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Pidora Is an Alternative Operating System for the Raspberry Pi
For the most part, Raspberry Pi users have only had one or two really strong operating systems to work with. If you're looking to try something different, Pidora is an OS built on the Linux system Fedora. Pidora is slightly different than something like Rasbian in a few ways. It comes with a handful of different software than Raspbian, including a ton of text editors, programming languages, and more. You also get a "headless mode" to operate your Pi without a monitor attached (and with the clever feature to say your IP address out loud when speakers…
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Infuse Flavors to Beer with a French Press
A good beer is a good beer, but if you're interested in pushing the envelope a little bit and expanding your beer's flavor, it turns out you don't have to do a complicated soak or extract a bunch of…
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Distro Issue 92: Building the Xbox One
In case you hadn't heard, Microsoft pulls the wraps off of its next-gen gaming console earlier this week at an event on its Redmond campus. A brand new issue of our slate magazine steps inside the…
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Retailers reportedly briefed on how the Xbox One…
The stage lights had barely dimmed at the Xbox One event before the internet started tripping over itself with questions about how the second-hand market was expected to operate -- or if there was…
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Bing news search now shows related topics and…
Microsoft's Bing may be a boy among men in the search-engine wars, but that's not stopping it from piling on new features. The latest are in its news search, where it just added a "trending topics"…
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Steve Jobs's family has been giving money away…
While late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs never brought public attention to his philanthropic efforts, he and his family have been giving money away anonymously for more than 20 years. The rise of…
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Jony Ive's new look for iOS 7: black, white, and…
With the grand unveiling of Apple’s next operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch approaching, sources have provided detailed descriptions of what users and developers alike could expect from the software’s fresh…
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A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
Good corporate governance is about many things — boards that act independently, robust shareholder rights, accurate accounting, reasonable and fair executive compensation, and so on. No single…
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Everything I Know About Project Management, I…
In George R.R. Martin’s masterful series, A Song of Ice and Fire (currently an HBO television show, Game of Thrones), many characters in the fantasy world of Westeros create goals, make
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Bugs & Fixes: iTunes 11.0.3 update improves app…
Along with the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the recently updated iTunes 11.0.3 introduces several interface tweaks. For my money, the most welcome addition is one that Apple…
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Build an Instagram-Powered Wallpaper Rotator with…
Changing up your wallpaper on a regular basis is a fun way to personalize your desktop, and there's no way to make it more personal than to use your own photos. You could download your photos…
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Jony Ive's iOS 7 redesign reportedly eliminates…
Rumors have been flying around about a major visual redesign to Apple's iOS ever since Jony Ive took on an interface design role following the departure of senior VP and mobile software head Scott…
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Free information, as great as it sounds, will…
Imagine our world later in this century, when machines have gotten better. Cars and trucks drive themselves, and there’s hardly ever an accident. Robots root through the earth for raw materials, and…
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Beyond The Button: Embracing The Gesture-Driven…
As a mobile UI or UX designer, you probably remember the launch of Apple’s first iPhone as if it was yesterday. Among other things, it introduced a completely touchscreen-centered interaction…
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The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men
If one were to recast The Rockford Files, as Universal Pictures is intending to do, would the Frat Pack actor Vince Vaughn seem the wisest choice to play Jim Rockford, the character James Garner…
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“La cultura no está en crisis; es crisis”
Umberto Eco (Alessandria, 1932) ha llegado a Burgos como el peregrino que remata su andadura en Santiago: con la sensación de haber cumplido una promesa. “Cuando tenía 20 años y…
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Officer Serrano’s Hidden Camera
Officer Pedro Serrano walked through the heavy wooden doors of the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx and headed upstairs to the locker room. For eight years he’d been working out of this…
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The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s…
You’re walking home alone on a quiet street. You hear footsteps approaching quickly from behind. It’s nighttime. Your senses scramble to help your brain figure out what to do. You…
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Beer Architecture: 9 Classic American Breweries
Beer is a staple of Americana, so it's only suitable that the buildings where it's brewed are often classic examples of American architecture. Even though some breweries eventually fall into…
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Brighton footballers cleared of sexually…
The four players who played for Brighton and Hove Albion had all maintained their innocence. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images Four footballers have been cleared of sexually assaulting a…