Day: December 4, 2012

Apple Entertainment Film

Ashton Kutcher’s portrayal of Steve Jobs to debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January

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As reported on The Verge. By Dan Seifert This coming January is likely to be the first time that anyone outside of a production facility will get a look at jOBS, the new biopic of Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher. The movie, which was initially announced in April of this year, covers 30 years of Jobs’ life from 1971 to 2000 as an entrepreneur and leader of such companies as Apple, NeXT, and Pixar. It also stars Dermot Mulroney, Josh…

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Interview Story

Offline: How do you look at porn?

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As reported on The Verge. By Paul Miller Going offline helped me kick the habit. But my body wasn’t quite ready to let go It was late June, about two months after I left the internet. I was in Mexico City, and there was no HBO in my hotel room, so at around midnight I ventured out into the narrow, dark streets, bouncing from convenience store to convenience store in search of a magazine. I tried…

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Google OS

Chrome OS: Google’s Most Underrated Project That You’ve Already Been Testing And Just Didn’t Know It

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF There are hundreds of devices to choose from when you’re considering a new desktop computer, laptop or mobile device. We’re overwhelmed by all of the choices we have, but choice is good. When it comes to computing, as far as operating systems, there are three huge players: Microsoft, Apple and Google. Yes, Google. A curious thing happened during Chrome’s rise to being the most-used browser – an operating system was born. Perhaps…

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Microsoft Story

Skitch for Windows 8 gains portrait mode editing for tablets and 25MB file sharing

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As reported on Engadget. By Mark Hearn Not stopping with its recent update for Android, Evernote gave Skitch for Windows 8 some new features on Monday. Software version 2.0.1128 adds multiple bug fixes and portrait mode support for tablets with x86, x64 and ARM processors. In addition to these enhancements, the new Skitch app for Windows 8 features faster syncing and sharing options for image files up to 25MB, which should hopefully appease the appetite of photogs…

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Apple iMac review (2012)

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As reported on Engadget. By Dana Wollman Better, faster, stronger. The new iMac claims to be better in all the ways you’d expect a refreshed product to be better: it steps up to Ivy Bridge, and packs NVIDIA Kepler chips for stronger graphics performance. It sports an improved display that cuts down on glare by 75 percent. But thinner? For the first time in the product’s history, the iMac is missing a built-in optical drive, which allows it to…

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OS Story

How-to: Picking a desktop environment in Linux

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As reported on Engadget. By John Browning We’ve taken you through a tour of Window Managers in Linux, and now it’s time to show you the Window Manager’s bigger brother: the desktop environment, or DE for short. With a sea of choices out there, we can see where Linux newbies might feel a bit overwhelmed. Catch us after the break and we’ll show you some of our favorites, along with a few honorable mentions. First things first: a…

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Business Hardware Dev Internet Story

HP’s new all-in-one printer adds more to that ‘all’, turns into a WiFi hotspot

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As reported on Engadget. By Deepak Dhingra While all-in-one printers usually tote print, copy, scan and fax capabilities, we’re hardly ones to complain if we get something more. The aptly-named HP Hotspot LaserJet Pro M1218nfs also crams in a WiFi hotspot — opening up the world wide web for access on up to eight devices at a time. Other than swallowing a wireless hub, the laser printer also boasts Apple AirPrint along with HP’s ePrint and wireless direct for tether-free printing. Out in…

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