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Whats new in Amarok 2.3


We have already told you how to install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 in Kubuntu. However, we have not really written anything else about what new features and improvements will come with Amarok 2.3. However, the Amarok team has very conveniently revived the Amarok Insider. So, here is whats new in Amarok 2.3 from their own…

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By Ricky
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[Sponsored Post] Review: Web Hosting Geeks


With almost every other person making their own websites nowadays, knowledge about the various web site hosting services available today is very important. All the web-hosting services available gives detailed informations about the various plans that they provide. However, considering the sheer number web-hosting services available, it can sometime be a real task trying to…

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By Ricky

New Ubiquity slide-show for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx


New Ubiquity slide-show for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Along with the new theme, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is getting a new ubiquity slide-show. What is Ubiquity slide-show? It is the slide-show you see when the Ubuntu installation is taking place. The new slide-show does indeed look very good in keeping with the new theme. So, here are the slides:

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By Ricky

Is Ubuntu having an identity crisis?


Is Ubuntu having an identity crisis?

By now, you must have know or atleast heard about Ubuntu’s rebranding. Canonical has changed a lot of things about  Ubuntu from the font used in its logo to its default theme. Talking about the theme, Ubuntu has made a radical departure from its typical brownish theme to a new “light” theme. While there is…

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By Ricky
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Download the new Lucid wallpaper


Download the new Lucid wallpaper

Canonical caused a huge surprise yesterday with its announcement of the new Ubuntu looks. Now, you can download the wallpaper used in the screenshots posted. To downlaod, simply click on the image below. Thanks Bognár András.

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By Ricky

Ubuntu One Music Store team answers your questions about the service


As you may already be aware by now, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is coming with a music store called the Ubuntu One Music Store. This is a very new and exciting thing from Canoncal and understandably people have a lot of questions about this new service. So, the Ubuntu One Music Store team have come…

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By Ricky

Happy 20th Birthday, Photoshop


Happy 20th Birthday, Photoshop

Photoshop, arguably one of the most popular image editing software out there, is now 20 years old. Photoshop’s history dates back to 1987 when Thomas Knoll, a PhD student at the University of Michigan wrote a software which he called Display. Initially Display was meant just to display images on Machintosh. However, his brother John…

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By Ricky

Gnumeric 1.1 released with new features


Gnumeric 1.1 released with new features

After about two years of development, the Gnumeric developers have announced the release of version 1.10.0 of the spreadsheet application. The first stable release in the 1.10.x series includes several changes, updates and improvements. This release removes the 65,536 row restriction on spreadsheets and includes many new functions, better OpenDocument Format (ODF) support, new statistical analysis tools,…

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By Ricky

“Facebook posts are constitutionally protected speech”


A federal magistrate in the US today ruled that a Facebook posts falls under the First Amendment, which provides for free speech. The matter came up after a student, Katherine Evans, was suspended for three days from her school for creating a Facebook page where she vented about the worst teacher she has ever met.

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By Ricky

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