- What If the Wii U Were Just Its Tablet Controller? Meet the 7-Inch Wikipad Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Fri, Feb 8, 2013
The Wii U made a splash with its personal tablet controllers. Sandwiching a 6.2-inch touchscreen in between a regular analog stick and buttons, the Wii U's GamePad is … More »What If the Wii U Were Just Its Tablet Controller? Meet the 7-Inch Wikipad
The Wii U made a splash with its personal tablet controllers. Sandwiching a 6.2-inch touchscreen in between a regular analog stick and buttons, the Wii U's GamePad is like a Nintendo DS' lower touchscreen for a home console, and even lets you play games right on its screen. It streams those games from the Wii U itself, …
- Ubuntu smartphones will begin launching in October Dan Graziano - BGR.com - Thu, Feb 7, 2013
There are already smartphones powered by Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Bada and Tizen, and soon Ubuntu will be added to that long list. In an interview with … More »Ubuntu smartphones will begin launching in October
There are already smartphones powered by Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Bada and Tizen, and soon Ubuntu will be added to that long list. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder and CEO of Canonical, said that smartphones running the company’s Linux-based Ubuntu operating system …
- LibreOffice, a Free Alternative to Office, Is New and Improved Jared Newman - Time.com - Thu, Feb 7, 2013
I understand that some people need Microsoft Office – that for the sake of compatibility, familiarity and features, nothing else will do. More »LibreOffice, a Free Alternative to Office, Is New and Improved
I understand that some people need Microsoft Office – that for the sake of compatibility, familiarity and features, nothing else will do.
- Popular Windows app emulator Wine coming to Android Brad Reed - BGR.com - Mon, Feb 4, 2013
Great news for anyone who wants to bring more PC capabilities to their Android smartphone or tablet: The Next Web reports that popular Windows app emulator Wine will … More »Popular Windows app emulator Wine coming to Android
Great news for anyone who wants to bring more PC capabilities to their Android smartphone or tablet: The Next Web reports that popular Windows app emulator Wine will soon be coming to Android. According to The Next Web, chief Wine developer Alexandre Julliard has been working on porting the emulator to Google’s (GOOG) open …
- Swedish tech start-ups outdoing European rivals Mia Shanley - Reuters - Mon, Feb 4, 2013
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spotify, Mojang and Wrapp, respectively music, games and gift services winning online markets worldwide, are among tech start-ups that have made … More »Swedish tech start-ups outdoing European rivals
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spotify, Mojang and Wrapp, respectively music, games and gift services winning online markets worldwide, are among tech start-ups that have made Sweden Europe's hottest spot for investors hunting the next big thing. Attracting more venture capital relative to the size of its economy than any of its …
- "GameStick" Kickstarter Succeeds with More Than Half a Million in Funding Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mon, Feb 4, 2013
Hot on the heels of Ouya's record-breaking Kickstarter success, GameStick's designers have received more than $647,000 in funding from their successful campaign. It's … More »"GameStick" Kickstarter Succeeds with More Than Half a Million in Funding
Hot on the heels of Ouya's record-breaking Kickstarter success, GameStick's designers have received more than $647,000 in funding from their successful campaign. It's less than a tenth of the $8.5 million the other Android-based game console pulled in during its run, but it's more than six times what GameStick's designers …
- Sony Teases 'The Future' of PlayStation in Short #PlayStation2013 Video Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Sony's CEO, Kazuo Hirai, said he would let Microsoft "make the first move" when it came to releasing a next-generation game console, according to IGN's Daniel Krupa. … More »Sony Teases 'The Future' of PlayStation in Short #PlayStation2013 Video
Sony's CEO, Kazuo Hirai, said he would let Microsoft "make the first move" when it came to releasing a next-generation game console, according to IGN's Daniel Krupa. But now the official PlayStation blog is teasing viewers with a video entitled "See the Future," with the #PlayStation2013 Twitter hashtag.
- Timeline: From RIM to BlackBerry, a company in transition Reuters - Wed, Jan 30, 2013
(Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd has launched its new line of re-engineered BlackBerry smartphones, taking the wraps off the long-delayed devices at a series of events … More »Timeline: From RIM to BlackBerry, a company in transition
(Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd has launched its new line of re-engineered BlackBerry smartphones, taking the wraps off the long-delayed devices at a series of events around the world on Wednesday. The company used the occasion to announce that it was changing its name to BlackBerry, hoping a new brand identity will …
- OpenStack at Linux.conf.au 2013 Craig Winter - HP Discover - Tue, Jan 29, 2013
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- Apple’s slowed growth has blown the future of the mobile industry wide open… and that’s very excitin … Brad Reed - BGR.com - Sat, Jan 26, 2013
What a difference just a few months makes. If you don’t recall, it was only last September when Apple’s (AAPL) share prices were blasting past $700 and bullish analysts … More »Apple’s slowed growth has blown the future of the mobile industry wide open… and that’s very excitin …
What a difference just a few months makes. If you don’t recall, it was only last September when Apple’s (AAPL) share prices were blasting past $700 and bullish analysts were proclaiming that the company was well be on its way to having a $1 trillion valuation and dominating the tech industry for years to come. All that’s …
- Official Nexus 7 Dock Now Available for $39 Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Fri, Jan 25, 2013
Those of you who bought one of Google's affordable 7-inch tablets, the Nexus 7, may have noticed the tiny gold connector pins near the bottom of the left-hand side -- … More »Official Nexus 7 Dock Now Available for $39
Those of you who bought one of Google's affordable 7-inch tablets, the Nexus 7, may have noticed the tiny gold connector pins near the bottom of the left-hand side -- the ones that looked like they were supposed to do something, but didn't, and the manual (really a pamphlet) just mysteriously called them a "4-pin conne …
- DUST 514, Online Shooter Set in EVE Online Universe, Enters Open Beta Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Wed, Jan 23, 2013
First announced in 2009, CCP Games' online first-person shooter tie-in to its popular sci-fi MMO, EVE Online, was finally released as an open beta on Tuesday. Called … More »DUST 514, Online Shooter Set in EVE Online Universe, Enters Open Beta
First announced in 2009, CCP Games' online first-person shooter tie-in to its popular sci-fi MMO, EVE Online, was finally released as an open beta on Tuesday. Called DUST 514, it allows PlayStation 3 owners to play in the same world as EVE Online, fighting ground battles while EVE Online pilots contest star systems. The …
- First “Firefox OS” Phones Previewed, to Launch in February Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has been promoting its Firefox OS project (once known as "Boot to Gecko") for some time now. … More »First “Firefox OS” Phones Previewed, to Launch in February
Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has been promoting its Firefox OS project (once known as "Boot to Gecko") for some time now. A hardware partnership with Telefonica, the international telecom giant, had been announced, but no phones had yet been unveiled.
- How Your Great-Grandmother's Hobby Is Transforming One Alabama Town Takepart.com - Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Natalie Chanin’s life-changing epiphany struck while standing on a New York City street corner. More »How Your Great-Grandmother's Hobby Is Transforming One Alabama Town
Natalie Chanin’s life-changing epiphany struck while standing on a New York City street corner.
- Thank You to the OpenStack Members Who Voted in the Individual Director Election Craig Winter - HP Discover - Fri, Jan 18, 2013
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- Raspberry Pi creator says sequel unlikely in 2013 Zach Epstein - BGR.com - Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Raspberry Pi’s $35 Linux-based computer is a runaway success. Creator Eben Upton told ZDNet in a recent interview that his team thought they would sell 1,000 units when … More »Raspberry Pi creator says sequel unlikely in 2013
Raspberry Pi’s $35 Linux-based computer is a runaway success. Creator Eben Upton told ZDNet in a recent interview that his team thought they would sell 1,000 units when they were designing the mini PC, but sales have now topped 700,000. ”We honestly did think we would sell about 1,000, maybe 10,000 in our wildest dreams,” …
- Let's Talk Craig Winter - HP Discover - Thu, Jan 17, 2013
I'm Mark Atwood, and I'm the Director of Open Source Evangelism for HP Cloud Services. I've been working at HPCS for several months now, getting a feel for HP and our … More »Let's Talk
- Google CEO Page on Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ Android war: ‘How well is that working?’ Brad Reed - BGR.com - Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Google (GOOG) CEO Larry Page seems unimpressed by Apple’s (AAPL) “thermonuclear war” against his company’s operating system. In an interview with Wired posted Thursday, … More »Google CEO Page on Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ Android war: ‘How well is that working?’
Google (GOOG) CEO Larry Page seems unimpressed by Apple’s (AAPL) “thermonuclear war” against his company’s operating system. In an interview with Wired posted Thursday, Page was asked to respond to reports about the late Steve Jobs being “competitive enough to claim that he was willing to ‘go to thermonuclear war’ on Android.” …
- AT&T; Offers $100 Off HSPA+ Nexus 7 for a Limited Time Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Thu, Jan 17, 2013
The Nexus 7, made by Asus in partnership with Google, was the first really successful Android tablet that wasn't made by a bookseller. It brought the hundreds of thousands … More »AT&T; Offers $100 Off HSPA+ Nexus 7 for a Limited Time
The Nexus 7, made by Asus in partnership with Google, was the first really successful Android tablet that wasn't made by a bookseller. It brought the hundreds of thousands of games and apps on Google Play (formerly the Android Market) to a wide audience, and it did so at an unheard-of price point: Only $199, for a device …
- $149 Android Tablet from Asus Coming in April Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Tue, Jan 15, 2013
By the end of this month, Amazon's Kindle Fire may no longer be the cheapest "real" tablet out there. PC hardware manufacturer Asus, the brand name behind Google's Nexus … More »$149 Android Tablet from Asus Coming in April
By the end of this month, Amazon's Kindle Fire may no longer be the cheapest "real" tablet out there. PC hardware manufacturer Asus, the brand name behind Google's Nexus 7 device, is coming out with another 7-inch tablet called the Asus MeMO Pad, which will start at $149. The MeMO Pad will launch in "selected markets" this …
- Study Shows Gender Bias in Wikipedia, Linux Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mon, Jan 14, 2013
Today in the age of the "brogrammer," whose frat boy tendencies are glorified and sought after by cutting-edge online startups, women in tech often find themselves objectified … More »Study Shows Gender Bias in Wikipedia, Linux
Today in the age of the "brogrammer," whose frat boy tendencies are glorified and sought after by cutting-edge online startups, women in tech often find themselves objectified and excluded -- especially in communities like Wikipedia and open-source software, where women make up even less of the population (around 13 percent …
- Tablet Too Small? Try Lenovo's 27-Inch 'Table PC' Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mon, Jan 14, 2013
Google's aptly-named Nexus 7 tablet made a splash when it debuted last year, at $199 and with a screen 7 inches across. Apple soon released its own iPad Mini to join … More »Tablet Too Small? Try Lenovo's 27-Inch 'Table PC'
Google's aptly-named Nexus 7 tablet made a splash when it debuted last year, at $199 and with a screen 7 inches across. Apple soon released its own iPad Mini to join the increasingly crowded world of miniature tablets, which -- at about half the size of a regular iPad -- are so small as to be pocketable.
- "GameStick" and NVIDIA "Project SHIELD" Consoles-in-a-Controller on Their Way Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mon, Jan 14, 2013
Both GameStick and NVIDIA's Project Shield are upcoming game consoles the size of a game controller, which can hook up to a larger display. Both are powered by Android, … More »"GameStick" and NVIDIA "Project SHIELD" Consoles-in-a-Controller on Their Way
Both GameStick and NVIDIA's Project Shield are upcoming game consoles the size of a game controller, which can hook up to a larger display. Both are powered by Android, Google's open-source operating system that's normally used on smartphones and tablets. And both have working hardware prototypes already. But one is a $99 …
- NVIDIA's 'Project SHIELD' Console Faces Three Challenges Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mon, Jan 14, 2013
Despite being announced at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA's Project SHIELD isn't the first game-console-in-a-controller to be announced this year. That … More »NVIDIA's 'Project SHIELD' Console Faces Three Challenges
Despite being announced at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA's Project SHIELD isn't the first game-console-in-a-controller to be announced this year. That honor goes to the GameStick, an indie project being funded on Kickstarter. As relative newcomers to the gaming scene, GameStick's creators face an uphill …
- The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold more than 1 million units Dan Graziano - BGR.com - Fri, Jan 11, 2013
The numbers are in and the $35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC is a success. After pre-orders sold out in less than 24 hours, the credit card-sized computer faced a number manufacturing … More »The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold more than 1 million units
The numbers are in and the $35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC is a success. After pre-orders sold out in less than 24 hours, the credit card-sized computer faced a number manufacturing hiccups and distribution problems. In April, the first batch of Raspberry Pis finally arrived at distributors and begun to ship worldwide. The company …
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