The plug will be pulled on cross-browser bookmark sync service XMarks in 3 months time, Xmarks CTO Todd Agulnick has announced today, forcing its 2 million users to go elsewhere. Citing the in-built bookmark syncing […]
Facial recognition software may be nothing new but did you know you can use your webcam to log in to your Ubuntu desktop? Logging in to Ubuntu with nothing more than a smile is possible using the pam-face-authentication utility which was specifically designed for regular everyday users to use.
Today sees the start of UbuntuAppDeveloper Week – a five day series of sessions aimed at ‘enabling and inspiring developers to write applications’ on and for the Ubuntu desktop.
Looking for some gorgeously gruff geometry for your desktop background? Fractals are what you seek and the tool mentioned inside helps you to bag a boatload...
Popular menu-replacement utility Cardapio has just gained the ability to show your USB, iPod, etc, mountpoints under the ‘Places’ menu. Announcing the feature tvst – Cardapio’s developer – informs that ‘you can simply click on […]
Broadcasting via the IceCast or ShoutCast services is made easy with the humouredly titled BUTT (Broadcast Using This Tool).
Thunderbird users seeking out native notifications and interactive integration with their Ubuntu desktop need look no further than this neat add-on.
If you're looking for a slightly annoying but fun way to recieve GMail alerts then b2 Labs Gmail Notifier may be just your cup of tea.
The newly released OpenShot 1.2.2 will be available for users of Ubuntu 10.10 to install, thanks the the approval of a ‘freeze exception request’ by Ubuntu. The news is both good and bad – whilst […]
The popular Ubuntu-derived distribution ‘Linux Mint’ is considering adopting the Faenza icon set for use in their upcoming Linux Mint 10 release. Leaving a comment on the Faenza gnome-look page regarding a bug, Mint developer […]
Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS ships with a new default font set that provides near-identical replacements for commonly used Microsoft fonts online. Replacing the previously used ‘Liberation’ font set are ‘Tinos’ – a Serif font akin […]
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