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The Obvious Engine AR System Augments Dr Pepper Soda Can

Tanya Palta — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:54 +0000

It won’t be long before all the technologies we see in a Spielberg film, or some other sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster becomes available to us in reality. Augmented reality may not be mainstream, but thanks to brands like Starbucks and some other cool iPhone and Android apps, it is no longer ...
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Steam Mobile App Is Now Available

Jess Brohard — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:30:31 +0000

Steam, Valve’s digital distribution service, has gone mobile. The app, recently out of beta, is available for both iOS and Android.In what was perhaps the shortest beta ever, as well as a surprising and unprecedented example of Valve releasing something early, the Steam mobile app has officially launched.

Steam, for those ...
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tmux Lets Command-line Junkies Multiplex Their Terminals

David Delony — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:45:03 +0000

Serious command-line users will definitely love tmux, a utility that allows you to split your terminal window into multiple screens.

If you’re already a terminal junkie, you might notice that this sounds a lot like GNU Screen, and you’re right. But while Screen is useful for having multiple terminals on one ...
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What is Amiga and How To Use It

David Delony — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:30:43 +0000

Although the original Commodore Amiga line of computers perished with Commodore itself when the company went bankrupt in 1994, enthusiasts are still keeping the platform alive today.

If you thought Mac and Linux users are cultish, Amiga users are obsessed with their favorite platform, continuing to use their old machines and ...
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Firefox 8 Now Available for Download

Jude Cavale — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:19:36 +0000

If you had been using Mozilla Firefox 7 and cursed how slow it is, well help is here. Firefox 8 would be hitting the shelves on November 8th and promises to be faster, slicker and more efficient in using up your computer’s resources.

In fact, gHacks found Firefox 8′s files right ...
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Waze 3.0 Puts You On The Right Track

Alexandru Chiuariu — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:34:47 +0000

Waze, the GPS app that relies on the driving community for helping individual drivers, has been recently updated to version 3.0.

This video presents the highlights of the first version of Waze. In the two years that passed since its launch, the app improved in two ways. First of all, the ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Released

David Delony — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:56:19 +0000

During the month of October, most people are getting ready to celebrate Halloween, but serious computer geeks also have another tradition. October is one of two months each year months that a new Ubuntu version is released, and version 11.10 of the Linux distribution, dubbed “Oneiric Ocelot” is available for ...
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Firefox 7 Reduces Memory Footprint

David Delony — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:23:03 +0000

Mozilla has released a new version of their Firefox browser that attempts to reduce the amount of memory it uses.Firefox has garnered a lot of acclaim for being open source and the ability to radically customize it, but in the past it’s been a major memory hog, a problem that ...
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Top-Rated Facebook Chat App Now Available for Blackberry

Walyou — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:00:26 +0000

Chatting through IM used to require spending hours camped out in front of a computer and missing out on actual events. With the advent of mobile devices, we can now stay connected and get out of the house at the same time. The only downside is clunky IM apps that ...
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Windows 8 to Boot in Just 8 Seconds

Jude Cavale — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:00:18 +0000

If you were tired of the way your computer boots, you are not alone. Windows 7 too has not found a lot of supporters when it comes to booting speed, and Microsoft has realized that a major chunk of its computer consumers may switch to other platforms if it does ...
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