http://www.talkandroid.com – Yesterday Verizon announced that their philanthropic arm, the Verizon Foundation, is pledging $1.2 million to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy. The contribution is split into two parts. The first is a matching pledge by the Verizon Foundation for the first $1 million donated by Verizon customers who contribute through the Text to Donate program. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Smartphone cases are one of those things that folks either love or hate. I prefer my phone to roll naked. I just don’t like cases whatsoever. I don’t like the feel of them, the added bulk, weight, the look of them… I could go on and on. I know, I know. You’re crazy to spend the money on a high-end device and not protect it with a case. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://news.softpedia.com – OpenBSD, a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system, which emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptograph, is now at version 5.2. OpenBSD releases are few and far in between, so when they actually show up, they have an amazing number of changes, updates and feature... (read more) (General)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – As you know, the devastation of Hurricane Sandy has hit millions. Many turned to Twitter to discuss what they were going through. Today, the company shared some interesting facts and numbers having to do with Hurricane-related activity on the site. What does this tell you? Twitter was a fine replacement for cell phones and landlines that weren’t working. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://blog.songbirdnest.com – This week, we catch up with Jevy, one of our SB7 artists on the release of his new mixtape Cigars and Ciroc. (Software)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Hey, I have been losing quite a bit of sleep after a botched upgrade to 12.04. I gave up the upgrade and chose a clean install of 12.10. That went fairly well (apart from my nvidia card problems) however I have not been able to get my RAID array to work. I have tried many things up until now but I have not been able to mount the array. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Whenever Google releases a new version of Android, we all get excited about the new features, but surprisingly the new wallpapers are always a hit. Well we have all four new wallpapers for you to download and use to your heart’s content. Just click on each image for the full size and then right click, save image as, pick your location, and you will be all set. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.linux-magazine.com – Phusion Passenger 4 offers improvements, including better scalability, Python WSGI support, multithreading, and better error diagnostics. (Distributions)
Email this pagehttp://news.softpedia.com – The Document Foundation has announced that LibreOffice 3.6.2 is now available for the Linux platform, bringing a lot of bugfixes and improvements. Besides the usual changes and updates that accompany these types of releases, The Document Foundation had a few other announcements to make, especially in regard to the growing develop... (read more) (General)
Email this pagehttp://crunchbanglinux.org – HowTo: Set up GIMP, GIMP Paint Studio and GURMIntro I like to run Gimp Paint Studio which installs a bunch of pre-sets (tools, workspace, brushes etc) which is great for digital painting, but doesn't suit other stuff I like to do. (HowTos)
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