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Joey-Elijah Sneddon, Editor Joey-Elijah Sneddon holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Relations from the University of Lincoln, UK. His work has been cited by leading technology websites, including Engadget and ArsTechnica, as […]

20 October 2012
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Gorgeous New Weather App ‘StormCloud’ Arrives on Ubuntu

StormCloud is a new weather app for Linux - although soon to arrive on Chrome and Android - created by Lightread's Jono Cooper who was fed up of seeing 'so many beautiful apps on Dribbble that didn't get made'.

11 October 2012
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Ubuntu’s 24 Hour Community Charity Marathon Is Happening Right Now

Take one Ubuntu Community team, sit them in front of webcams and make them work for 24 hours solid. Sound good? that's what happening today as part of the 'Ubuntu Community Charity Marathon'.

4 October 2012

Ubuntu Loses Marketing Guru to Firefox OS

Ubuntu's Global Marketing guru John Bernard has left Canonical to join Mozilla.

25 September 2012
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Ubuntu Icon Theme ‘Nitrux’ Gets Updated With New Icons

Nitrux-umd - our Ubuntu friendly spinoff of the minimal 'Nitrux' icon theme has been updated with a variety of new icons and bugfixes.

24 September 2012
No Netflix on Ubuntu

Netflix: ‘No Change in our plans for Linux’

Movie streaming company Netflix have once again reiterated that have no plans to support Linux anytime soon. The news won't surprise many: the company announced that Linxu support won't be happening earlier this year.

17 September 2012
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Is The NexPhone Concept Worth Donating To?

The NexPhone wants $950,000 of your money to build a prototype. But is it worth chucking coin at? We take a look...

14 September 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Available for Download

The first beta build of Ubuntu 12.10 has been made available for download. In the 42 days between the last Alpha release and this beta, a bucket full of change has been chucked over the Quetzal, including new Unity features, theme tweaks and the retirement of Unity 2D.

6 September 2012
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Smuxi IRC Client Pushes Out New Update

I need to confess: it's been a while since I last wrote about the (frankly awesome) IRC client Smuxi. But today sees Smuxi push out a new bug-fix update to its 0.8.10 release thus giving me an ideal opportunity to make up for my faux pas. So below I present a quick recap of the features of the new stuff, and the important details how to get it all...

23 August 2012

Why Zeitgeist Is Not Evil

Privacy is the digital hot potato of today - and rightly so. What we do on our computers is, frankly, no-one else's business. We 'allow' some companies, such as Google and Facebook, to track what we do online so as to better serve us. And most of us don't mind. But is Zeitgeist - the 'relevancy engine' used in Ubuntu to keep track of which files and apps you use most - evil?

23 August 2012
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New Mac App Brings Ubuntu One to OS X

Mac users wanting to use Ubuntu One on their desktops now have a solution...

17 August 2012
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Blender and Ubuntu Creating TV Ad Magic in Brazil

Never let anyone tell you that magic cannot be created using open-source software. But, if they insist, you're free to club them in the imagination with this showreel from OvniVFX.

6 August 2012