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GNOME 3, after more than two years of development, has been released into the wild. GNOME 3 is not merely the logical successor of GNOME 2: it is an entirely new project, started from scratch, to create a “completely new, modern desktop designed for today’s users and technologies.”
The best way to check out GNOME 3′s new features — and it has lots of new features — is to run a live version of openSUSE or Fedora, or simply head over to the GNOME 3 website and watch the (rather pretty) introductory videos. If you want a synopsis, though, here it is: GNOME 3 looks a lot like Mac OS X, with a healthy dollop of iOSesqueness for good measure, but yet it still somehow retains an underlying feel of Linux.
The overall aesthetic is very simple, very elegant, and despite being slightly out of fashion, there are plenty of rounded corners, too. The main addition, workflow-wise, is the addition of an app-launcher-cum-alt-tab screen, where you can launch apps, or flip through your open windows. For a complete list of the new features and changes, check the GNOME 3 release notes.
Despite GNOME 3 being officially launched, there aren’t actually any releases for existing, stable Linux distros — it’s the live CD/USB images, or Ubuntu users will have to wait for the launch of 11.04 for a GNOME 3 PPA, but it will break Unity in the process. Fedora users will have to wait for for the May 24 release of Fedora 15. Of course, if you’re feeling crazy, you can always build GNOME 3 from source.
GNOME 3 released, ushers in an interesting amalgam of iOS and OS X originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Georgia and Rene discuss how to make successful New Year’s resolutions, including setting reasonable, specific goals and managing expectations. This is ZENandTECH! Our podcast feed: Audio |
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We’ve already mentioned a jailbreak mod in Cydia called No Uninstall, which removes the ability to delete apps from the iPhone Home screen, but what if you’re not jailbroken? Well, Apple has included this ability within the Restrictions settings by default. In this tip, we’ll show you how to remove the ability to delete apps from the Home screen without having to jailbreak your iPhone first.
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Van Halen Confirms 2012 Tour Plans (VIDEO)
Van Halen have confirmed 2012 tour plans in a new Christmas video message. The band made their big announcement in a video that was made [...]
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Pictures of the Motorola Droid 4 have been around for as long as late October, so we're really not surprised to see more of them popping up. And now Technobuffalo has quite the new crop — or, rather, a new crop of pictures of a non-working dummy phone. Not a whole lot there we haven't seen 13 different ways already — most recently on Best Buy's website. Now all we need is some sort of official announcement, perhaps.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab has become recommended as a genuine competitor for the Apple iPad. The tablet computer is operating the newest edition of the Google Android Operating system, which is continuously increasing in acceptance, and contains most of the advantages in its favor. It?s a substantial improvement on the newest generation of Galaxy tablet computer, but could it truly give the all-pervasive iPad a rival? Samsung Galaxy Tab – Great Points Battery: The publicised battery on this tablet pc [...]
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The psychological thriller will now open Jan. 13 in New York and one week later in Los Angeles.
As it currently stands, Google hands over the ‘final’ code for each version of Android, and OEMs and developers then spend some time customizing the OS to fit their hardware, and to create a unique and marketable flavor. That’s all set to change, however.
Over the last few months, according to several people familiar with the matter, Android licensees such as HTC, Motorola and Facebook, have been asked to sign ‘non-fragmentation clauses.’ This new contract caveat will give Google the right to review and pass judgment on all changes to the Android OS. Two executives at Facebook say that they’re unhappy that Google gets to review its changes to Android — which is understandable, given Facebook and Google are direct competitors — and there have also been allegations that Google is preventing some Verizon devices from shipping because they include Microsoft’s Bing instead of Google search.
Continue reading Google demands veto on OEM Android changes, stretches definition of ‘open source’
Google demands veto on OEM Android changes, stretches definition of ‘open source’ originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You might want to look away if you just purchased a Honeycomb tablet for Christmas: 1saleaday.com has the 32GB Toshiba Thrive on sale today for a mere $299.99, a full $180 cheaper than the list price you'll find at Best Buy, Amazon, and other retailers. The 10-inch, Tegra 2-powered tablet is no slouch, as we discovered in our review back in August, and while it may not be the prettiest Android tablet out there today, it's hard to pass up for a mere three Benjamins. Hit the source link before midnight tonight to grab one and if anybody sees Santa, break the news gently.
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Those benevolent armchair philanthropist Redditors are at it again! Four days ago a ‘self’ post extolling the potential virtues of a Backup Day exploded with 2500 upvotes and 1000 comments — and now World Backup Day 2011 is actually happening.
On March 31, as part of the global data-saving initiative, you are encouraged to back up all of your cherished photos and videos, and important documents. If you’ve ever had a hard disk fail, and not had a backup to fall back on, you’ll know that it’s a bit like losing a sizable fragment of your soul. If you’ve never backed up your important files — or if you only back up sporadically — do it on World Backup Day!
It’s not hard to back up your data, either. A 2TB drive costs only a fistful of dollars, and it takes just a few minutes to set SyncToy for Windows, or Time Machine for Mac, to mirror your data every night. If you prefer a cloud-based solution, there’s always SugarSync and Dropbox. Finally, don’t forget that Bundlelytic has a charity giveaway for three excellent data-backup-and-recovery tools — $160 of software for only $25, and 100% of the proceeds to go the Japanese Red Cross.
For even more backup options, for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, check our list of 13 great backup programs.
March 31 is World Backup Day 2011 originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The editors of Gadget Lab recap the tech industry news stories that had the biggest impact in 2011. Apple and Google led the way, but that doesn’t mean other companies didn’t capture a few news cycles — if only for nefarious reasons.
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Our sibling site Android Central has confirmed that, beginning January 15th of 2012, Verizon Wireless will start charging a $2 fee for bills paid online or over the…
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Gadget Lab has seen a Windows 8 tablet in action, and the experience opened our eyes to just how useful — and, yes, even fun — a Windows 8 tablet might be. But will Windows 8 tablets actually be successful? We give you four reasons that say, yes, Windows 8 tablets might be a big surprise.
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How did this happen? A million or so downloads later, and we've reached the final podcast of 2011! So how are we going to spend it? How about explaning the craziness of the past year, the 2011 Android Awards, and maybe a look ahead at 2012. Plus a few final questions from you guys.
So join Phil and the gang — and, of course, the chat room — live tonight at 9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. PST for the live broadcast. You should be there. You will be there. You must be there. After all, you are what makes it the Greatest Android Podcast in the World.
Not at a computer? Pick up the free UStream Viewer from the Android Market [link] and search for Android Central a little before the show (it won't appear until we go live). We'll see you there! AndroidCentral.com/live
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Restaurants come and go every year in Bangkok. Here’s a look at the top eateries with staying power that joined the city’s dining scene in 2011.
Style: Japanese fine dining
Thailand had been lacking specialized Japanese restaurants, with most often lumping their food preparation methods into one bundle.
But Mugendai does only tempura and sushi, all made with fresh fish caught and delivered from Japan?s famed Tsukiji market. Which, as might be expected, comes with a price.
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It seems that putting a motor into a trailer and bolting it to the back of a bike would be a bad idea, giving an unstable ride and leaving the trailer itself jumping and skipping across the asphalt. But what do I know? Here’s a clip of the Ridekick trailer in action, where it acquits [...]
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Experts explain to MTV News why the best-selling book didn’t translate to a box-office #1.
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Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy of crime thrillers has sold about 17 million copies in the United States alone. The first novel in the series, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” is the first book ever to sell a million digital copies. The books have become nothing short of cultural touchstones, the collective response of devoted fans to the uninitiated being something along the lines of “You haven’t read ‘Dragon Tattoo’? What’s wrong with you?”
That’s the entertainment scene onto which David Fincher’s American adaptation of “Dragon Tattoo” came last week. What’s more, the movie received strong critical reviews, Sony’s marketing campaign was lauded by industry insiders and MTV named it the Best Movie of 2011. Yet “Dragon Tattoo” wound up with a six-day gross of just $27.8 million — the highest total of any new release but good for just fourth place overall and undoubtedly disappointing given its lofty pedigree.
So what happened?
“Maybe fans of the Stieg Larsson novel were satisfied by last year’s Swedish film and weren’t feeling David Fincher’s Hollywood version,” writes Deadline editor in chief Nikki Finke, who notes the weak opening is especially surprising given the film was the only rated-R wide-release over the Christmas season and that “adults are flocking to specialty box-office hits like Fox Searchlight’s ‘The Descendants’ and the Weinstein Co’s ‘The Artist.’ ”
The release date could also have been a factor, even as Sony positioned “Dragon Tattoo” as the “feel-bad movie of Christmas.” “The dark and violent subject matter coupled with intense competition for the attention of mature adults led to an underwhelming result over the happy and cheery yuletide holiday,” says Gitesh Pandya, editor of Box Office Guru.
With no wide releases slated for the upcoming weekend, however, “Dragon Tattoo” could see its box-office haul grow significantly. Sony’s distribution chief, Rory Bruer, told TheWrap that the film “is off to a good start and it’s just going to get better with every day through the rest of the holiday season and well into the new year.”
Finke, too, expects the film’s B.O. numbers to pick up this week, and Pandya suggests “a domestic final of $100 million cannot be ruled out this early in the run as moviegoers continue to catch up on films they are interested in.”
That’s good news for fans of the series and of Fincher’s film, who have their fingers crossed that the Oscar-nominated director gets the go-ahead to make the final two pictures in Larsson’s series. As Fincher told us recently, he hopes that the first film is received well enough that he’s able to revisit, in journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander, “two fascinating characters who I have really come to care about.”
In the end, though, the chance to see Fincher’s adaptations of “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” might be entirely out of the hands — or, rather, the wallets — of American moviegoers. “Ironically, the biggest factor in this sequelizing or not will come down to how well it does in foreign market — a place where the Swedish version of the film already made nearly $100 million just a couple years ago,” said Jeff Bock, box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. “Do overseas audiences really want to see the Hollywood version after the original is so fresh in their minds and was equally well-received?”
Check out everything we’ve got on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
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When Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week, one of its primary features — Test Drive — was disabled just a few minutes after it opened. With no try-before-you-buy, no refund process, and 1-Click purchasing ready to strike at any moment, this caused some problems. Anyway, don’t despair: Test Drive is now enabled.
Before you get your hopes up, Test Drive doesn’t work with every app. The IMDb app works fine — you can even watch movie trailers on it! — but the Angry Birds games are sadly not enabled. Some games work surprisingly well, though, like Bubble Buster. There’s very little latency, and the framerate is really rather good. The Test Drive experience is so true to life that you even get ads; how cool is that?
Amazon Appstore for Android Test Drive hands on: surprisingly cool, but still US-only originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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