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Google developing touchscreen laptop powered by Chrome

Written by Modar HIJAZI 11:07 am on 21 February, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Google Developing Touchscreen Devices Using Chrome Operating System

By AMIR EFRATI

Google Inc. has developed the first touchscreen laptops powered by its Chrome operating system to be sold later this year, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet giant tries to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system.

Interestingly, the new Chrome devices also would compete with devices powered by Google’s other operating system, called Android, which took the smartphone and tablet market by storm in recent years, propelling Google as a force in mobile-device software.
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Get the Most From Your Games: A Beginner’s Guide to Graphics Settings

Written by Modar HIJAZI 5:35 pm on 19 February, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Get the Most From Your Games: A Beginner’s Guide to Graphics Settings.

You’ve built a gaming PC and it’s time to start playing, but you’re thinking your games could look a bit better or run a bit smoother. You want to tweak your graphics settings, but you don’t know where to start. We’re here to help you out..

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The Pirate Bay reports anti-piracy outfit against anti-piracy group :)

Written by Modar HIJAZI 10:39 am on 19 February, 2013 — Leave a Comment

The Pirate Bay reports anti-piracy outfit against anti-piracy group CIAPC

The Pirate Bay has asked the Economic Crime unit of the Finnish police to investigate the alleged criminal actions of anti-piracy group CIAPC. Last week the group copied The Pirate Bay’s design, violating the site’s usage policy. In their complaint TPB cite a similar case where the owner of a parody site was prosecuted recently. “We will not stand by and watch copyright enforcing organizations disrespect copyright,” TPB comments.
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Ubuntu preview coming to Nexus

Written by Modar HIJAZI 12:03 pm on 18 February, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Touch-based Ubuntu preview coming February 21st, will work on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 

London, 14th February 2013: Images and open source code for the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu will be published on Thursday 21st February, supporting the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones.They are intended for enthusiasts and developers, to familiarise themselves with Ubuntu’s smartphone experience and develop applications on spare handsets. Tools that manage the flashing of the phone will be available on the same day in the Ubuntu archives, making it easy to keep a device up to date with the latest version of the Touch Developer Preview.
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BitTorrent file sharing service to send Terabytes emails

Written by Modar HIJAZI 11:55 am on 18 February, 2013 — Leave a Comment

A new BitTorrent file sharing service that makes you send Terabytes emails

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