation on a Google site. Select Insert >> Drive >> Presentation. If you want to insert your presentation in your personal or company website, go to File >> Publish to the web. Copy the HTML from the box 'Embed Code' and paste it into the HTML of your website. Click OK to ensure completion.

Hangouts 

If you are collaborating on a project then Hangouts allows you to have a video chat while editing a file. Launch a video hangout, click on the Drive icon and discuss contents of the files with anybody you want. This screen sharing capability is heavily useful and it can be used on both desktops and mobiles.