Linux Mint, probably the most beginner-friendly Linux system out there, has hit version 12 with quite a few neat features and improvements. Chief among them is a new shell based on Gnome 3 (preferred by at least one Lifehacker editor, new themes, and the choice of DuckDuckGo as the default…
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Lenovo announced three dual-core Android gadgets destined for China: a five-inch LePad S2005 I smartphone, a seven-inch LePad S2007 tablet, and a 10.1-inch LePad S2010 tablet. In the U.S., meanwhile, AT T announced the 4G LTE-ready LG Nitro HD smartphone, featuring a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and a 4.5-inch display with…
The Mesa Gallium3D driver for the Intel 965 IGP series and newer (the "i965g" driver) has been deleted from mainline Mesa…
Version 3.0 of LLVM is expected to be released tomorrow, along with a major update to Clang. Here's some of the noteworthy enhancements…
Nearly 125 years ago, German inventor Karl Benz introduced his Patentmotorwagen Number 1, the world's first automobile tesigned to be propelled by a motor. Twenty years ago, Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds posted on the Internet…Ok, ok, you know the rest. But fast forward to November 28, 2011 and you begin to see these two worlds come toether in collaboration for the future…
After a fairly routine release with Linux Mint 11, the team is back with a new look and a lot of changes in the offing. As with any release with a major overhaul, Linux Mint 12 has some hits and misses.
Just this week, Lenovo introduced three new Android tablet devices, in 5-, 7- and 10-inch form factors. These join a crowded pool of Android tablets seeking to compete with Apple's iPad, and there hasn't been much success on that front. his has caused a number of analysts to pronounce Android tablets DOA.
In case you missed it, Slashdot started a conversation going on "What's Keeping You On Windows" that has produced nearly 2,000 comments, with many commenters vehemently opposed to each other. You can find the brouhaha here.
Nvidia has taken its already very-high-performance graphics chips and restyled them for supercomputing. It looks to be a pretty good fit since a few of the top supercomputing centers have adopted Nvidia's processors.
