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After garnering praise from the users and two acclaimed releases, the Ubuntu Mate Linux distribution has now become an official Ubuntu flavor just like Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, and Xubuntu. This is the first addition to Ubuntu family since 2013 with Ubuntu Kylin. Ubuntu MATE is stable and this official build release on Ubuntu MATE Alpha2 […]
Usually police is known for catching criminals but the Crewe police department (CPD) from State of Virginia is making news for some other and somehow funny reasons. On February 17 at 10:34pm, the social media page of CPD posted an update asking if someone mistakenly dropped their cocaine at a Super Dollar store, if yes then contact us […]
Yesterday Canonical released Ubuntu 14.04.2 which is the second point release of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS series. Just like every other point release, Ubuntu 14.04.2 brings more hardware supports updates and a number of security updates. This enables you to continue the Ubuntu 14.04 installs on new PCs and leave behind the worries of post-installation […]
Your MAC can be purloined and your user account and password can be bypassed by nefarious individuals for accessing personal data, wiping your system clean and becoming its owner. So how can you prevent it? Don’t get paranoid; two remedies are available for preventing intruders from taking over your MAC. 1. Use a software-based encryption […]
Short Bytes: Part of the computer science fraternity? Ever wished to rake in the big bucks? Chances are that you might have realised that in order to do so you have to become a top-notch programmer or move to the west coast. Undoubtedly, Silicon Valley, the root of all tech innovation offers the most highest paying […]
New Android malware transforms your Phone into a Spy while it is Off – New Android Malware threat has been discovered by prominent security firm AVG. It is called PowerOffHijack and has a very distinct feature: it compromises the Android device’s shutdown process and spies on you. Your phone will appear switched off to you […]
Hello Everyone, Yesterday I wrote about the what code should you learn in 2015?. Today I’m covering the trends of the top programming languages on GitHub which has 2.2 million active repositories and 3.4 million users. GitHub is one of the favorite websites of programmers, developers and geeks, and they are constantly raving about it. It […]
Over 60% Dating Apps Detected Unsafe by IBM Security – Popular Dating Apps Making Users Vulnerable to a Variety of Cybercrimes. Mobile Dating apps are used by millions on their smartphones because in today’s dating-oriented culture these apps allow singles to find love interests conveniently. Various apps like Tinder, Match and OkCupid have garnered immense fan […]
Short Bytes: Here we’ll be telling you about Docker and Hybrid Cloud that are one of the major tech breakthroughs to happen in recent times. Take a look. The year 2014 was as a very exciting period in Big data, Analytics, Mobility and Cloud computing. Many new companies started off with providing services and solutions […]
Can you decide what happens to your Profile Page after your Death? Facebook can! While rolling out its latest update on Thursday, Facebook announced that it has now decided about what to do with your Facebook profile page after you die. You will be remembered! The process is simple. You need to choose a “legacy […]
Every year for the last 12 years, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has driven young, bright minds from all over the globe to help resolve some of the world’s toughest challenges. All the innovative projects pitched for this competition stay true to the theme “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems”. Students from all […]
The world’s first Ubuntu phones have arrived and they are available online. Here I’ll be talking about the difference this Ubuntu phone brings to the smartphone scenario. Why the new smartphone players don’t succeed? The current smartphone market is ruled by Android and iOS, and this market doesn’t allow the new players to establish themselves. It has […]
World’s First Ubuntu based Smartphone will go on sale for just €170 in Europe via BQ.com through a series of flash sales. Ubuntu announced the plans for Ubuntu smartphone back in early 2014. The deadline for the phone phone was passed in 2014, but Canonical announced yesterday about the very first ubuntu powered Smartphone Aquaris E4.5. Ubuntu’s […]
Facebook appears to be infected with a porn-based malware that has affected about 110,000 Facebook users in just two days. The malware, disguised as a Flash update, comes as a link to a porn video on one of your friend’s post. Clicking on it takes you to a website that may or may not be […]
Most people with Android smartphones or tablets are now left exposed to a security flaw because Google has announced it will not be fixing it. The default browser of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean has a known security flaw in the older versions of Android and it is estimated that almost 60% of all users of […]
For all Macs that have been running the OS X Yosemite, Apple has now released a new update which is the OS X 10.10.2 bringing quite a big number of fixes as well as a patch for the Thunderstrike vulnerability. The fixes that Apple has announced include several recent issues such as: * The Wi-Fi […]
The Facebook outage yesterday, which lasted for about one hour, was an internal technical glitch, said Facebook in a statement on its website. “This was not the result of a third party attack but instead occurred after we introduced a change that affected our configuration systems,” said the statement. Facebook and its photo site Instagram […]
Social networking has become a major part of lives these days. ‘Being online’ is what that is trending! We spend more time online than with our family. Does that mean a lifeless machine made up of lifeless materials knows about our personality better than ones who brought us up? Well, stats answer it as a […]
Syfy is teaming up with Relativity Television to produce a reality TV biz about hackers, according to media reports. The show will take the viewers �deep inside the shadowy and dangerous world of high-tech hackers for the very first time.� The Realtivity Television also produced MTV�s reality show series Catfish, a cyber-danger series based on […]
Short Bytes: Most of us are familiar with C, C++, JAVA and Python etc., but as you go into this field, you will realize the value and amount of money that can be earned with some other languages. Here’s a list of the highest paying computer programming languages. The favorite coding language debate is one […]
The police dislike Apple and Google’s latest smartphones because of their high-end encryption, according to a senior FBI official. “Encryption threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place. Justice may be denied because of a locked phone or an encrypted hard drive,” said James Comey, FBI Director, in a speech last month. […]