Datawind launches 3 smartphones starting at Rs 3,499
Low-cost Aakash tablet maker Datawind made a foray into touch-screen smartphone segment with the launch of three handsets at a price starting from Rs 3,499, which are equipped with its patented mobile...
View ArticleOpera for Linux is finally here, but only as a beta
Opera has finally released a version of its popular browser for Linux. The Developer version of Opera 24 brings familiar Windows and Mac features to the open source platform and users can get it from...
View ArticleBash software bug could cause more damage than Heartbleed
A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as Bash, could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the Heartbleed bug that surfaced in April, cyber experts have...
View ArticleLinux makers release patch to thwart new ‘Ghost’ cyber threat
Red Hat and other makers of the widely used Linux operating system for business computers updated their software on Tuesday to thwart a serious new cyber threat they warned could allow hackers to gain...
View ArticleGoogle’s ARC Welder allows users to run Android apps through Chrome browser...
A minor revolution in the apps world, Google’s new ARC Welder software allows users to run Android mobile apps through the Chrome browser on any operating system: Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or of course...
View ArticleDisney working on Linux-based LEDs that communicate with each other and toys
Disney researchers have demonstrated that light bulbs can do more that just illuminate our rooms – they could communicate with each other, with objects and with the Internet, to create ‘smart’...
View ArticleIan Murdock, founder of Debian, passes away at 42
Ian Murdock, best known as the founder of the Debian Operating System — one of the world’s best known Linux distributions — passed away at the age of 42 on Monday. Ben Golub, CEO of Docker, Inc which...
View ArticleFormer Microsoft CEO Ballmer does about-face on Linux technology
Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a “cancer,” former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. Speaking on Wednesday night at a dinner...
View ArticleCEO Nadella’s cloud focus is a result of ‘customer obsession’, says Microsoft...
After the revolution that the invention of the steam engine brought in, there was an even bigger one with the invention of electricity. More recently, IT and cloud computing ushered in the third one....
View ArticleUntil Dawn, Zombi, Alien: Isolation and more: Best Horror games to play on...
Poor Friday the 13th, it has such a bad name. Bad things happen, unlucky people meet with unfortunate consequences, impending horrors, grotesque figures and evil characters that generally just want to...
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