A group called the Raspberry Pi Foundation is working on designing a computer that’s the size of a USB stick… The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity Registration Number 1129409 which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into […]
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I wonder how this new version of Ubuntu will work, I haven’t had time to get it running on one of my machines, and that testdrive feature only allows ~ 15 minutes before it logs you out, and as far as I can tell, I cannot try it again. I’m planning on using the new
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Conical has added a new feature to it’s website, you can try Ubuntu before you download it, and see if you like it. (You can also do this while downloading) I know that I’m going to try it out, I’ve heard a lot of good, and bad about the New Ubuntu. You will have ~15
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We wanted to avoid covering this story altogether – our logic, of course, being that Fox clearly wants attention, and it’s pulled very similar game-demonizing stunts in the past. But the outlet’s misinformation-packed article is everywhere now, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t attempt to drop a kernel of actual truth into the mess.
I think that this video is really neat. This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011 on El Teide, Spain´s highest mountain. Follow on http://wwwfacebook.com/TSOPhotography for more videos. The Mountain It is a set of timelapse videos of the Milky Way Galaxy.
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So, Windows 8 will be all ribboney… According to GottaBeMobile.com, the Redmond software giant feels a ribbon interface will make Windows 8 more tablet-ready than Windows 7. It’s an interesting move from Microsoft, not just because ribbons will play a critical role in the next version of Windows, but also that Microsoft is opting to
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I’m pertty sure that anyone that has used Google Earth for a large amount of time probably has seen this type of thing happening. I must say that it’s interesting. Google Earth explorers who view these satellite images sometimes come across astonishing, otherworldly sights. Artist and programmer Clement Valla, for example, has collected dozens of
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Ouch… I never really thought of that happening… About 150,000 Gmail users, or 0.08 percent of the webmail service, logged in over the weekend to see everything gone—email, chat logs, contacts, and attachments. Google’s working to restore the accounts, but in the meantime, take it as another vivid reminder of the value of local backups.
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Apparently you cannot get any Open Source software through Microsoft’s marketplace. The licence, which anyone wishing to distribute Windows, Windows Phone, or Xbox applications through the company’s copy of Apple’s App Store is required to agree to, is the usual torrent of legalese – but hides a nasty surprise for those who support open source
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For a good office suite, try out Libre Office. LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you 6 feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community
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