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GNOME 2 is again: Ubuntu MATE is now an official taste

GNOME 2 is again: Ubuntu MATE is now an official taste

  Ubuntu MATE is now an official taste of Ubuntu. Yes, which means Ubuntu is giving a stamp of endorsement to GNOME 2 as soon as once more. You need not swap to Linux Mint–simply set up the Ubuntu MATE disc and get a desktop that works prefer it did earlier than Ubuntu’s Unity and the GNOME Shell got here alongside.

Meet MATE

If you are utilizing Linux, there is a good likelihood you have heard…

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Cisco bolsters Big Data portfolio with raft of resellers agreements

Cisco bolsters Big Data portfolio with raft of resellers agreements

  Cisco has expanded its Big Data portfolio with a sequence of reseller agreements together with MapR Technologies, Cloudera and Hortonworks. The software program resale agreements are for Apache Hadoop Data Management capabilities and innovation with Cisco Unified Computing System. The agreements embody advertising, gross sales and coaching worldwide. Partners can now merely choose SKUs from…

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Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 assessment : Hands-on with the reversible smartphones

Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 assessment : Hands-on with the reversible smartphones

  Following the launch of its OneTouch Watch at CES, Alcatel is changing into an attention-grabbing cell firm to look out for. At MWC 2015in Barcelona, the agency introduced two reversible flagship smartphones so this is our Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 palms-on assessment.

You might have by no means heard of Alcatel however the firm, which is a three way partnership between Alcatel Lucent of France…

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HP Spectre x360 evaluate : Hands-on with the MacBook Air and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro rival

HP Spectre x360 evaluate : Hands-on with the MacBook Air and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro rival

  There had been few laptops at MWC 2015 which is dominated by smartphones, laptops and watches. However, HP unveiled a magnificence so this is our HP Spectre x360 fingers-on evaluation from Barcelona.

With a revolving design which enabled the laptop computer to remodel into totally different modes, the HP Spectre x360 is a rival to Lenovo’s Yoga vary –specifically, the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. What…

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Zotac GeForce GTX 960 Amp! Edition evaluation: GeForce GTX 960 benchmarks, GeForce GTX 960 efficiency checks environment friendly nVidia GPU presents good efficiency at an honest worth

Zotac GeForce GTX 960 Amp! Edition evaluation: GeForce GTX 960 benchmarks, GeForce GTX 960 efficiency checks environment friendly nVidia GPU presents good efficiency at an honest worth

  Occupying that twilight land between the low-funds sub-£a hundred and fifty graphics playing cards, and the supremely costly fireworks of the £200 crew, the GTX 960 is designed to fill that graphics card candy spot, the place excessive-class gaming could be skilled with out having to pay out a crippling entrance payment. As such, this new card from nVidia might probably be an essential…

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Apple's new Maps patent guides your automotive round cellular phone lifeless spots

Apple’s new Maps patent guides your automotive round cellular phone lifeless spots

  Every day when I drive over the Bay Bridge, I lose my wi-fi sign, simply briefly. This is the firstest of first-world issues, and a few days I do not discover, however usually I‘m streaming music on a shuffle, and the monitor tries to alter, and it simply…cannot. It’s tremendous annoying.

Driving across the total San Francisco Bay is clearly not an possibility, but when Apple follows by on a…

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IBM acquires AlchemyAPI to fatten Watson portfolio

IBM acquires AlchemyAPI to fatten Watson portfolio

  IBM has acquired computing companies supplier AlchemyAPI to broaden its portfolio of Watson-branded cognitive computing companies.

AlchemyAPI’s set of companies might assist builders increase their functions with machine-studying capabilities sometimes too advanced to keep up in-home.

IBM is banking on an amazing want for such companies. Cognitive computing will generate $50 billion in IT…

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5G, internet neutrality could also be headed for a showdown

5G, internet neutrality could also be headed for a showdown

  Net neutrality and 5G could also be on a collision course because the cell business tries to arrange for a variety of cellular purposes with differing wants.

The web neutrality guidelines handed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission final week have raised some eyebrows at Mobile World Congress this week. The full textual content of the foundations is not public but, however cell movers…

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Microsoft Lumia 640 and XL evaluation : Hands-on with new Windows 10 ready smartphones

Microsoft Lumia 640 and XL evaluation : Hands-on with new Windows 10 ready smartphones

Although we did not get a brand new flagship Lumia 940, Microsoft did announce two new LumiaWindows Phone smartphones atMWC 2015 which areWindows 10 prepared. Here’s our Microsoft Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL fingers-on evaluate from Barcelona.

The new Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL will launch globally this month though a particular UK launch date stays to be seen. Price clever they will be…

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Bombshell preview: 3D Realms' first motion RPG is huge, dumb, and explosive

Bombshell preview: 3D Realms’ first motion RPG is huge, dumb, and explosive

  Do you keep in mind when 3D Realms unveiled Bombshell final 12 months? If you do, it is most likely solely as a result of the unique trailer was so unhealthy it burned itself into your mind. Seriously, it is one of many worst teasers I‘ve ever seen–one thing that first made you go “What did I simply watch?” after which shake your head and go “Is this what 3D Realms has grow to be?”

So when 3D…

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MAGIX FastCut assessment - a simple solution to make skilled movies from GoPro cameras

MAGIX FastCut assessment – a simple solution to make skilled movies from GoPro cameras

  MAGIX, the prolific German software program maker, has lengthy produced nicely-acquired video enhancing packages, like Movie Edit Pro, however if you wish to put collectively a vacation or exercise video with out spending a very long time modifying, you want one thing easier and extra automated.

MAGIX FastCut is designed to offer simply that and is especially geared to individuals with GoPro…

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Asus GeForce GT 740 OC budget graphics card evaluation : A vital step up from the most cost effective playing cards, and nonetheless provides nice worth

Asus GeForce GT 740 OC budget graphics card evaluation : A vital step up from the most cost effective playing cards, and nonetheless provides nice worth

  Asus’ GeForce GT 740 OC finances graphics cardgives a big step up in efficiency from the most cost effective graphics playing cards, and nonetheless presents nice worth. Read our Asus GeForce GT 740 OC evaluate.

If your funds is nearer to £65, the Asus GeForce GT 740 OC pushes the hardware ceiling that bit increased than the likes of the Radeon R7 240 and GeForce GT 730. One fast perusal of…

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Avant Browser assessment: An unbiased Internet Explorer clone with some concepts, but in addition some points

Avant Browser assessment: An unbiased Internet Explorer clone with some concepts, but in addition some points

  Avant Browser is an impartial Internet Explorer clone with some good concepts, but in addition some points. Read our Avant Browser net browserevaluate. Outside the large hitters within the browser area (Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera), there’s a stunning variety of smaller, impartial choices that cater to extra particular tastes. Avant is one such creation, which boasts a couple of…

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AbleWord PDF editor evaluate: Free software program is greater than only a phrase processor with PDF studying- and writing capabilities inbuilt

AbleWord PDF editor evaluate: Free software program is greater than only a phrase processor with PDF studying- and writing capabilities inbuilt

  AbleWord is greater than only a phrase processor with PDF studying- and writing capabilities in-built. Read our AbleWord free PDF editorevaluation.

Although we’ve referred to it as a PDF editor – and many individuals use it as such because it gives a free various to the industrial PDF editors, a few of which have a not insignificant price ticket – this isn’t the way in which AbleWord is…

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Foxit PhantomPDF Business 7 PDF editor evaluation: This straightforward-to-use PDF editor could have you in control in report time

Foxit PhantomPDF Business 7 PDF editor evaluation: This straightforward-to-use PDF editor could have you in control in report time

  Foxit PhantomPDF Business 7 is a simple-to-use PDF editor that may have you ever on top of things in report time. Read our Foxit PhantomPDF Business 7 overview.

Foxit PhantomPDF Business 7 is among the many cheaper of the PDF editors geared toward skilled customers and, whereas there are cheaper merchandise in the marketplace, it represents an enormous value saving in comparison with the de…

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Motorola's new Moto E is a extra highly effective LTE smartphone

Motorola’s new Moto E is a extra highly effective LTE smartphone

  Motorola Mobility’s new Moto E has LTE and a extra highly effective processor than its predecessor, however customers will even must make do with a low-decision entrance digital camera that does not measure as much as ones supplied on competing merchandise. The upgraded Moto E‘s arrival lower than a 12 months after the primary model went on sale highlights the rising competitors for unlocked…

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Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost evaluate : Budget graphics card is a close second to nVidia rival

Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost evaluate : Budget graphics card is a close second to nVidia rival

  AMD’s Radeon R7 240 Boost funds graphics cardis a little bit behind its nVidia rival in efficiency, but in addition a number of kilos cheaper. Read our Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost graphics cardassessment.

The Radeon R7 240 GPU, seen right here on this overclocked Sapphire version, is way extra simple than the 730. There are 64bit variations of the R7 240, however the 128bit bus-model is…