Raspberry Pi Gets an Official 7-Inch Touchscreen

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September 8, 2015

The cheap micro-computer now has a touchscreen to build a basic tablet or control your Pi-powered creations.

How touching: the cheap-as-chips Raspberry Pi mini-computer now has an official 7-inch touchscreen for building a basic tablet or control panel. The touchscreen comes from element14, the British company behind Raspberry Pi.

Ubuntu-Powered Erle-Spider Land Drones Now on IndieGoGo with Promotional Price

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September 8, 2015

drone The Ubuntu-powered land drone Erle-Spider is now on IndieGoGo and its makers are trying to raise enough money for manufacturing.

There are hundreds of flying drones out there, and they are exciting, of course, but there are hardly any land drones. They are slower, and they might not seem all that interesting, at first, but they have a lot of potential, and not just for fun-related activities.

FireEye, Kaspersky Hit With Zero-Day Flaw Claims

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September 8, 2015

Researchers have disclosed severe security flaws within the firm’s products over the holiday weekend.

Researchers have revealed the existence of zero-day vulnerabilities within Kaspersky and FireEye’s systems which could compromise customer safety. Over the holiday weekend, security researcher Tavis Ormandy disclosed the existence of a vulnerability which impacts on Kaspersky products.

Gorgeous, Arch Linux-Based Apricity OS Gets New Beta with Google Chrome 45, More

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September 8, 2015

On September 7, we have been informed by the developers of the recently introduced Apricity OS GNU/Linux distribution that a new Beta build is now available for download and testing.

Apricity OS 09.2015 Beta replaces the previous August release of the distro (08.2015 Beta) and promises to add many essential…

Amazon Said To Be Readying $50 6-Inch Tablet for Holidays

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September 7, 2015

New tablet would cost about half the Internet retailer’s current cheapest slate, according to the Wall Street Journal.

After trying to win over consumers with pricier tablets, Amazon is said to be working on a slate for the more budget-conscious. The Internet retail giant is planning to introduce a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen in time for the holiday shopping season…

Seagate Drives at Risk of Data Theft Over Hidden ‘root’ Account

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September 7, 2015

A public vulnerability disclosure warns that an attacker could remotely download files from an affected hard drive, thanks to the hard-coded default password.

A number of Seagate hard drives are vulnerable to data theft, thanks to an undocumented, in-built user account that could give an attacker remote access to the device. “Seagate wireless hard-drives provides undocumented Telnet services accessible by using the default credentials of ‘root’ as username and the default password,” said a public advisory posted Tuesday.

Unique-Looking HandyLinux 2.2 Now Based on Debian 8.2

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September 6, 2015

handy HandyLinux, a Linux distribution based on Debian and a heavily modified Xfce desktop, has been upgraded to version 2.2 and is now available for download.

HandyLinux is not your typical operating system, despite using Debian and Xfce, which are a couple of technologies used in all sorts of projects. You would think that it’s difficult to be surprised by anything, but the HandyLinux developers have managed to transform the Xfce desktop into something recognizable and unique…

AMD Demos World’s First Hardware-Based Virtualized GPU Solution

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September 6, 2015

The AMD graphics cards are uniquely equipped with AMD Multiuser GPU technology embedded into the GPU delivering consistent and predictable performance,” said Sean Burke, AMD corporate vice president and general manager, Professional Graphics. “When these AMD GPUs are appropriately configured to the needs of an organization, end users get the same access to the GPU no matter their workload. Each user is provided with the virtualized performance to design, create and execute their workflows without any one user tying up the entire GPU.”

[How To] Access Linux Files In Windows When Dual Booting Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Windows 10 /

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September 6, 2015

If you are dual booting Windows and any Linux distribution then I’m sure you would not have any trouble in accessing Windows files & folders in Linux because Linux distributions mount all Windows partition automatically. But what if you need to accessany Linux files in your Windows OS then how to do that? This is what this article is all about. Windows does not mount any Linux partition automatically but we can do it. Let’s see how to access Linux partitions (Ext4 etc.) in Windows.

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Best Web Project Management Software

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September 5, 2015

Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives. Project management tools encompass many different types of software such as scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, quality management, and cost control / budget management. This type of software is typically used by project managers looking to plan and control resources, costs and schedules to meet the objectives of a project.

It can be very satisfying planning and delivering projects on time. One of the methods that has always helped me is PRINCE2, a de facto process-based method for effective project management. But project management software is equally as important to the success of a project.