Linux

Google has announced the launch of a new Chromebook. The new Samsung Chromebook will run on Chrome OS.  Features of the Samsung Chromebook will include a clamshell-styled body, 2GB RAM, a Samsung Exynos 5 1.7GHz dual-core processor, an 11.6-inch display,...

Roku announced the launching of the 3M Streaming Projector powered by the Roku Streaming Stick. This is the first product to utilize the Roku Streaming Stick with others, such as various brands of TVs, to come in the near future. In combination with...

PCLinuxOS is among the top 10 Linux distros listed on Distrowatch.com. It is a popular distro among Linux users that can be used as a LiveCD or installed on a hard drive.  The PCLinuxOS distro offers several different versions featuring different desktop...

Hackerspaces are community gathering spaces where artists, hackers, makers and tinkerers share ideas, tools, resources and inspiration while working on their projects. According to Hackerspaces.org there are eight active hackerspaces in Florida. With...

Dell has made a significant return to the Linux arena. While the company has never completely abandoned the Linux community, they had cut back on Linux offerings during the last three or four years. However, lately, this trend seems to be taking a...

Sometimes, it's better to give if you want to receive. HumbleBundle, a San Francisco start-up that's sold millions of dollars of computer games over the last two years, is now entering the music scene. What's unusual about HumbleBundle is that it lets...

What do you get when you combine Google TV, the OnLive streaming game service and a set-top box that streams Internet content? According to Vizio, it is its new product, the Vizio Co-Star. The Vizio Co-Star is a tiny set-top box that is small enough to...

Yahoo has launched its own Web browser called Axis, but this browser is unlike other popular Web browsers such as Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Yahoo’s Axis Browser is a browser plugin meant to coexist and aid one’s current...

This week, we take a peek into the mailbag. A reader wrote in asking about how to get content removed from a search engine.  A.G. writes: “Information, at the request of an individual, has been removed from a website I am associated with. However,...

Schurz Communications, Inc., a family-owned multi-media company headquartered in Mishawaka, IN, is seeking an Infrastructure Architect for its corporate IT staff. This role is responsible for the application of the Infrastructure Architecture at the...

The latest 12.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) release versions of the Ubuntu family of Linux distros were released last week. The 12.04 version of the distros, code-named Precise Pangolin, will be supported until 2017.  One thing I like about the Ubuntu...

PayPal, an eBay company, has introduced its newest payment service called PayPal Here. The service will enable small business users and consumers to accept credit and debit cards, PayPal and checks, no matter where they are doing business.  PayPal...