PC World - It's been a busy few months lately in the world of Linux distributions, and August appears to be no exception. Hard on the heels of the 19 new distros I wrote about the other day resulting from this month's "31 Flavors of Fun" ...
Tags: PCLinuxOS, "31 Flavors of Fun"project, Bodhi Linux, Damn Small Linux
PC World - Intel used its Developer's Conference in San Francisco to unveil a desktop computer prototype that has a display that can double as a 27-inch tablet with a four-hour battery life. Slate producers like Samsung, with its Galaxy ...
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PC World - Is your browser up to date? According to the results of a new survey from security software vendor Kaspersky, nearly a quarter of the browsers currently in use are out of date. Surfing the Web with a vulnerable browser is a ...
Tags: browser, security software, Kaspersky, vulnerable browser
The HP ElitePad 900 tablet, announced earlier Monday, comes with a screen resolution below what's required to run Snap, a unique feature that allows two apps to be viewed simultaneously. The tablet, intended for business users and due to ...
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PC World - There's been plenty of excitement surrounding Firefox OS ever since Mozilla announced its first hardware partners earlier this year, but now it looks like there's yet another open-source operating system entering the scene. Now ...
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Sales of Apple's iMac, the computer often credited with saving the company, have peaked and by the end of 2014 will account for approximately 2% of the firm's revenues, analysts now predict. The iMac, an all-in-one computer with roots ...
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PC World-With so many Linux distributions out there,it can be difficult to keep tabs on all the updates that come out over the course of an average week or month. I've featured a few key arrivals over the past few months--including ...
Tags: Three Linux Distros Get Key Updates, Linux distributions, systems
Dixons Retail will deploy cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 software across its operation in the UK and Ireland,Czech Republic and Hong Kong,the owner of the retail chain,and others including PC World and Currys has announced. The ...
PC World-AT&T held onto its last place position in Consumer Reports ranking of the four major U.S.cellphone carriers.But the company can point to one bright spot in the annual ratings published by Consumer Reports Thursday:AT&Ts 4G service ...
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PC World-The tablet arena already includes countless contenders featuring Linux-based Android,but a company currently seeking funding on Indiegogo aims to produce a new line of what it calls"true Linux"devices. We've already seen ...
Tags: Linux-based Android, true Linux devices, Linux-powered tablets
The number of consumer smartphone and tablets brought into workplaces will more than double by 2014, according to a recent study, but security on the endpoints is lacking. Juniper Research claims the number of devices being used in the ...
Tags: BYOD devices, smartphone, tablets, mobile devices
PC World-HP has long been a contributor to Linux and open-source software,but on Monday it ratcheted up its support another notch. Specifically,the company announced at the LinuxCon Europe event going on this week in Barcelona that it has ...
Tags: Linux Foundation, HP, A strategic asset, open-source software
PC World-The maxim is as old as business itself:work smarter,not harder. The same could be applied to email marketing.Instead of randomly lobbing messages at customers and potential customers,send them targeted,actionable missives based ...
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PC World-Sorry,Android fans,looks like you'll have to wait a little longer to hear more about the Nexus 4 and the Nexus 10.Google has cancelled its Monday morning event in New York City because of safety concerns related to Hurricane ...
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PC World-There's been a seemingly endless parade of tiny,Linux-powered PCs entering the market in recent months,including most recently the$49 Cubieboard and the$89 UG802. It's nothing short of a revolution in computing,as I've noted ...
Tags: Cotton Candy, Linux powered PCs, USB sized device, operating system, PCs