Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Announced, a Low-End 7-inch Tablet That Makes Calls

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April 29, 2013

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Today, Samsung is announcing a new 7-inch tablet called the Galaxy Tab 3, but to our eyes, it doesn’t look much different from the current 7-inch Tab 2. The previous Tab’s 1 GHz dual-core processor gets upgraded to a 1.2GHz chip, and the newer tablet offers 16GB of internal storage as an option — its forefather was limited to 8GB — but it still has the same 3-megapixel rear camera and 1.3-megapixel front camera. The resolution of the Tab 3’s LCD also stays the same at 1024 x 600, which, as we mentioned in our review of the Tab 2, is no match for the 1280 x 800 display on the Nexus 7. So far there are no details on price, but Samsung says the Wi-Fi-only Tab 3 will be available beginning in May, followed by a 3G model sometime in…

Ubuntu Server 13.04 Advances with OpenStack

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April 26, 2013

You may have seen the official announcements of Ubuntu 13.04 this week, or our coverage of it, but the analysis of this new version of the popular Linux distribution just keeps on coming. One of the most important things of all to realize is that the Ubuntu Server 13.04 release that became available this week includes capabilities based on the “Grizzly” release of the populuar OpenStack cloud computing platform, and deepens Ubuntu’s relationship with OpenStack.

The Grizzly release of OpenStack includes a lot of new functionality designed to make tasks such as image management, object storage and identity management easier. Mark Shuttleworth has been very vocal about close integration between this OpenStack release and Ubuntu Server 13.04, and he spoke about it at OpenStack Summit. Canonical is also focused on intergating Ubuntu Server with the next release of OpenStack, “Havana,” which is slated for October.

A Fun, Free Guide to Mastering the Audacity Sound Production Application

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April 26, 2013

On a regular basis, we at OStatic compile documentation and guidance resources for popular open source platforms and applications. For example, you can find our collection of free, online books on open source tools here, including guides that can get you started with Blender, GIMP and more great open source applications.

One of the best ongoing projects for producing free open source-related documentation is FLOSS Manuals. A while back, the site added an interesting new type of guide to its mix: workbooks. These are a cross between manuals and task-focused guided tours, and FLOSS Manuals has a newly updated one out for the powerful open souce Audacity sound editing and production program. If you’re into sound, this is worth a look.

Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 2.1.1 “MATE”

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April 26, 2013

Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 2.1.1 “MATE” edition, a Debian-based distribution featuring the latest release of the MATE desktop environment: “SparkyLinux 2.1.1 MATE edition is out. In the beginning of April, the MATE team published a new version of the MATE desktop environment, version 1.6…..

Ubuntu Without the ‘U’: Booting the Big Four Remixes

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April 26, 2013

Raring Ringtail without the OS X/Unity stuff

Review It’s the end of April, so that means that there’s a new release of Ubuntu. Well, actually, no – it means that there are eight of them. Don’t like standard Ubuntu’s Mac-OS-X-like Unity desktop? Here’s where to look.â€¦

Mobile Centers Of Excellence: A Stupid Name For A Smart Enterprise IT Idea

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April 26, 2013

Many of the world’s biggest companies have only a couple of people in their entire IT department dedicated to mobile. This skeleton crew is responsible for building and maintainin the company’s mobile apps, devising strategies and solutions, handling employee issues around Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies and distributing software (apps) that coworkers need to do their jobs.

As you might imagine, these people are often woefully overworked, not equipped to handle the stacks of problems they face. They are in this situation because the geniuses in the executive suite believe that the company needs to “do mobile” – but because they don’t really understand the value, they’re unwilling to invest more than the absolute minimum amount of resources.

This scenario is a reality in many non-tech, Fortune 500 types of companies. They know they have to go mobile but have no idea what that really mean.

Research firm IDC has a better idea than the classic “band-aid on a shotgun wound” approach to new IT solutions for large enterprises: Mobile Centers of Excellence.

Student Programming Competition Coming to XSEDE13 this Summer

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April 26, 2013

Clipped from https://www.xsede.org/web/xsede13/student-programming-competition

Students from high school to grad school levels are invited to participate in a programming contest at XSEDE13 high performance computing conference, which takes place in San Diego on July 22-25.

Created as an opportunity to showcase student expertise in a friendly yet spirited competition, the XSEDE13 Student Programming Competition aims to introduce the next generation of students to the high-performance computing community. Over the last couple of years, the competition has drawn teams from around the world, including China, South America, Canada, Africa and Europe. With access to parallel computing resources, teams consisting of up to five students (high school, undergraduate, and/or graduate students) will receive a variety of interesting computational science problems to address at the conference. Awards will recognize creativity, quality of solutions, and good coding practices of the teams who solve the most problems during the daylong competition.

Contest registration will open April 30, 2013 and close May 30, 2013.

Open Recall: Wheezy is Coming, ownCloud Joins Linux Foundation

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April 26, 2013

In this edition: ownCloud joins the Linux Foundation, Mageia 3 RC, Red Flag Linux 8.0, Calculate Linux 13.4, and the Wheezy release date is official.

Distribution Release: UbuntuKylin 13.04

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April 26, 2013

Jack Yu has announced the release of UbuntuKylin 13.04, a variant of Ubuntu localised into Simplified Chinese and thoughtfully customised to suit the tastes and habits of Chinese users. Some of the features of this release include: “UbuntuKylin theme and artwork; Unity music scope for China – convenient….

The Secret to Amazon’s Competitive Advantage Over Apple, Others

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ZDNet

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April 26, 2013

Weak profits and warnings of large losses don’t faze $AMZN shareholders.

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