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Does New Ubuntu Interface Represent the Future of Linux?
News March 23, 2013
There is little doubt that Ubuntu has proved to be one of the most popular distributions of the open source OS, Linux. Canonical, the company which develops the different versions of Ubuntu is trying to branch the distribution out of the shadows of Linux. According to reports, Canonical has... Read more
Google Now could arrive for Apple iPhone and Apple iPad devices, but only if the tech giant agrees to support the new Google platform that allows for deep user integration. Speaking at the Google Tent Summit in India the Google Executive specifically addressed last weeks rumor from Engadget which featured a... Read more
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Asus GX1000 Is A Gaming Mouse On Steroids
News March 22, 2013
Asus on Wednesday unveiled the ‘Republic of Gamers GX1000’, a mouse that the company calls its first for ‘hardcore’ gamers. Outfitted with an aluminum body the mouse incorporates a wide set of programmable functions that help provide optimal gaming for users. The GX1000 is setup to help avoid mouse... Read more
With the advent of Siri came an onslaught of attempts by other applications to replicate Siri’s success. Luckily for Android users, there is a promising new voice controlled personal assistant that may be able to give Siri some serious competition. Not simply content to be a Siri clone, Utter... Read more
GNOME Co-Founder Now Uses a Mac
News March 21, 2013
Miguel de Icaza is well-known for being one of the founders of Linux GNOME and Mono. However, the software programmer recently revealed that he has been using a Mac device instead of a Linux one for the past several months. According to de Icaza, the various Linux versions are... Read more
Just as Android mobile usage is on the rise, so is malware targeting Android users. According to a recent report from Kaspersky, malware on smartphones was up 780 percent last year, over the year prior. Of all of the mobile malware that was identified, 99 percent specifically targeted Android... Read more
Glamping in 2013
Internet March 21, 2013
There is a new kind of camper for people who like the idea of camping but may not like the idea of a vacation without creature comforts. If you love nature and enjoy getting out in the wilderness, but don’t have the desire to pitch a tent and sleep... Read more
Android users will be able to clean their smartphones and tablets with ease once the CCleaner app is released later this year. Piriform (makers of the massively popular CCleaner software) have announced they are working on the CCleaner Android app and it will be released soon. For those of you that... Read more
Samsung Smart Watch to Compete with Apple iWatch
Mobile March 20, 2013
Let the smart watch races begin! Samsung is currently developing a smart watch that it hopes to release before the end of 2013. According to a report in Bloomberg the smartphone manufacturer is hoping to beat the Apple iWatch to market. According to executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, Lee Young... Read more
The Windows Phone 8 OS was more well received than its predecessor but come July 2014 users better be ready to upgrade. Microsoft has announced that both Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 will lose official support in mid-2014. Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 8 in July 2013... Read more
The World’s Thinnest Watch CST-01
News March 19, 2013
The fundraising site, Kickstarter, has once again made it possible for an innovative product idea to become a reality. Thanks to those who have backed the project on Kickstarter, “the world’s thinnest watch” will soon become a reality. The CST-01 is a 0.80 millimeter thin flexible wristwatch. It has... Read more
New Official Flavor for Ubuntu Linux
News March 18, 2013
Ubuntu Linux users had to make do with the default Unity desktop environment which came with the operating system. Over time, the complaints started increasing and developers started working on a new flavor. The launch of the GNOME Remix almost a year back provided the option for users to... Read more
Dropbox Gets a Makeover
News March 18, 2013
Over the past few months, Dropbox was focused on targeting mobile users. Several changes and updates were made to the cloud storage service to make it ideal for using on mobile devices. Their attempts to capture the market caused their attention to divert from the desktop users. As a... Read more
Adobe Stops Selling Creative Suite
News March 16, 2013
Adobe is the latest software company to stop selling the boxed version of its wares. Adobe is joining a slew of other companies, including Microsoft and Apple, who have exchanged packaging for downloads and subscription services. Adobe has now confirmed that they will no longer sell packaged copies of... Read more
The Official Samsung Galaxy S IV Features Announced
Mobile March 15, 2013
So we have the details. Finally. The Samsung Galaxy S IV event has come and gone, and what have we gotten from it? Perhaps totally unrelated to the actual product people have been waiting for, the production was somehow out of this world. The LA Times described the show... Read more
Microsoft May Lower Windows 8 Prices
News March 14, 2013
There is no doubt that the performance of Windows 8 so far has been below satisfactory. Microsoft is getting worried and trying every trick up their sleeve to turn the fortunes around for the latest version of its operating system (OS). However, everything they have tried so far has... Read more
Microsoft has been focused on ensuring that Windows 8 becomes a success over the past six months or so. This has led to several of their products being ignored. Hence, it came as no surprise that the company decided to launch the new version of their internet browser, Internet... Read more