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Facebook pushes Android update to enable silent updates (bypassing the Play Store)
— Facebook appears to be doing an end run around the Google by pushing an update to the social network's open app to Android users today... and the update isn't coming from the Google Play Store.
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Dell introduces HDMI stick that turns any screen into a thin client PC
— Dell acquired Wyse last year and launched a line of cloud computing products that lets you access software data on a remote server. Most of the products in this line look like tiny computers which you can connect to a keyboard, mouse and display.
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Samsung redesigns the Series 3 Chromebox case, leave specs the same
— Samsung is offering a new version of the Series 3 Chromebox, a small desktop computer designed to run Google's Chrome OS operating system. — The new model is called the XE300M22-B01US, and in terms of hardware it's pretty …
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Asus to unveil the Padfone 2 in October
— The Asus Padfone hasn't exactly taken the world by storm since Asus first introduced the smartphone that can transform into a tablet, notebook, or desktop with liberal use of docking stations. In fact, the Padfone has yet to officially go on sale in the US.
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Raspbian Linux now available for Raspberry Pi: Up to 40 percent faster than Debian
— Raspbian is a Linux-based operating system optimized for the Raspberry Pi, a low power, inexpensive mini-computer with a 700 MHz ARM11 processor. Up until recently, the folks behind the little computer …
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How to install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Kindle Fire
— The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a custom version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread designed to run apps and access digital media from Amazon's content store. But users have been hacking the Kindle Fire since the day it was released …
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Google Chrome 21 beta can interact with cameras, mics, and game controllers
— The latest beta version of Google Chrome adds two new APIs that allow web developers to do a few interesting things. They can write web apps that will use your computer's mic or camera without a plugin.
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Intel wants to standardize ultrabook battery cell design
— One of the obstacles to building affordable thin and light computers is the fact that most laptop batteries are big and bulky. While there are compact batteries for tablets and some ultraportable notebooks such as the MacBook Air …
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$150 HP TouchPads coming to Best Buy... with purchase of a PC
— Best Buy will begin selling dirt cheap HP TouchPad tablets again on Tuesday, November 1st. You'll be able to pick up a 32GB model for $149.99. — That's the good news. — The bad news is that in order to get that price you'll need …
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Barnes & Noble to launch $349 Android tablet?
— The Barnes & Noble NOOK Color is one of the best-selling Android tablets in the US, even though the company positions it as a color eBook Reader first and a tablet second. Now it looks like B&N's 7 inch, $249 tablet may be getting a pricier sibling.
Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
Getting the most out of business analytics — One of the most prevalent uses of Hadoop architecture by enterprises is to create business intelligence and analytics tools that can be leveraged to identify areas …
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).