It would be difficult to imagine a more vivid testament to many Linux users' dislike of the new-style desktop than the many alternative options that have sprung up in response. , of course, has been another motivating factor. We've seen the launch of the more traditionally flavored --focused on providing a more classic feel. In a surprising about-face, however, the GNOME project on Wednesday announced that it is working on a “classic mode” that will bring back key elements of the traditional GNOME 2 feel.
While 20,000 apps in an online store may seem paltry compared to the more than 700,000 apps in Apple's store and more than 600,000 apps in Google Play, for an upstart in the app trade like Microsoft, the milestone is significant. Microsoft . Nearly 18,000, or 87 percent, of those apps are free, according to Miller. Those are worldwide numbers. The total number of apps available within regions vary. For example, the Canadian Windows 8 app store has some 14,000 programs, while the U.S. has 12,675; and the U.K., some 11,000. What must be heartening for Microsoft is the velocity at which apps are being added to its online market: some , according to The Next Web.
Most of the deals available at the opening of stores are probably gone already, but there are still plenty of deals to grab from HDTVs and Blu-Ray players, to tablets and downloadable movies.
Android users have a new treat on the way this holiday season. Google's tablet. The software is now in the midst of rolling out to other Nexus devices, such as the , and will reach more phones and tablets as their manufacturers make it available. (No word yet from any non-Nexus manufacturers on when that could happen.) The second release to carry the "" moniker, Android 4.2 is a relatively minor update to version 4.1, but the upgrade packs several significant new features along with . Here's a tour of the most noteworthy changes.
Symantec has spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases. The company discovered the malware, called W32.Narilam, by Shunichi Imano. Narilam is rated as a "low risk" by the company, but according to a map, the majority of infections are concentrated in Iran, with a few in the U.K., the continental U.S., and the state of Alaska. Interestingly, Narilam shares some similarities with the malware targeted at Iran that disrupted its uranium refinement capabilities by interfering with industrial software that ran its centrifuges. Like Stuxnet, Narilam is also a worm, spreading through removable drives and network file shares, Imano wrote. Once on a machine, it looks for Microsoft SQL databases. It then hunts for specific words in the SQL database—some of which are in Persian, Iran's main language—and replaces items in the database with random values or deletes certain fields.
Since midnight in your area are probably gone, but if you're headed to the mall or your local big box stores today there will still be some great deals for you. Check out PCWorld's handy guide to top-notch tech at Black Friday prices.
It’s no secret that games are hard to make. Creating all the art, music, story and play mechanics for a game takes quite a lot of time and effort. As a result, most games reuse content or force players to backtrack or otherwise repeat themselves. While some games do it to a fault, this week’s games manage to capitalize on the best parts of repetition by creating fun and original reasons for you to do the same things over again. isn’t a full game as much as it's a straightforward RPG parody. The game is a dungeon crawler that removes everything from the experience except for the endless numbing level grind, demanding you push a button over and over to level up and defeat increasingly more impressive answers. While the game isn’t exactly fun (you can press left arrow and x to escape the truly ridiculous grinds toward the end of the game) it makes its point in an entertaining and funny package. The challenge of puzzle game comes from retracing your steps in the right order. You’re tasked with guiding adorable colored rabbits toward equally adorable cupcakes by guiding them across various platforms. The problem is that as they cross those platforms they change colors, making it impossble for that rabbit to return the way it came. Luckily this also opens up new pathways for another rabbit to hop along to their confectionary victory. gives you a few simple tasks to do over and over again. Picking up more fuel, depositing it in the reactor across the game’s small levels and picking up new weapons when you run out of ammo. The difficulty is balancing the need to perform these tasks repeatedly with the need to combat the ever-increasing hordes of aliens that get stronger the longer they’re around. If you don’t balance all your tasks correctly you end up with either a horde of aliens too powerful to kill or endlessly fending off a stream of opponents in a level you take far too long to complete.
Kelvin Doe suchte auf den Müllhalden nach Elektroschrott und fertigte daraus nützliche Dinge für sein Dorf. Dann erhielt der 15-jähriger Tüftler aus Westafrika die Einladung seines Lebens.
Nintendos Bewegungssteuerung für die Wii wurde von einem Garagen-Tüftler ausgeheckt. Microsoft und Sony lehnten sein Angebot ab, Nintendo erkannte die Chance.
Um das Shopping-Verhalten ihrer Kunden besser analysieren zu können, setzen Modeketten auf versteckte Kameras. Den Augen der Schaufensterpuppen entgeht nichts.
Am 30. November entert Nintendos neue Spielkonsole die Schweiz. Bereits zum Beginn stehen 23 Spiele in den Verkaufsregalen. Zahlreiche Titel kennen Gamer aber schon von der Playstation 3 und Xbox 360.
Ob iPhone, iMac oder Apple TV: Wir verraten, bei welchen Geräten sich ein Weihnachtskauf lohnt - und was der Apfel-Konzern für nächstes Jahr in der Pipeline haben könnte.
Facebook will das Mitbestimmungsrecht der Mitglieder über wichtige Regeländerungen abschaffen. Stattdessen soll es mehr Gelegenheiten geben, direkt Fragen über Datenschutz zu stellen.
Kompliziert, verwirrend und nicht funktional: Usability-Papst Jakob Nielsen verreisst das neue Windows 8. Die Kachel-Oberfläche sei auf Tablets dürftig umgesetzt und für PCs fürchterlich.
Die neue Skibrille von Oakley hat es in sich: Sie zeigt Geschwindigkeit, Temperatur, Sprunghöhe sowie eingehende SMS an - unter anderem.
«Call of Duty» ist ein hollywoodreifes Knallerspektakel. Die Einzelspieler-Kampagne erzählt eine emotionsgeladene Story. Leider lässt das Spiel den Gamer viel zu selten selbst ans Ruder.
Mit einer eigenen Karten-Anwendung für iOS-Geräte will Nokia Apple ausstechen. Doch erste Tests auf dem iPhone und iPad sind alles andere als positiv.
Am 30. November erscheint der Wii-Nachfolger in der Schweiz. Mit der Familienkonsole hofft Nintendo auf eine neue Revolution im Gaming-Markt - doch die Konkurrenz ist gross.
Jetzt also doch: Der praktische SMS-Ersatz wird auch für Android und Windows Phone kostenpflichtig. Neu sollen die User jährlich zirka einen Franken abliefern.
Das Lumia 920 ist der Offroader unter den Smartphones. Kräftig, wuchtig und fast unzerstörbar: In unserem Praxistest zeigt das neue Nokia-Phone aber noch ganz andere Talente.
Dieser junge Mann braucht Nerven wie Drahtseile, weil er Tag für Tag die dämlichsten Sprüche hört. Die Rede ist von Sam Sung. Sein Arbeitsort: ein Apple Store.