As the World Wide Web turns Do you ever wish you could use Facebook Messenger as a desktop application in Linux? Maybe something a little like Facebook Messenger for Windows? Sure, there is more than one way to connect with your Facebook friends in Linux with programs like Pidgin, Empathy & Telepathy. But none of [...]
Tennis Elbow 2013 Now Available For Linux
Linux? Chances are you’ve never suffered from Tennis Elbow… If you’ve ever woken up in the morning with a hankering for a Tennis simulation on Linux, you’ve certainly been disappointed each time. Until now, the only simulation we’ve ever heard of — and the only one Google has ever heard of — is Free Tennis. [...]
Antares Rocket Launch Scrubbed at T-12 Minutes
This evening’s planned launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket had to be canceled just 12 minutes before liftoff, due to the unexpected separation of the booster’s umbilical cable while the vehicle was on the launch pad. This is the first attempt to fly the Antares rocket, which is a commercial craft and direct competitor to the [...]
AOKP Drops SuperSU for Open Source Superuser
The Android Open Kang Project (AOKP), one of the most popular custom Android builds currently available, has just unveiled their 6th build of Jelly Bean. Along with the normal host of bug fixes and improvements, this build features an especially important addition: the removal of SuperSU in favor of Superuser. Open Source Prevails As we’ve [...]
OpenShot Reaches Halfway In Kickstarter Campaign
OpenShot, the leading (currently) open source video editing package for Linux has reached the halfway point in its Kickstarter campaign today. OpenShot, which seeks 20k in funding to release upcoming versions of its software for Windows and Mac, has crossed the 10k threshold and is inching towards 11k. And with 22 days left to go [...]
Gold Farmers May Face Heavier Treasury Scrutiny Under New FinCEN Guidance
On March 18, FinCEN – the financial crimes enforcement arm of the United States Treasury – released guidance regarding the use of BitCoin and other virtual currencies that are exchanged for actual cash. This ruling could have meaning, however, for “gold farmers” as well. Gold farmers, or businesses that deal in the buying, selling and [...]
Closed-source Linux Tycoon Now Available For DOS
From a cube-shaped planet far from earth… From the deepest darkest corner of the deepest darkest dungeon of Bizarro World, Bryan Lunduke releases Linux Tycoon, his closed-source game about an open source operating system for a closed source operating system no one uses. That’s right, you thought today’s earlier headlines were a pump-fake-pass for April [...]
Google Keep Cameos To Challenge Evernote, Changes Mind
Stunt or stumble? I’m gonna go ahead and file this one in the publicity stunt pile. Every time a new Google service is about to emerge, it peeks its head above water just enough for someone to take notice. And that’s what happened today with Google Keep. Earlier today, Android mega-site Android Police was able [...]
Chocolatey Attempts Debian Style Package Management In Windows
Yeah, we know. It reads like a premature April Fool’s headline, which is something we’re pretty good at. But this is a real thing. Chocolatey allows users to install applications in the fastest way possible — sort of — by typing a simple command; not entirely unlike apt-get. So, how does it work? Well, Chocolatey [...]
Kerbal Space Program Gets Native Linux Version
I don’t play many PC games, in fact, I only play one: Kerbal Space Program (KSP). KSP is a spaceflight game in which you personally design and build every craft you launch, with the goal (such as it is) to explore the solar system. If you can dream it up, you can build it. Not [...]