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Newsweek To Go Digital-Only In 2013 110

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 18, 2012 @04:25PM from the wish-it-was-worth-caring-more-about dept.

Tony Isaac writes "Newsweek has announced that it will cease print publication at the end of the year, going all-digital. The new digital edition will still be based on a subscription model. Who will be next?"

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Out Now; Raring Ringtail In the Works 318

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 18, 2012 @02:21PM from the that-alphabet-song-really-gets-in-your-head dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The six month cycle that Canonical adheres to for Ubuntu releases has come around again today. Ubuntu 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' has been released. There's a whole range of new features and updates, but here are the most important: WebApps — treats online services as if they are desktop apps (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook); Online Services — control logins to all your services from a single window and get them integrated into search results (e.g. GDocs for file searches); Dash Preview — right click any icon, get a detailed preview of what it is; Linux kernel 3.5.4; GNOME 3.6; Nautilus 3.4; latest Unity; No more Unity 2D, fallback is the Gallium llvmpipe software rasterizer; Default apps updated (Firefox 16.01, Thunderbird 16.01, LibreOffice 3.6.2, Totem, Shotwell, Rythmbox); Full disc encryption available during install; Single, 800MB distribution for all architectures." It's now available for download. The next version, due in six months' time, will be called Raring Ringtail.

Comment Re:Everyone has pie in the sky sci-fi, who cares? (Score 1) 267

by CompComp on Thursday October 11, 2012 @12:38AM (#41615901) Attached to: Kurzweil: The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity

And thus the first Borg was revealed...

Comment Price dropped $0.50 in 3 months? (Score 2) 398

by CompComp on Saturday June 23, 2012 @10:01PM (#40425421) Attached to: U.S. Gas Prices Continue To Fall

Experts Agree: With this trend, by this time next year gas will cost $1.50, and 2 years from now, they'll be paying US $0.50 to take away a gallon of gas!

Comment Re:Near miss? Near hit, rather.... (Score 5, Insightful) 120

by CompComp on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:02AM (#40396295) Attached to: Astronomers Catch Asteroid In Near-Miss Video

The asteroid missed. It didn't miss by by a large amount- it came near. It was a near miss. It didn't hit, so it wasn't a "near hit" or a "far hit".

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