When Canonical announced Mir, their own display server, everyone asked the same question. What will happen with the other non-Unity distros? Canonical developers are trying to solve this issue right now. Ubuntu is not just an operating system, it's actually more of an ecosystem that integrates multipl... [read more >>] A statement titled “Apple’s Commitment to Customer Privacy” is available on Apple’s PR site as of today, an effort to convince the public that the Cupertino giant doesn’t betray users by handing over their personal information to government agencies. The Mac maker maintains it... [read more >>] Given the importance that both Microsoft and Sony placed on their next-generation consoles during the run-up to E3 2013 and at their press conferences, it's weird to see that the devices were much less prominent on the show floor.
I got to play some of the PlayStation 4 titles that Sony was using to s... [read more >>] The Xbox One is not a beautiful device but gamers will certainly judge it based on its power and the video games that Microsoft makes available at launch.I got to play Ryse: Son of Rome at E3 2013, and the game shows what the Xbox One is capable of delivering in terms of graphics quality.Crytek is known for... [read more >>] At E3 2013, the team at CD Projekt RED offered gamers a chance to witness, for the first time, a significant gameplay demo from their upcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, featuring a look at the open world structure, the new combat mechanics and details on the story.
The visual upgrade is clear as soon as th... [read more >>] A new report released by the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) this June 13 highlights 2012's financial losses linked to climate change and global warming.
The NCDC shows that, over the course of just 12 months, the US suffered natural disasters-induced damages amounting to $110 billion (€... [read more >>] The debate about the default Internet browser in Ubuntu rages on and it seems that Chromium will most likely replace Firefox.
The proposition to replace Firefox with Chromium has been made during the last vUDS, but a decision was not reached at that time.
This debate has surfaced again, on the Ubuntu dev... [read more >>] Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile might be finally getting ready for the unveiling of the long rumored Xperia Togari phablet, which has been recently said to arrive on shelves as Xperia ZU, or Xperia Z Ultra.
The company has already sent out press invites for an event set to take place in Paris on J... [read more >>] Total War: Rome 2 will be the best PC game of the year, according to the development team at The Creative Assembly, and the E3 2013 hands-on time I spent with the game is a sign that they might be right.
The strategy game takes gamers back to the Ancient world and developers are showing the campaign map fo... [read more >>] I was pretty sure that the FIFA series was unable to ever surprise me again, but EA Sports has managed to prove me wrong with the new installment of its series, which is the first one to use the new Ignite engine technology on next-generation consoles.At E3 2013, the team at EA Sports has a dedicated l... [read more >>] |