Since the release of Windows 8 back in October 2012, the new flagship OS from Microsoft has been met with a certain degree of scepticism to say the least. After consumers and manufacturers including HP, Dell and Fujitsu have openly said that demand for Windows 8 has been weak at best. So what’s happening with Windows 8? This is what Fujitsu’s CEO, Masami Yamamoto has to say about Windo... »
Orion is a modern light theme for Linux that gives a very modern grey/blue look to your desktop. If you are fan of the ElementaryOS theme then this is a great alternative. It supports Gnome Shell, Unity, Pantheon, XFCE and Openbox. The theme is compatible with GTK 3.4 and uses the Unico engine. It also includes a GTK 2.0 theme using Murrine engine. How to install for Ubuntu users Ubuntu users can ... »
Huawei prepares a direct competitor to Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Expected to be officially announced at CES 2013, Huawei has finally unveiled the Ascend Mate, its new smartphone-tablet. Specifications The device will use a low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) display, running at 1080p Full HD resolution for an impressive Retina-busting pixel-density of 361ppi screen of 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) which delive... »
Up until this year, PC buyers had very little choice for what kind of primary storage they got with their laptop, nettop, notebook, or desktop. With the price of SSD (Solid State Drive) storage coming down, they are now a regular feature on many machines. But which is best to get, an SSD or HDD (Hard Disk Drive)? What is an SSD? SSD stands for Solid State Drive. You’re probably familiar with USB m... »
Chinese telecommunication equipment manufacturer ZTE has unveiled their high-end smartphone, Nubia Z5. I can’t help but think that this device has a striking resemblance to the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S3. Let’s hope that Apple don’t hit ZTE for $1 billion! Specifications ZTE’s Nubia Z5 smartphone sports a Snapdragon S4 Pro from Qualcomm APQ 8064 (quad-core 1.5GHz) pro... »
Minty is a Cinnamon theme with some touches of Linux Mint giving it a very clean, yet ‘minty’ look. It is compatible with the latest Cinnamon 1.6. So if you like the green look of Linux Mint, but you already have Ubuntu installed and don’t really want the hassle of formatting and re-installing the latest version of Mint, then all you need to do is install Cinnamon and then instal... »
The founder of the Free Software Foundation has a problem, and it is not the latest version of Windows. No, Richard Stallman is not satisfied with Ubuntu, at the point to discourage Linux users to choose this distribution. What is wrong with Ubuntu? According to Stallman, Ubuntu is guilty of indiscretion of its users by incorporating spyware, which according to him, collects search queries and sen... »
A couple of days ago the CyanogenMod team uploaded the latest branch of their nightly builds, CyanogenMod 10.1 which is based on Android 4.2. Just over a month after the publication of the first official Android 4.2 ROM, CyanogenMod have already managed to upload somewhat stable versions of 10.1 for the following devices: Google Galaxy Nexus (manufactured by Samsung) Google Nexus 4 (manu... »
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