Tag: linux
First generation fat PS3s bricked by new 3.21 firmware update
If you've got an old-style bread-bin PlayStation 3 now would be a good time to switch off your internet router. The latest update from Sony's servers is causing nightmares for first generation PS3 owners, bricking their consoles and stopping them…
Battery-friendly hardware-accelerated Flash on the way, but will it ever make it to the iPad?
Adobe Systems have announced that a release candidate version of their latest Flash plug-in is now available. Adobe claim that the 10.1 release candidate for Windows, Mac, and Linux will significantly reduce the amount of resources needed to power the…
Forget the iPhone; Nokia still beating all rivals in smartphone sales
While the iPhone may appear the dominant force in the smartphone market, new research from Gartner has showed that Nokia still dominate worldwide smartphone sales. Symbian-based phones had a market share of 46.9% in 2009, selling 80,878,000 units overall. Though…
UK built iTablet rears its head, runs off with a shed load of iPad hype
There are a fair few tech companies piggy-backing off the hype surrounding the iPad with their own product launches, but this is both shameless and cheekily hilarious. UK based X2 Computing are set to release their own touchscreen tablet, the…
Misa Digital Guitar: rocking the stadiums of the future (video)
As a fervent disciple at the altar of Rock, I tend to treat any digital modification of the hallowed axe as a sacrilegious act. The immortal words of wisdom, "if it aint' broke, don't fix it" usually come to…
CES 2010: £125 Freescale tablet ready "by Summer"
While we wait with baited breath for announcements concerning the "dead-cert" rumour that is the Apple tablet, Freescale are looking to generate some pre-CES buzz by claiming they will have a "smartbook" tablet ready by the summer of this year….
Only one Maemo device on its way in 2010?
The move appears to be part of Nokia's plans to streamline their output to what they refer to as a "focussed portfolio of future products".
Emblaze Mobile launch First Else Linux-based phone
The phone will also feature a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, remote data back-up, Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS functionality.
Easy image manipulation software: five of the best
1. Adobe Photoshop Elements [PC / Mac]
Photoshop? Easy?
There’s no denying that the various flavours of Photoshop contain some very advanced features, but in fact it’s possible to do basic image and photo editing and manipulation plus a range of “fancy” things without a whole lot of training.
Photoshop Elements is a cut-down version of the full-blown package which means it doesn’t have as many features but it’s also cheaper. In fact, it often comes bundled with digital cameras.
Get to grips with the basics of Photoshop Elements and you may well find yourself wanting to delve deeper into its powerful tools.
Ease of use: 3/5
Features: 5/5
Price: Latest version around £60, may be bundled. PC / Mac
5 reasons to switch to Linux
Struggling along on your Windows-based PC and considering moving over to Linux?
Here are five reasons why you should make the switch.
1. Lots of free software available
If your PC doesn’t already have a Linux distro (the geek cool name for a particular distributed version of the operating system) installed on it, and you’re a tech-head then you can generally get the Linux operating system itself for free
If you want support and instructions on setting it up you can pay a software company for this.
However, once it’s set up and running, you’ll find a wide variety of useful software packages already available that will let you do pretty much anything you’re likely to want to do.
It’s true that there are more versions of Linux available than of Windows or Mac OS X, but you can find out more about the user-friendly Ubuntu flavour of Linux in Duncan’s How to get all the music and software you want for free and legally talk…
