I was recently discussing this subject on Google+ with a couple of fellow geeks. So I thought I would elaborate on my thoughts here on RefuGeeks. I must stress that this is just my opinion on what I think will happen when Windows 8 is released. So, will the failure of Windows 8 cause a linux revolution? The general consensus amongst most people within the IT world is that Windows 8 is destined to ... »
[hr] The Samsung Galaxy S III is well-known to be among one of the best feature-packed smartphones of today, with features like “Smart stay”, “S Beam” and “Pop up play”, users experience things included in Samsung’s Nature UX that Stock Android and other Android skins currently just don’t offer natively. Fortunately, you can now get “Pop up play”-like functionality on your own Android ... »
Recently, around 6,500 corporate and government security technology experts and researchers from all over the world joined together to participate at the Black Hat 2012 conference in Las Vegas. In one of the many sessions that took place at the conference, Google’s own Android security software; named “Bouncer” (used to remove and keep malicious applications out of the Play Store) was exposed, rev... »
I’m sure most people reading this article will know about Minecraft, but for those who don’t – Minecraft is an old school game that is based on blocks (like Lego on steroids). There are two modes to Minecraft, free play and adventure. The former is a totally customisable sandbox world were you have unlimited blocks of many kinds in order to make pretty much anything you like. The... »
Anthony Esposito from the No One Here Yet blog has very kindly created a RefuGeeks Android app for us. Version 1.0 was released last night and I’m currently working on getting it added to the play store. It is basically an app interface for the website along with some really cool links to our social media sites, contact page and an awesome about page where you will be able to learn a little ... »
Jumpshot is a fully automated solution for solving Windows PC problems – the best part is that Jumpshot is Linux based. So, ironically, you’re using Linux to fix Windows problems. All you need to do is plug one of the Jumpshot USB sticks into a Windows PC, reboot it, and magically all Trojans and viruses on the system will be destroyed. Jumpshot is currently on Kickstarter. Their initi... »
I’ve been using Linux now for a pretty long time. I started in the mid-90s, and have been using it ever since. One of the most common criticisms I hear about Linux is that there’s just too many distributions. It only takes a quick trip over to DistroWatch to see that there are a ton of distributions out there. The front page ranks the top 100 distributions according to their page hit r... »
Good news for Ultrabook lovers, especially for those who use Linux… Back in May Dell announced project Sputnik. The aim of Sputnik is to enable OEM’s to bring Ubuntu to mainstream laptops, now the dream for those developers & users who wanted a PC with a Penguin inside has come true. Project Sputnik is live and the good news is that it will be based on Dell’s XPS 13 Ultraboo... »
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