Sharp Screens to Bring HD-LCD Pixels to Smartphones

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October 1, 2012

The company has started producing a new range of panels that aim to give smartphone screens the same pixel density of full HD-LCD TV sets. [Read more]

Windows 7 Ups Lead Over XP as Top OS

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October 1, 2012

The current flavor of Windows continues to outpace XP after winning the top spot last month, according to the latest stats from Net Applications. [Read more]

CyanogenMod Resurrects OTA Updates for Latest CM10 Nightly Builds

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Engadget

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October 1, 2012

CyanogenMod ROMs give Android users the latest Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean treats to their otherwise-neglected smartphones, and it’s mostly open-source except for one piece: the boarded-off ROM Manager. To remedy that, the modding organization is bringing its OTA updater back from the CM5 and 6 graves, letting users pull updates straight to their devices. Notice we say “pull,” because pushing would require the Google Apps framework, which the CM updater won’t have. However, as the screen above shows, you’ll be able to set a timeframe to check and grab the latest versions directly from CyanogenMod’s servers, and after flashing yesterday’s CM10 ROM, we can confirm that the software is working on our Galaxy S. That’ll bring a much-needed dose of simplicity to upgrading CM firmware and make all that modding slightly more mainstream.

Debian Project News

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October 1, 2012

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Welcome to this year's nineteenth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Update for Debian 6.0: 6.0.6 released
  * Reports from the latest BSPs
  * Results from Debian's Google Summer of Code
  * Mini DebConf in Paris
  * Interviews
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
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Update for Debian 6.0: 6.0.6 released
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The sixth update for Debian

Xen For ARM Is Set For The Linux 3.7 Kernel

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Phoronix

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October 1, 2012

Xen virtualization support for the ARM architecture is now set to be pulled for the Linux 3.7 kernel.

Zareason Introduces Open And Hackable $349 Android Tablet

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Muktware

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October 1, 2012

Zareason technologies have launched a new open and hackable Android tablet – ZaTab. The tablet costs $349 and is a beast in sheer power and performance.

Read more at Muktware

Wine 1.5.4 Released With Improved Shader Compiler, GIF And JavaScript Support

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Muktware

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October 1, 2012

A new development branch of Wine has been released that features improved support for Shader Compiler, GIF and JavaScript. Also, it includes better handling of URL cache and usual set of bug fixes.

Read more at Muktware

HTTPS Support Arrives In Unity Shopping Lens

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October 1, 2012

Canonical has finally added HTTPS support in much debated Ubuntu Shopping Lens. This will increase privacy of users significantly as no third party will be able to gather user data and inputs. All the traffic between the shopping lens and Ubuntu will be encrypted and stealing data via shopping lens will be quite impossible.

Read more at Muktware

Gnome Music – First Look

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Muktware

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October 1, 2012

Gnome 3.6 is out and developers are planning for the next big release, Gnome 3.8. While this is going to be released sometime next year, development and planning have already started, thus proving that development in Linux world never stops.

Read more at Muktware

Nokia Builds Maps Momentum, Lands Oracle Deal

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ZDNet

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October 1, 2012

Nokia has some geolocation mojo. Can the company leverage map success into more smartphone sales?