The Intel Compute Stick has begun shipping, a tiny device that plugs into any HDMI TV or monitor and turns it into a fully-functioning computer. This low-power PC ships with Windows 8.1 or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, though at the moment the Windows version is first to market with the Ubuntu Compute Stick not widely shipping until June. I have an Intel Compute Stick at Phoronix for testing…
4 Ways to Polish Your IT Resume
Your resume is your argument for employment. Make sure it’s in good shape.![]()
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AMD Launches The A10-7870K “Godavari” APU
To no surprise, this morning AMD officially announced the AMD A10-7870K “Godavari” as the new high-end APU…
Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Sales, with Samsung in Lead
The fastest growing regions were emerging Asia/Pacific, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa, according to the Gartner report.
Linux 4.1 Kernel Benchmarks With An Intel Core i7 IVB System
Yesterday I ran some fresh tests of Intel Ivy Bridge on the latest Mesa Git code to see if the performance has changed much recently for the slightly-older generation of Intel HD Graphics. Today I’ve done some similar tests in kernel-space with the Linux 4.1 kernel…
Dell Is Telling Customers to Try a New OS, Ubuntu
Dell has been moving a lot of interesting moves lately and it’s focusing on the Linux side of the business, which can only be a good thing for the open source platform.
Dell is one of the big companies that sell PCs and laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled. This also means that it’s one of the ways which made Ubuntu famous around the world. Now, Dell has spotted that the interest of the Linux users has been growing lately and they have made a number of interesting announcement … (read more)
Debian 8.1 Jessie Is Being Released Next Weekend
Debian 8.1 is planned for release on next Saturday…
Aura from Entroware Is a Mini-PC Beast That Ships with Ubuntu MATE 15.04
Aura from Entroware is new mini-PC powered by some very powerful hardware and shipping with either Ubuntu 15.04 or Ubuntu MATE 15.04.
The new PCs from Entroware were revealed a while ago, and now we get to take a closer look at some of the customization options. Unlike other companies that sell this kind of hardware, users can customize it a great deal and choose from a large number of components, like the CPU, the HDD, and RAM. It has a very small form factor, and it even … (read more)
How to Handle ISO Files on Linux with Mount, AcetoneISO and Furious
ISO files are basically archive files that represent the contents written in every sector of an optical disk. This way you can have a CD or DVD image handy any time in your hard drive and use it accordingly (either mount it to access the data, or burn it on an actual physical disk). Linux users are very font of ISO files as this is the most common format that Linux distributions come in.
GoPro Will Release a Quadcopter in the First Half of Next Year
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Well, it’s happening — GoPro is officially getting into the drone game. Following rumors last year, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman announced at the Code Conference that the company was going to build its very own quadcopter, with plans to launch in the first half of 2016. “The quad is in some ways the ultimate GoPro accessory,” Woodman said. He then went on to note that the devices are core enough to their business for it to make sense to go out and build their own.
Woodman wouldn’t give an official price yet, but he did note that GoPro was a “consumer focused company” — so it seems logical the GoPro quadcopter will be in the same price range as drones from DJI, Parrot, and 3D Robotics. He also said that letting people fly their cameras “sparks…