ANDROID APP REVIEW
Fast Burst Camera: When Great Action Shots Are Enough
Fast Burst Camera: When Great Action Shots Are Enough
Friday - September 7, 2012
Spritefish's Fast Burst Camera may be just the app for sports photography. I've reviewed camera apps for Android OS before, and I've been particularly fond of
Vignette, with its 76 customizable photo effects including infrared. That app is superior to market leader Instagram. I'm now raving about Camera Zoom FX, which I believe to be the best Android camera app out there, based on sheer image quality and pro-friendly adjustability, like white balance. However, Spritefish claims that Fast Burst Camera can take up to 30 photos per second.
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LINUX BLOG SAFARI
The Linux Professional Job Quest: 4 Real-Life Tales
The Linux Professional Job Quest: 4 Real-Life Tales
Thursday - September 6, 2012
They say everyone has a story to tell, and certainly Linux geeks are no exception. So it was with great anticipation that Linux Girl came upon an "Ask Slashdot" posting recently titled, "How Did You Become a Linux Professional?" "I'm interested in taking my skills to the next level -- and making a career out of it," wrote blogger ternarybit.
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Motorola Goes for Bleeding Edge With New RAZR Line
Thursday - September 6, 2012
Motorola has unveiled three new devices in its Razr smartphone line, touting extended battery life and larger screen size as their main selling points. All three will be available from Verizon Wireless later this year. They will come preloaded with various Google services, including the Chrome browser, Google Play, Google Maps, Voice Actions for Android and Google+.
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LINUX PICKS AND PANS
SolusOS Has Something Cool for Veterans, Novices Alike
SolusOS Has Something Cool for Veterans, Novices Alike
Wednesday - September 5, 2012
SolusOS is a relatively new Linux distribution that is attracting considerable interest as an alternative to unpopular desktop replacements for traditional Linux user interfaces. It has much to offer Linux users who reject the Gnome 3 desktop and find little appeal from the KDE and Unity desktop environments. It also provides Linux newcomers from the Microsoft platform a comfortable and familiar desktop experience.
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White House Mobilizes Devs for App Upgrade
Wednesday - September 5, 2012
The White House launched new versions of its mobile app Tuesday, releasing the app source code along with the new version in an invitation for developers to tinker with the revamped iOS and Android apps. The apps, which have been rebuilt from the ground up, now feature live video streams of White House events and access to 99 percent of the content on WhiteHouse.gov.
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LINUX BLOG SAFARI
A Murder Is Announced, but No Corpse Can Be Found
A Murder Is Announced, but No Corpse Can Be Found
Tuesday - September 4, 2012
Well, it pains Linux Girl to have to write these words, but it looks like the "Death of Desktop Linux" story is back for another round. Yes, after countless debates and discussions of the topic ad nauseum over the years -- the most recent being just a few short months ago, in fact -- it recently reared its ugly head again, like a zombie that just won't quit.
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BEST OF ECT NEWS
Can Microsoft Possibly Earn FOSSers' Respect?
Can Microsoft Possibly Earn FOSSers' Respect?
Monday - September 3, 2012
Microsoft may not have fully endeared itself into the FOSS rank and file with its recent attempt to hold hands with the open source community. Feelings are not unanimous regarding the commercial software giant's decision in April to front a company-owned subsidiary called "Microsoft Open Technologies."
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ANDROID APP REVIEW
Switchpro Widget: A Passel of Pretty Little Toggles
Switchpro Widget: A Passel of Pretty Little Toggles
Friday - August 31, 2012
If you're a regular reader of this column, you may remember that I recently took a look at Cloud TV's HD Widgets, an app for creating your own elegant, translucent widgets to replace ugly stock widgets that appear to permeate today's Android phones -- Motorola, I'm referring to you mainly.
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LINUX BLOG SAFARI
Linux's Brilliant New Gaming Career
Linux's Brilliant New Gaming Career
Thursday - August 30, 2012
The legendary Mark Twain is said to have once observed, "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes," and much the same sentiment could just as well be applied to life here in the Linux world. To wit: Not so very long ago, gaming was held up as one of the big obstacles keeping PC users off of Linux and on Windows instead.
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LINUX PICKS AND PANS
Blender Graphics Editor Slices, Dices and Amazes
Blender Graphics Editor Slices, Dices and Amazes
Wednesday - August 29, 2012
Blender is such a highly specialized and powerful rendering app that at least two Linux distros are built around it. This cross-platform 3D graphics application matches features and performance of the leading commercial equivalent software packages. Professional-strength rendering software is not a tool for tinkerers.
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Sony Takes Another Swing at Android Tablets With Xperia S
Wednesday - August 29, 2012
Sony on Wednesday launched the Xperia Tablet S at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. It's the second generation of the Tablet S, and it continues its predecessor's positioning as both a tablet and a universal remote control. However, the Xperia Tablet S is slimmer than its predecessor.
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Firefox 15 Goes on a Memory Diet
Wednesday - August 29, 2012
Better management of memory and updates highlight the latest release of the Mozilla Foundation's Web browser, Firefox 15. Firefox's development team has steadily improved the browser's memory management over recent months, but with this release of the program, it's targeting a major contributor to the software's piggish memory ways: add-on applications.
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