January 25, 2013
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4K TV sounds great, but it has this one big problem: 4K video content is honking huge. An answer may be at hand. The ITU has just given first-stage approval to a new, much more efficient video codec: High Efficiency … Continue reading
January 14, 2013
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What do Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Google’s Android all have in common? None of them works that well without the Internet. This trend has been developing for years and is now accelerating. Don’t get me wrong. I love … Continue reading
December 27, 2012
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Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, people were screaming and it wasn’t at a mouse. The in-laws were staring at the TV with care, in hopes that Netflix soon would be returned there. Alas, it wasn’t … Continue reading
December 26, 2012
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2012 didn’t see any single large Linux news story. Instead, we saw many small Linux stories that, when added together, led to Linux becoming the single most important operating system of all. Here’s the count-down to the top of the … Continue reading
December 21, 2012
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Some people believe that Facebook’s Instagram recently changed terms of service policy change is nothing-less than an attempt to steal the rights to their photos.. Facebook claims they’re just clarifying their rights and that “It is not our intention to … Continue reading
December 17, 2012
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For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL’s founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia, the world’s sixth most popular Web site, is shifting over from MySQL to … Continue reading