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Hosting Undergoes Massive Changes As Providers Move Towards Platform As A Serviceview story

http://techcrunch.com – The explosion of infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service offerings has greatly expanded the ways in which hobbyists and professionals deploy web sites and web services. For about the same cost as cheapo shared hosting, you can get your own small virtual machine at any number of providers, allowing you to tweak the entire instance to just the way you want it. (IT news)

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One thing to edit in Fuduntu 2013.2view story

http://www.linuxandlife.com – From the gnome menu in Fuduntu 2013.2, if you go to Applications > System Tools, you will see 2 options to launch Cairo Dock with and without OpenGL.  However, there are two issues with these two options. First, although the two options are supposed to launch Cairo Dock with different backends, they actually act the same. (Distributions)

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Boot issues with live USB (loose fit but please be patient with me)view story

http://crunchbang.org – Hi chaps, this one started over in the 'newbies' forum but I've posted the second iteration here. I don't think it fits particularly well in either place, but I suspect that the 'dev' group will have a good chance of recognizing the problems. Background: I'm something of a distro tart, having gone through eight or nine Linuxes over four years. (HowTos)

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What Games Are: The Shady Side Of Gamesview story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer, creator of leading game design blog What Games Are and creative director of Jawfish Games. You can follow him on Twitter here. There’s a reason why games and organized crime have often gone hand in hand. (IT news)

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[ubuntu] Dell XPS L 502 x Graphic cardview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi I have a dell XPS L502 x laptop with Nvidia GT 540 m 2 GB graphic card. Initially I was having heat up issues with fan constantly running . (Hardware)

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Links Shared Through Twitter Are Broken, But The Rest Of Twitter Is Working Fine (Update: Just Kidding)view story

http://techcrunch.com – It appears that Twitter is experiencing some performance pains this morning, as links that appear within tweets seem to be automatically borked. (IT news)

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Backed By Google, Greylock & Matrix, Sold Launches A Mobile Service That Takes The Hassle Out Of Selling Onlineview story

http://techcrunch.com – While eCommerce has exploded over the last decade, digital marketplaces still suffer the same nagging user experience flaws they always have — particularly person-to-person marketplaces. (IT news)

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Now Backed By Andreessen & More, OpenCoin Looks To Build A Better Bitcoin - And A Universal Payment Ecosystemview story

http://techcrunch.com – Another day, another Bitcoin-related investment, and further affirmation that VCs are hungry to invest in the ecosystem surrounding the decentralized digital currency. (IT news)

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AOL Confirms Ned Brody Has Resigned As Head Of AOL Networks, CEO Armstrong Takes Over In The Interim [Memo]view story

http://techcrunch.com – Some turmoil in the management ranks at AOL, with Yahoo, apparently, hoping to profit as part of its ongoing hiring spree. (IT news)

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Zuckerberg Launches A Tech Lobby, But What Will It Do Differently?view story

http://techcrunch.com – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made headlines today on the announcement of his new technology lobby, FWD.us, that he formed with his powerful Silicon Valley friends. (IT news)