The latest version, 0.9.34, of the open source cross-platform ebook manager Calibre can convert the DOCX format that is used in Microsoft Word. It also includes a new driver and an improved ebook viewer.
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Bluestacks’ Android-Powered Gamepop TV Console to Run iOS Games
Bluestacks has brought Android apps to PCs and Macs. And its upcoming Gamepop console will bring Android games to the TV. But none of this is unique — there are others who have tried similar things, most notably Ouya’s Android-powered gaming console. However, Bluestacks has a radically more ambitious plan, today announcing that its Android-powered console will be able to run iOS games as well thanks to Looking Glass, a piece of software that mimics Apple’s iOS APIs.
The company has already lined up some relatively large iOS and Android developers to support its console, including Subatomic studios (the maker of the iOS hit Fieldrunners), Glu, Halfbrick, Jawfish Games, and Gameloft. Altogether, the company is promising a collection…
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DisARMing Mobile: Is Intel Finally Ready to Live Inside Your Phone?
It’s been difficult to escape Intel’s presence at Computex Taipei this week; not only has the chip maker used Asia’s biggest computer event to formally launch its Haswell PC microarchitecture, it’s yet again made the case that it’s a serious player in the mobile space. And on the face of it, there may be reason to believe.
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Video: WSJ Looks at Why China Wants to be Number 1 in Supercomputing
In this video, Bob Davis from the the Wall Street Journal tells Mariko Sanchanta why China believes it’s so important to be number one in supercomputing. The story stems from recent reports that the Tianhe-2 supercomputer will soon be crowned as the fast machine on earth in the next TOP500 list, which comes out sometime on June 17.
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- China’s Petaflop Super Comes Up to Speed
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- China Lays Out Plans for 100 Petaflop Super by 2015
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Driving Innovation in the Public Sector with Open Source
On May 22, eighteen senior officials from the Singapore Government gathered at the FutureGov lunch briefing Open Source, Open Government—to discuss how open source technology can drive openness and innovation in the public sector.
The senior IT decision makers attending the event were from agencies such as the Ministry of Health, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Land Transport Authority, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore Management University, and the Ministry of Communications and Information, among others.
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Fixing the Patent System: Government and Industry Push for Reform
In the US it’s estimated that lawsuits from patent assertion entities, commonly called patent trolls, have cost the US economy some $300 billion in lost wealth, causing far-reaching repercussions in terms of missed opportunities from companies scared of possible legal exposure. Many in Washington, Silicon Valley, and elsewhere have been calling for the system’s reform.
The cause has been championed by everyone from President Obama, to Google, to the EFF, all of whom argue that the current system disincentivizes innovation, often unfairly rewarding marginal and overly broad claims to inventions at the expense of future entrepreneurs. Follow this stream for the latest news in the fight to bring sensibility to the system.
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