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11 May, 2013, 4:55 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

We know your world is a very busy place and it's hard to keep track of everything that goes on in the tech world. So here’s a handy recap of the top More

Memoto mini camera automatically captures your life every 30 seconds

10 May, 2013, 6:52 pm IST tech2 News Staff Science and Technology

What if we were to tell you about camera that can click a picture every 30 seconds? Meet Memoto! More

Ubuntu Touch developers say usable version will be out by late May

10 May, 2013, 1:36 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Smartphones

The developers for Ubuntu for Phones will make available a fairly usable version of the fledgling mobile operating system by the end of this month. The VP of More

Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ released; lets you install 32-bit software on 64-bit PCs

06 May, 2013, 3:58 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Linux

The Debian Project has released Debian 7.0, codenamed Wheezy. This version brings  a lot of improvements to Debian, the most significant of which... More

Portal now available on Linux via Steam

06 May, 2013, 12:31 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Gaming

Linux users rejoice! Valve has begun porting its popular interactive puzzle title, Portal, to Linux. Although the Steam Store doesn’t show the game as... More

IE is still the most-used Internet browser

02 May, 2013, 9:14 am IST Shunal Doke Software

Some new data about the current market share of different Internet browsers has emerged. According to the data, collected by NetMarketShare, the use of More

Canonical begins developing Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander

01 May, 2013, 1:12 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Software 5 Comments

It’s not even been a week since Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) was released and Canonical’s developers have already begun working on the next version. More

New Linux kernel brings Android development support and SSD caching

01 May, 2013, 10:33 am IST Shunal Doke Software

A new version of the Linux kernel has been released. Numbered at version 3.9, the new release has some nifty new features, including the support for SSD More

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is out now

26 Apr, 2013, 10:46 am IST Shunal Doke Software

Canonical has released a new version of Ubuntu, numbered at 13.04. The new version of the Linux distribution, named Raring Ringtail, brings a ton of changes, More

Adapteva announces first $99 supercomputer boards

18 Apr, 2013, 3:46 pm IST Shunal Doke CPUs 2 Comments

Chip-company Adapteva has announced that it has build its first parallel-processing board for Linux supercomputing. Those who had backed the Parallella More

Valve launches Linux version of Steam with massive discount on games

15 Feb, 2013, 5:20 pm IST Shunal Doke PC 3 Comments

Valve has launched the Linux version of its digital distribution platform Steam. To commemorate the launch, the company is offering a huge sale on more than 50 More

Ubuntu smartphones launching in October 2013, ROM coming this month

07 Feb, 2013, 12:37 pm IST Shunal Doke PC 1 Comments

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has told the Wall Street Journal that smartphones running on Ubuntu would be released this October, and a ROM for the... More

Booting Linux bricks some Samsung Windows 8 laptops

02 Feb, 2013, 3:09 pm IST Rohini Lakshane PC

Samsung Windows 8 laptop users who use Windows and Linux on the same machine reportedly face a problem when trying to boot from the latter. The UEFI secure... More

Valve quietly ports Half-Life to OSX and Linux

30 Jan, 2013, 6:52 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam PC

After a fifteen-year wait, OS X and Linux users can finally enjoy the original Half-Life on their Macs and Linux PCs. Valve has not yet officially announced the port... More

Linux Fedora 18 out now

17 Jan, 2013, 10:24 am IST Shunal Doke PC 1 Comments

The latest version of Linux distribution Fedora is out. Numbered at 18, the latest version of Fedora has been dubbed ‘Spherical Cow’, and brings More

Canonical unveils Ubuntu for phones

03 Jan, 2013, 1:31 pm IST Shunal Doke PC 2 Comments

The wait is over. Canonical has unveiled Ubuntu for phones after the countdown timer on its website ticked to zero. The new operating system will be... More

Ubuntu website hints at touch support with countdown timer

02 Jan, 2013, 4:38 pm IST Shunal Doke PC 1 Comments

Canonical, developers of Ubuntu, are teasing a new announcement on its website. The teaser has a countdown and the tagline "So close, you can almost touch it." More

Steam for Linux hits open beta

21 Dec, 2012, 3:12 pm IST Shunal Doke PC

It looks like Valve has come up with an early Christmas present for Linux users. The company has made the Steam Linux beta open to all Linux users... More

Over 1.7 billion smartphones to be shipped in 2012: IDC

05 Dec, 2012, 8:14 pm IST tech2 News Staff PC 1 Comments

As per latest figures by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide mobile phone market ... More

Nokia denies working on Android smartphone

03 Dec, 2012, 6:36 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Mobile phones

Nokia has denied reports that it is working on an Android smartphone after an ad on LinkedIn for a Linux engineer sparked off rumours More