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HUD in Ubuntu v12.04 to eventually replace the menu

By Sam Byford on January 25, 2012 01:46 am + 39 comments

Ubuntu Project founder Mark Shuttleworth has revealed the Linux-based operating system's next big Continue reading…
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Samsung will merge Bada OS into the Tizen project

By Vlad Savov on January 14, 2012 01:26 pm + 64 comments

In an interview at CES 2012 this week, Samsung's Tae-Jin Kang has revealed his company's intention Continue reading…
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HP Pre 3 gets webOS update, already available on Pre 2

By David Pierce on December 21, 2011 09:08 pm + 11 comments

The HP Pre 3 barely saw the light of day (and not at all in the US) before both phone and operating Continue reading…
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HP's Whitman calls webOS all-hands meeting, has she decided its fate?

By Sean Hollister on December 8, 2011 09:10 pm + 97 comments

PreCentral reports that HP CEO Meg Whitman is calling an all-hands meeting tomorrow, likely to Continue reading…
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Windows 8 beta to be released early next year, following a demo at CES 2012?

By Vlad Savov on December 2, 2011 04:51 am + 59 comments

Insider sources at Microsoft seem to have been working overtime lately, as they've provided both The Continue reading…
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Linux Mint 12 now available, lacks Ubuntu's UI experiments

By Joseph Parish on November 29, 2011 08:44 pm + 69 comments

In the past year, Linux Mint has overtaken Ubuntu as the most popular open source OS on DistroWatch Continue reading…
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Apple iOS 5.1 beta seeded to developers, hints at new iPad model

By Sean Hollister on November 28, 2011 07:32 pm + 40 comments

We're hearing that the first beta of iOS 5.1 is just now making its merry way to iPad, iPhone and Continue reading…
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Inside the Sketchbook of Susan Kare, Apple's pioneering interface designer

By Jamie Keene on November 24, 2011 06:15 am + 39 comments

While Steve Jobs is given a lot of credit for bringing graphical user interfaces to the world of Continue reading…
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Windows 8 auto-update will consolidate restarts into one per month, give you three days to do it

By Vlad Savov on November 15, 2011 06:17 am + 59 comments

Trusting Windows Update to install new software to your Windows machine automatically is about to Continue reading…
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HTC confirms early 2012 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for Sensation, Rezound, Vivid, and others

By Vlad Savov on November 7, 2011 03:30 am + 50 comments

HTC was a little equivocal in the immediate wake of Google's Ice Cream Sandwich announcement, but Continue reading…