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Why I’ll Be Sticking With Spotify over Google Music

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On Wednesday Google announced “Google Play Music All Access”, a streaming service very much likened to Spotify and at the same price too. I’ve been a premium Spotify user for around 6 months now and here’s why I won’t be making the jump to the new Google service when it launches in the UK, even if it launches at £7.99 ... Read More »

How To Enable Google Now Notifications in Google Chrome

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I’m a little late to the table with this one given that I posted the details on this last night via my Google+ page however it seems it interests a few people so here is how you enable Google Now Notifications on Google Chrome. Simply download Chrome Beta, restart the browser then type chrome://flags into Chrome and scroll all the way ... Read More »

Samsung Announce World’s First 5G Mobile Technology

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On the 11th of September 2012 Everything Everywhere (EE) launched the UK’s first 4G based LTE (Long Term Evolution), a massive 6 years behind South Korea who launched their variant of 4G technology (WiMAX) in April 2006. Jump ahead 7 years and we are now looking at 5G technology based on a press release issued by Samsung today. I’m no expert ... Read More »

Introducing Land of Technology V3.5

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It’s been a little under a year since we launched our new site theme however it was lacking in a lot of areas and some of the things we wanted to add to the site just weren’t possible. Add to that the fact that our mobile site never really looked right and well that’s enough for us to change the ... Read More »

Ubuntu Malware Removal Toolkit

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Malware is a major issue on Windows systems, especially older versions of the OS.  If you are lucky an infection will be non-intrusive and very easily detected and cleaned but often things do not run so smoothly.  Too often users don’t bother to scan their PC’s or in some cases have no protection installed at all, and before too long ... Read More »

Ubuntu Touch 1.0 pencilled in for October release

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Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon has published details of a Canonical client sprint held in Oakland he attended last week focusing on the Ubuntu Touch operating system.  Jono revealed that the currently there are 15 engineering teams, 5 design teams and 5 service teams comprising of over one hundred and fifty people working on the project with the goal being an October ... Read More »

Linux kernel v3.9 adds full Chrome OS support

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Linus Torvalds has hit the button on Version 3.9, unleashing the latest Linux kernel onto the world and at the same time bringing some good news for Chromebook tinkerers. The update builds on the Chromebook Pixel tweak we saw back in February by adding support for components in “Chrome laptops sold by many companies” — with the changelog specifically mentioning ... Read More »

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) ‘Raring to go’ – Available Now

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The latest version of Ubuntu is now released. As earlier advised remember download servers may be very slow for the next 24-48 hours. Enjoy! http://www.ubuntu.com/ Related PostsUbuntu for Android is not dead Jedi Outcast for Linux on the way EverPad 2.5.3 – Native Evernote client Review – Turpial, Twitter Client for Linux App Review – Pure Ubuntu Phone OS Experience Read More »

BitTorrent Sync Experimental Data-synchronising goes Public

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Developers of the Bittorrent file-sharing process have opened an experimental data-synchronising tool up to the public. BitTorrent Sync uses peer-to-peer technology to send information between users’ PCs. Bittorrent have downloads for Windows XP sp3+, Mac 10.6+ and a host of Linux OS’s Linux ARM, Linux PowerPC, Linux i386, Linux x64, Linux_i386 (glibc 2.3), Linux_x64 (glibc 2.3), Linux PPC QorIQ It ... Read More »

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) released today

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Today the next instalment of Ubuntu hits the upgrade and download servers.  This release could be very important for Canonical as it is the first step to an integrated OS for PC, mobile, tablet and television.  Although some of these areas are not ready for everyday use they are all using the same base and apps created with the Ubuntu ... Read More »