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Firefox 17 launched with FB built-in

Mozilla Firefox, is Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundations’ web browser that runs on open source technologies and is available as free download for users....

15 Weird/Surprising devices and Systems that run on Linux

It's incredible to see how Linux runs on devices of various sizes, power and built for diverse purposes. Linux is, like technology itself, deeply...

Firefox for Android comes to low-end Android handsets

The fact that open source software are more beneficial for society at large has been justified once again as Firefox for Android extends its...

Popcorn Maker 1.0 launched by Mozilla

For those with a penchant for entertainment technologies Mozilla continues to provide innovative software. Its latest such release is aimed at those creative people...

Linux File System Test for USB Media

So you got yourself a shiny new USB drive and are not too sure what file system to format it with. Sure, FAT is...

Linux in Enterprises, market share and Business which use Linux

Unquestionably Linux is still struggling to claim a respectable share in desktop market. The trend does not seem to vary drastically in enterprises too....

Xenix: The Microsoft Unix That Once Was

One would not normally associate Microsoft with Unix. While Microsoft's interest(s) in Unix may remain minimal in recent times, history tells a very different...

NVIDIA 304.64 has been released! A look at new features and...

NVIDIA 304.64  is finally out fixing number of issues and bugs. The posts introduces you to its new features and details installation instructions. According to NVIDIA, they...

Opera 12.10 Feature Round-up

Opera software shortly released Opera Browsers latest version Opera 12.10. The browser upgrade might not be densely feature packed but apart from handful of...

Google’s iPhone [Funny]

It was not until today when I downloaded the Google Earth app and placed it on my Home screen on my secondary mobile set...

Why do super computers use Linux?

In our last few posts we discussed the fact that over 90% supercomputers (94.2% to be precise) employ Linux as their operating system. In...

XStreamOS: An Illumos Kernel based Operating System

Being a Technical Writer involves a lot of reading and research of new and emerging technologies. And one project that recently came to my...

Clementine 1.1 has released

Clementine is a variety of mandarin orange, so tasty and energy fruit that makes you feel good and healthy. Software-wise, Clementine is music player,...

Linux as an OS for supercomputers for scientific Research

True, Linux has not been able to takeover as a desktop operating system but, you will be interested to note that Linux is by...

Firefox 16, a treat for developers

Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, version 16, keeping up with is newly imposed tradition of "rapid release". Mozilla brings several under-the-hood...

Good to know: Freeware is not Free Software

You will be interested to note that; you can purchase a Free software! That is to say Free Software may not be free and...

Top 5 security Myths about Linux; and their realities

Linux, unfortunately has been long surrounded by myths. Despite the speedy adoption of Linux as mainstream operating systems for enterprises particularly, the common misconceptions...

Blender 2.64 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Blender 2.64 has been released, The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years. According to...