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Conky causes stuttering in OpenGL applicationsview story

https://bbs.archlinux.org – I noticed last night that conky was making a few games that use OpenGL stutter everytime it updates.  I found an entry in the Gentoo forums also noticing this anomaly. (HowTos)

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Now In Search Of Its Second Cohort, AcceleratorHK Wants To Boost Hong Kong's Nascent Startup Sceneview story

http://techcrunch.com – Hong Kong’s startup scene is still in its infancy, but the founders of AcceleratorHK, the city’s first accelerator program, have high hopes that it will become one of Asia’s leading tech hubs. AcceleratorHK, which is sponsored by Telerik, is now seeking the second batch of startups from within and outside of Hong Kong for its fourteen week incubator AcceleratorHK. (IT news)

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Nearly 60K Low-Quality Apps Booted From Google Play Store In February, Points To Increased Spam-Fightingview story

http://techcrunch.com – Google has stepped up its efforts to remove spammy or otherwise non-compliant applications from its mobile application marketplace, Google Play, in recent weeks. App deletions hit a record high in February, with 60,000 apps removed during the course of the month – the largest round of app deletions to date. (IT news)

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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 311view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 311 for the week April 1 - 7, 2013. Links to UWN Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue311 In This Issue Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 releasedWelcome New Members and DevelopersUbuntu StatsUbuntu Global Jam - An Early Call for Events!Showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu community!Call for nominations to the (Hardware)

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10 Startups That Turn Complexity Into Simplicityview story

http://techcrunch.com – Here’s the thing about simplicity. It’s all relative. A developer’s idea of simplicity is different from a finance chief or a customer service agent. I run across a variety of startups in my daily work at TechCrunch. But few have that innate sense of elegance or the capability to abstract complexity to such an extent that anything else seems antiquated in comparison. (IT news)

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Android Launchers Are A Small Market, Can Facebook Home Change That?view story

http://techcrunch.com – Facebook is getting into the “Android launcher” market, the company has confirmed, thanks to its new Facebook Home application announced today. The app, as previously reported, is new software that integrates the Facebook experience deeply into the Android operating system. But Android launchers today aren’t a very large market, relative to the reach Facebook has in mind. (IT news)

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Debian 6.0.7 (squeeze) Screenshotsview story

http://www.debianadmin.com – The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh update of its stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename "squeeze"). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. (Distributions)

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Microsoft: jQuery 2.0 Will Add Full Support For Windows Store Appsview story

http://techcrunch.com – The next version of jQuery, the popular JavaScript library, will drop support for Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft isn’t very bullish about getting developers to use jQuery 2.0 and HTML5 to develop “a new wave of jQuery-based Windows Store applications.” As Microsoft announced today, Microsoft Open Technologies, the company’s wholly owned (IT news)

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Google Maps Beefs Up Its Live Transit Information With Updates For NYC, DC And Salt Lake Cityview story

http://techcrunch.com – One of the things that’s frustrating about Apple’s Maps is that you don’t get the integrated transit information that’s the lifeblood of living in a place like New York City or San Francisco. Google Maps has always had that information integrated into the product, which is a huge help for people who live in those metropolitan areas. (IT news)

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QtWayland Shows Signs Of Progress, Plans Featuresview story

https://www.linux.com – A status update has been issued on QtWayland, which allows Qt applications to run on Wayland, and details about what's being planned for Wayland with Qt 5.2 has been shared... A status update has been issued on QtWayland, which allows Qt applications to run on Wayland, and details about what's being planned for Wayland with Qt 5.2 has been shared... Read more at Phoronix (Software)