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Wine 1.4-rc2 released

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:25:17 +0000

The Wine development release 1.4-rc2 is now available.

Is Compiz On Its Deathbed?

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:28:06 +0000

Sparked from a posting earlier this week about Compiz likely being dropped from Fedora 17, some are wondering whether Compiz is effectively dead…

The Humble Bundle for Android

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:30:55 +0000

It is time for a brand new "Humble Bundle" release!But this time, it’s a bit different… Why? Simple: the games included in this bundle will not just work on Mac (ahem…), Windows (boo this OS), Linux (i shake my own hands) but also on… ANDROID!

How to : Download Google Maps for Offline Purpose in Android

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:33:44 +0000

This post will show you how to Precache any area in Google Maps for future use . Let’s assume you are going to a new place as tourist ,where you don’t have any network connection to access internet ;then it’s very difficult for you to find the route .

How to Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on Linux

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:36:33 +0000

The following tutorial will teach all Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 4S and Apple iPad 2 devices.

Bordeaux 75% off sale

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:39:22 +0000

The Bordeaux Technology Group is proud to announce a 75% off sale on Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PCBSD and OpenIndiana.

Radeon R600 Tiling Patches Are Ready

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:42:11 +0000

Jerome Glisse, the Red Hat developer commonly working on the open-source Radeon graphics driver, has announced that he believes the R600 Gallium3D tiling support is complete…

Sprint’s seven-inch tablet is just $100 on contract

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:33:11 +0000

Sprint says it will offer a seven-inch tablet featuring a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 3G, and Wi-Fi for just $100 — with a two-year service agreement priced at $20 to $80 per month. The ZTE Optik includes Android Market support, GPS receiver, Bluetooth, a microSD slot, and a bundled headset, according to the carrier….

Bouncing malware from Android Market

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000

From the description, Bouncer is like a security agent that scans the marketplace for malware, relying on signatures of known malware to do its job. Besides looking for malicious applications, Bouncer also analyzes “new developer accounts to help prevent malicious and repeat-offending developers from coming back.”The idea, as Hiroshi described it, is to provide an “automated scanning of Android Market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience of Android Market or requiring developers to go through an application approval process.” Sounds good to me.

LinuxDevices acquired …

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:38:49 +0000

LinuxDevices’ publisher, Ziff Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company — as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet. Future plans for the site have not yet been announced ……