Linux Mint 12 Launches, Now Available To Download

This week the development team behind the popular Linux Mint operating system, have announced the arrival of their latest creation in the form of Linux Mint 12. Linux Mint has been chasing the Ubuntu Linux operating for sometime. But the development team

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Ubuntu Arriving On Tablets, TVs And Smartphones

This week Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has unveiled that the company is currently working on a new versions of its Ubuntu operating system for smartphones, tablets and televisions

However the launch of the new operating system is still a few years

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Linux Kernel 3.1 Update Brings Range Of New Features Including Support For NFC And Nintendo’s Wii Controller

After a few weeks delay due to a security breach at the kernel.org website, Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 3.1 update which brings with it a range of new features. The new Linux version took around 3 months to develop and includes

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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Arrives, And Ready To Download

The latest version of Ubuntu 11.10 has now arrived and is ready to download in its final release version, and includes some great new features. Including the new Ubuntu Software Centre which gives you instant access to thousands of apps. Where you can compare and

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Gigabyte A2 160GB Mini Hard Drive

This week Gigabyte have launched the new tiny external hard drive In Taiwan, in the form of the Gigabyte A2 which measures just 78 x 59 x 13mm and weighs in at just 80g.

The new Gigabyte A2 160 GB capacity

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Ubuntu One Now Offers 5GB Of Cloud Storage For Free

In celebration of reaching 1 million users Ubuntu One has this week announced it has increased the capacity of its free Ubuntu One online cloud storage from 2GB to 5GB. Ubuntu One Basic will become Ubuntu One Free and users will get 5GB of free storage when they set up an account, and existing users of Ubuntu One Basic will automatically increase to the new 5GB limit.

You can claim your 5GB of storage from the Ubuntu One Free website,

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 Running Ubuntu On Android, Becomes ‘Tabuntu’ (video)

A great demonstration of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Ubuntu on Android has been putt together to show whats possible on Android. Ubuntu has been loaded on to the Tab without replacing the Android OS and runs in the background, “chrooted” or like a virtual machine.

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GymPact – Workout or Payup

It’s hard to have time to go to the gym for a lot of folks. My schedule changed about a year ago and I can never find the time these days. If you are trying to get fit in the new year, you might need some incentive that is what GymPact provides.

You can get the app for your iPhone and

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PostSecret Removes iPhone App From The App Store Due To Threatening Content

PostSecret has removed their iPhone app from Apple’s App Store, after some users of the application decided to post threatening and abusive content using the application.

This has left the developers of the app with the only option or removing the app, as they were unable to moderate all the content posted by the application due to the sheer volume of content submitted, the statement below from Ron Warren, the founder of Post Secret explains why the app was removed.

99% of the secrets created were in

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Xbox Live bloodied by flawed airing of UFC bout

An Xbox Live promotion for the UFC 141 event.

(Credit: Microsoft)

Xbox Live had a hard time handling the Octagon.
Last month, Microsoft updated its Xbox Live service,

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XP still top OS, but Windows 7 hot on its trail

NetApplications' trending for desktop OS share.

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Windows XP is still the dominant OS worldwide after more than 10 years, but Windows 7

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In 2012, MacBooks, ultrabooks mix it up

Hybrids, like the Asus Transformer Prime, shouldn't be rare in 2012.

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2012 promises to be a watershed year for laptops. Really thin will be in and internal optical drives out, while some designs venture into hybrid territory.

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Facebook hands out White Hat debit cards to hackers

This is the Visa debit card Facebook is giving to some security researchers for reporting bugs.

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A few companies pay money to bug hunters. But Facebook is giving

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Hackers release credit card, other data from Stratfor breach

 

The hackers released e-mail addresses, credit card numbers and other data from people who had signed up or paid for geopolitical intelligence briefings from Stratfor.

Hackers released more data obtained

Hackers released more data obtained from a breach of Stratfor, including e-mail addresses and credit card numbers, the geopolitical intelligence firm confirmed to CNET today.

In a post on Pastebin by someone using

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