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We compare two very compelling boxes side by side & discover the advantages of Android as our HTPC. As two long time Linux users we were surprised & a little horrified. We share our strange journey to this place & why we are staying.

Plus we discuss the impact that free Windows 10 had on Linux, Microsoft’s lost opportunity & geek out over Noah’s cool new hardware.

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The Best Linux Set Top Box

NVIDIA SHIELD TV.

• NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with a 256-core GPU and 3GB RAM
• Android Marshmallow
• 4K playback at 60 FPS (VP9, H265, H264)
• 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound passthrough over HDMI
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Built in 802.11n, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
• HDMI 2.0
• Two USB 3.0 (Type A)
• MicroSD slot
• IR receiver (compatible with Logitech Harmony)
• Nvidia’s Library of features games, like Borderlands 2.
• Game controller is included.
• All of the apps finally feel living room ready.
• Like… Netflix, Hulu, Sling TV, Plex, YouTube, and my favorite Kodi.

• Starts at $200

• SHIELD Android TV Box vs Apple TV vs Roku vs Fire TV | SHIELD

• Arch Linux for Shield TV | nVidia Shield Android TV

I present to you instructions on how to get Arch Linux working natively on your shield TV dual booted with your Android rom. This is all thanks to the amazing people in this thread for getting Ubuntu on the shield and would not be possible without them.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shie…ld-tv-t3150352

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WD TV Live

Local Media
IR Remote
Doesn’t require a server component
No account / activation required
Runs it’s own media software

Matricom G-Box Q

Local Media
IR Remote
Doesn’t require a server component
No account / activation required
Runs Kodi (installed by default)

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Adlink’s Linux-ready MXE-5500 fanless industrial computer offers 6th Gen Core CPUs, 4K support, dual SATA bays, four GbE ports, mini-PCIe, USIM, and more.

Desktop App Pick

Gradio: A GTK3 app for finding and listening to internet radio stations

• Gradio 4.0 Adds Volume Control, Improves ‘Discover’ Section

Spotlight

NEW Natively Compatible Linux DJ Controller

Works out of the box with Linux
Presets built in for mix
Native controller AND audio interface
Separate audio interface for Headphones (native compatible with Linux)

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Slashdot Asks: Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Ends Today: What’s Your Thought On This?

While users have lauded Windows 10 for performance improvements, the Redmond-based company’s aggressive upgrade tactics have spoiled the experience for many. Whether it was installing Windows 10 on computers without users’ consent, or eating up tons of bandwidth for users who couldn’t afford it, or whether it was deceptive dialog boxes, Microsoft definitely deserves a lot of blame — and rightfully, a bunch of lawsuits. But many of these things, hopefully, will end today — July 29, 2016 (or to be exact, Saturday morning 5:59am EDT / 2:59am PDT) Today is officially the last day when eligible Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers could be upgraded to Windows 10 for free of charge. After this, an upgrade to Windows 10 will set you back by at least $119.

• Windows 10 pain: Reg man has 75 per cent upgrade failure rate

The laptops are Lenovo R61 and W510 systems, and the desktops are a garden variety box based on an Asus P7P55D Pro motherboard. The other desktop is my beloved Hydra 2.0 liquid cooled, dual-processor, monster system based on the EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard. These details turn out to be important in our story.

• Microsoft sued over Windows 10 update campaign

Three Florida men sued Microsoft in U.S. District Court in Florida on Friday, saying Microsoft’s Windows 10 update prompts violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements, as well as Federal Trade Commission prohibitions on deceptive and unfair practices.

Blackmagic Design Finally Introduces Fusion 8 For Linux

After acquiring Fusion back in 2014 from Canadian company eyeon software Inc, Blackmagic Design has put a lot of energy into developing one of the most advanced pieces of compositing software out there. After offering support for both, Windows and Mac platforms, the company just has announced Fusion 8 for Linux.

Editing = Cut a piece of footage and remove/add a bit in the middle.

Composting = Take an object that isn’t in the footage and put it there.

Motion graphics = take an inanimate object and animate it.

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Emby is an open source home media server, that brings all of your media together into one place & automatically converts and streams your media on-the-fly to any device. In other words, a legitimate Plex competitor. We give you our in-depth look.

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Emby – The open media solution

Bringing all of your media together into one place has never been easier. Your Emby Server automatically converts and streams your media on-the-fly to play on any device.

Prepare your media

Emby identifies your media according to folder structure, file name, and the type of library to which it is assigned. Once identified, Emby downloads information like posters, descriptions, and ratings that make media selection a rich experience. The requirements for organizing and naming files are quite flexible, but will require some basic structure.

The general recommendations are:

• Separate media into appropriate folders (e.g., Movies in a “Movies” folder, TV shows in a “TV Shows” folder, music in a “Music” folder, photos in a “Photos” folder, etc.)

• Movies should be named as “Name (Year).exe”, for example “Brave (2012).mp4”

• TV shows should include season and episode numbers in the name, and be stored in separate folders per show. For example: “\TV\Homeland\Homeland s01e01.mp4”

• Music should be stored within artist and album folders, such as “\Music\Artist\Album\tracks”

Install the Server

Once your media is named and organized, it’s time to install the Server. The server is available on a number of platforms ranging from Windows to Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Nas devices.

For more information, see installation.

Add Users

You may wish to add users and invite your friends. Users can have their own personalized media libraries, user data, recommendations and more.

For more information, see users.

• Has support for advanced features power users love, that likely does not appeal to the majority of Plex users.

Emby Supports Live TV

Built-in Live TV support, and support for external services.

• Amazon.com: HDHomeRun EXTEND 2-Tuner CordCutter Over-the-Air WiFi Streaming Media Playe

• Watch live streaming HD TV on your phone or tablet wherever you are in your home
  • Cut the cable and cut the subscription costs
  • Watch live HD TV on up to 2 devices simultaneously on your wifi or wired network
  • One click of our App to view live TV on Android or iOS
  • TV antenna required

Emby for Android

Bringing all of your personal media together into one place has never been easier! Emby unites your personal videos, music, and photos and streams them to your devices.

Emby Online Web Client

Visit https://app.emby.media from any web browser and sign in using Emby Connect. You’ll be able to connect any of your servers and enjoy all of your media.

Branding Support

Some basic support for branding, which could make Emby powered deployments for business a real nice option.

Donate and You Get More Features

Becoming an Emby supporter brings a number of additional benefits and bonus features. As an Emby Supporter you can enjoy:

• Cover Art
• Mobile Sync
• Cloud Sync

• Much more

• Learn more about becoming an Emby Supporter..

• Sync · MediaBrowser/Wiki Wiki · GitHub

The sync feature allows you to copy content to external devices for backup purposes, archiving in multiple resolutions, and offline viewing.

Emby for Kodi

Emby for Kodi is an add-on to enable connectivity to your Emby library within Kodi.

Emby Apps

• Android Mobile (Play Store)
• Android Mobile (Amazon)
• Android TV
• Amazon Fire TV
• HTML5
• iPad
• iPhone
• Kodi
• Media Portal
• Roku
• Windows Desktop
• Windows Media Center
• Windows Phone
• Windows 8

Notes

Minimum Requirements — no transcoding

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.6 GHz or better
• At least 1GB RAM for Windows/Mac OS X
• At least 512MB RAM for Linux
• Windows: Vista or later
• OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later
• Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux

Recommended Configuration — transcoding HD Content:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.4 GHz or better
• If transcoding for multiple devices, a faster CPU may be required
• At least 2GB RAM
• Windows: Vista or later
• OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later

• Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux

• Chris has noticed better compatibility under Firefox than Chrome, for playback, and Metadata management.

• Decoding Performance seems be worse than Plex… However both are using ffmpeg on the backend. Not sure why.

• My specific use case is a bit different than normal. I am running with a minimum amount of media. Enough to last the Finding Linux roadtrip, and maybe a bit more. I’m not loading it up with hundreds of TV shows and movies.

• Emby/LICENSE.md at master · MediaBrowser/Emby · GitHub

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991

FileBot – The ultimate TV and Movie Renamer / Subtitle Downloader

FileBot is the ultimate tool for organizing and renaming your movies, tv shows or anime, and music well as downloading subtitles and artwork. It’s smart and just works.

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Disney’s light-bulb Runs Linux, supports TCP

Now, boffins working for Disney Research have taken LED-based comms a step further, adding a Linux TCP/IP network stack to a consumer lamp.

Desktop App Pick

Privoxy

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Weekly Spotlight

sshuttle · GitHub

As far as I know, sshuttle is the only program that solves the following
common case:

• Your client machine (or router) is Linux, FreeBSD, or MacOS.
• You have access to a remote network via ssh.
• You don’t necessarily have admin access on the remote network.
• The remote network has no VPN, or only stupid/complex VPN
  protocols (IPsec, PPTP, etc). Or maybe you are the
  admin and you just got frustrated with the awful state of
  VPN tools.
• You don’t want to create an ssh port forward for every
  single host/port on the remote network.
• You hate openssh’s port forwarding because it’s randomly
  slow and/or stupid.
• You can’t use openssh’s PermitTunnel feature because
  it’s disabled by default on openssh servers; plus it does
  TCP-over-TCP, which has terrible performance (see below).

— NEWS —

Microsoft Has Own Distro

Microsoft has developed its own Linux distribution. And Azure runs it to do networking.

Redmond’s revealed that it’s built something called Azure Cloud Switch (ACS), describing it as “a cross-platform modular operating system for data center networking built on Linux” and “our foray into building our own software for running network devices like switches.”

But it appears Redmond couldn’t find SDN code to fits its particular needs, as it says ACS “… focuses on feature development based on Microsoft priorities” and “allows us to debug, fix, and test software bugs much faster. It also allows us the flexibility to scale down the software and develop features that are required for our datacenter and our networking needs.”

• Microsoft showcases the Azure Cloud Switch (ACS)

ACS believes in the power of Open Networking. ACS together with the open, standardized SAI interface allows us to exploit new hardware faster and enables us to ride the tide of ASIC innovation while simultaneously being able to operate on multiple platforms. Running on Linux, ACS is able to make use of its vibrant ecosystem. ACS allows to use and extend Open Source, Microsoft, and Third Party applications. The main functional blocks from top to the bottom of the ACS stack are shown in the figure below.

VirtualBox No Long to Provide Info about Security Vulnerabilities

This update fixes an unspecified security issue in VirtualBox related to
guests using bridged networking via WiFi. Oracle no longer provides
information on specific security vulnerabilities in VirtualBox. To still
support users of the already released Debian releases we’ve decided to
update these to the respective 4.1.40 and 4.3.30 bugfix releases.

Ubuntu Hardware Store

It just got even easier to buy Ubuntu laptops, desktops and phones from India’s biggest online retailer.

Canonical has opened a brand new “brand store” for Ubuntu products on Snapdeal, who are the exclusive stockists of the Bq Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition and E5 Ubuntu Edition smartphones in India.

China’s Year of the Linux Desktop

For years, the “year of the Linux desktop” was right around the corner: Open-source software would displace Windows (or Window$), and usher in a glorious, peaceful revolution in the computing industry.

If Dell is to be believed, that revolution is happening now.

Dell’s head of China told The Wall Street Journal that NeoKylin Linux is shipped on 42 percent of the PCs it sells into the country, primarily for the commercial and government PCs that Dell specializes in. Hewlett-Packard also ships NeoKylin-equipped PCs to China, the paper said, but it’s unclear how many they sell with the OS installed.

• A Chinese OS at last? More than 40 per cent of Dell PCs in China now running homegrown Windows alternative

America’s crackdown on open-source Wi-Fi router firmware

Analysis America’s broadband watchdog is suffering a backlash over plans to control software updates to Wi-Fi routers, smartphones, and even laptops.

In a proposed update [PDF] to the regulator’s rules over radiofrequency equipment, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would oblige manufacturers to “specify which parties will be authorized to make software changes.”

In addition, it proposes that “modifications by third parties should not be permitted unless the third party receives its own certification.”

• Save WiFi – LibrePlanet

AMD Confirms Vulkan Driver For Linux, But To Start Off As Closed-Source

AMD has finally revealed some basic details concerning their support of Vulkan on Linux. AMD has a Vulkan driver but it will begin its life as closed-source, reports Phoronix. In time the AMD Vulkan driver will transition to being open-source. This Vulkan driver is built to interface with their new AMDGPU kernel DRM driver that’s part of their long talked about AMD open-source strategy for Linux. This closed-then-open Vulkan driver will be competing with Valve’s Intel Vulkan driver that will be open from day one.

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Google is making health search results a lot more in your face with information sourced from their “Knowledge Graph”. But what is the Google Knowledge Graph? We explain.

Plus Apple to focus on stability, Samsung warns you to be careful what you say in front of your TV & why we’re not all that surprised.

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Official Google Blog: A remedy for your health-related questions: health info in the Knowledge Graph

So starting in the next few days, when you ask Google about common health conditions, you’ll start getting relevant medical facts right up front from the Knowledge Graph. We’ll show you typical symptoms and treatments, as well as details on how common the condition is—whether it’s critical, if it’s contagious, what ages it affects, and more. For some conditions you’ll also see high-quality illustrations from licensed medical illustrators. Once you get this basic info from Google, you should find it easier to do more research on other sites around the web, or know what questions to ask your doctor.

Apple’s iOS 9 to have ‘huge’ stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions

For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Monarch, is going to include a collection of under-the-hood improvements. Sources tell us that iOS 9 engineers are putting a “huge” focus on fixing bugs, maintaining stability, and boosting performance for the new operating system, rather than solely focusing on delivering major new feature additions. Apple will also continue to make efforts to keep the size of the OS and updates manageable, especially for the many millions of iOS device owners with 16GB devices.

Your Samsung smart telly: WATCH IT, it’s watching you watch it • The Register

Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.

New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace – The Washington Post

The Obama administration is establishing a new agency to combat the deepening threat from cyberattacks, and its mission will be to fuse intelligence from around the government when a crisis occurs.

The agency is modeled after the National Counterterrorism Center, which was launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks amid criticism that the government failed to share intelligence that could have unraveled the al-Qaeda plot.

Over the past several years, a series of significant cyber-incidents has affected U.S. companies and government networks, increasing the profile of the threat for policymakers and industries. Disruptions, linked to Iran, of major bank Web sites, a Russian intrusion into the White House’s unclassified computer networkand the North Korean hack of Sony Pictures have raised the specter of devastating consequences if critical infrastructure were destroyed.

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We look into the near future with two trendsetting stories that impact technology in cars & 4K TV’s big successor. Then we peek into the near past with one promising technology that failed & the first author to hunt a hacker.

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Ford Ditches Microsoft Partnership On Sync, Goes With QNX

Ford’s in-car infotainment system known as Sync will soon evolve to add a capacitive touch screen, better integration with smartphone apps and, eventually, support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in version 3, thanks to a switch of operating systems. After years of teaming with Microsoft, the automobile giant has switched to BlackBerry’s QNX, a real time operating system renowned for stability.

LG To Show Off New 55-Inch 8K Display at CES

One of the most in-your-face buzzwords of the past year has been “4K,” and there’s little doubt that the forthcoming CES show in early January will bring it back in full force. As it stands today, 4K really isn’t that rare, or expensive. You can even get 4K PC monitors for an attractive price. There does remain one issue, however; a lack of 4K content. We’re beginning to see things improve, but it’s still slow going. Given that, you might imagine that display vendors would hold off on trying to push that resolution envelope further — but you just can’t stop hardware vendors from pushing the envelope. Earlier this year, both Apple and Dell unveiled “5K” displays that nearly doubled the number of pixels of 4K displays. 4K already brutalizes top-end graphics cards and lacks widely available video content, and yet here we are looking at the prospect of 5K. Many jaws dropped when 4K was first announced, and likewise with 5K. Now? Well, yes, 8K is on its way. We have LG to thank for that. At CES, the company will be showing-off a 55-inch display that boasts a staggering 33 million pixels — derived from a resolution of 7680×4320. It might not be immediately clear, but that’s far more pixels than 4K, which suggests this whole “K” system of measuring resolutions is a little odd. On paper, you might imagine that 8K has twice the pixels of 4K, but instead, it’s 4x.

The Cuckoo’s Egg

The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage is a 1989 book written by Clifford Stoll. It is his first-person account of the hunt for a computer hacker who broke into a computer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL).

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The best stories from day 0 of E3 and we debate about the value of the Playstation TV. Plus it’s round two of Netflix vs Verizon, and we debunk the recent Turing test story.

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E3 2014 day one: everything you need to know

The first day of E3 2014 has come and gone, and it did not disappoint. All four major press conferences brought new games, footage, and excitement for PC gamers. Did you miss the fun? Don\’t worry: we\’re here to help. Here\’s our round-up of day one at E3 2014.

E3 2014: PlayStation TV Coming to North America

With support for PlayStation Now, Vita titles, and PS1 and PSP classics, PlayStation TV owners will have access to over 1000 games when it launches for $99 USD.

At E3 2014, Microsoft\’s Xbox One focus is all about games

The takeaway: Trust us, we\’ve listened and learned since last year — the Xbox One entertainment vision is in the backseat, and it\’s now all about the games.

"Today we are dedicating our entire briefing to games" – Phil Spencer, Microsoft Game Studios #E32014 #E3 pic.twitter.com/2yM7TmRhut

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\”Today we are dedicating our entire briefing to games\” – Phil Spencer, Microsoft Game Studios

E3 Winners & Losers: Day Zero

• Batman: Arkham Knight

TheGodEmperor has an amazing List compiled of Platform Exclusives and multi-plat

No, A \’Supercomputer\’ Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better

Okay, almost everything about the story is bogus. Let\’s dig in:

1. It\’s not a \”supercomputer,\” it\’s a chatbot. It\’s a script made to mimic human conversation. There is no intelligence, artificial or not involved. It\’s just a chatbot.
2. Plenty of other chatbots have similarly claimed to have \”passed\” the Turing test in the past (often with higher ratings). Here\’s a story from three years ago about another bot, Cleverbot, \”passing\” the Turing Test by convincing 59% of judges it was human (much higher than the 33% Eugene Goostman) claims.
3. It \”beat\” the Turing test here by \”gaming\” the rules — by telling people the computer was a 13-year-old boy from Ukraine in order to mentally explain away odd responses.
4. The \”rules\” of the Turing test always seem to change. Hell, Turing\’s original test was quite different anyway.
5. As Chris Dixon points out, you don\’t get to run a single test with judges that you picked and declare you accomplished something. That\’s just not how it\’s done. If someone claimed to have created nuclear fusion or cured cancer, you\’d wait for some peer review and repeat tests under other circumstances before buying it, right?
6. The whole concept of the Turing Test itself is kind of a joke. While it\’s fun to think about, creating a chatbot that can fool humans is not really the same thing as creating artificial intelligence. Many in the AI world look on the Turing Test as a needless distraction.

• The heat is on: Honeywell is finally challenging the Nest thermostat

It\’s a $279 Wi-Fi thermostat (available today to purchase through HVAC contractors; it\’ll be available in Lowe\’s stores by August) that is one of the most visually appealing products in the space, as well as an obvious response to the Nest Learning thermostat. But perhaps more importantly, Lyric is also a platform. The company\’s ambition is to launch a full suite of Lyric products that can all be controlled your smartphone.

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Our best ideas for the geek in your life, or your self! With everything from digital goods, to a few favorites this episode has something for everyone.

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Star Trek Uniform Polos: https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1135/

Custom Star Trek Figures: https://cubify.com/Startrek

Metro: Last Light: https://store.steampowered.com/app/43160/

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Angela and Chris go over fond memorabilia from childhood and some rather funny takes on Disney movies, then travel down memory lane with some classic TV memories.

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Mike’s had his Ouya for a couple weeks and shares his review, plus Microsoft announces the Xbox One but the developer situation seems a bit murky.

Meanwhile Chris suspects the world is ignoring the big chances Apple could dominate the living in just a few minutes, with the push of some bits.

Plus picking the right language for an open source project, Openshift v Heroku, and thoughts on the future of Go.

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“The whole point of the Oracle Google suit was that Oracle was passed that Google didn\’t use their VM but instead wrote their own VM based on the open Java language specifications. So given that I don\’t see Java language specification being closed any time soon, and that Google are unlikely to drop their Dalvik implementation (especially after basically getting a soft slap on the wrist in the courts), TechCrunch\’s Java question was stupid, Larry Page fscked up not calling them out (maybe he was sick) and you guys should have picked up in this.”

• Mike is developing an HTML5 tool and asks if we feel the Apple Mac App Store is more profitable than the Chrome Webstore and WinRT Store combined.

• Spindl — Zane’s new Ubuntu app:https://zaneswafford.com/hamburger/ AKA Hamburger project

• Matt asks what we think of Openshift v Heroku and if we think Google is likely to kill Go

• Trond asks if he should use C or C++ for an OSS library

• Michael bought a year of Godaddy using our code (nice) and wonders what PHP MVC framework he should try

• Chris asks if we think Xbox One will have an XNA like SDK — if so what will it be?

Ouya Review

• Ouya review: can an indie console take on Sony and Microsoft? | The Verge

Let\’s say everything goes exactly right for Ouya. Every good game in the Play Store becomes available to Ouya, Netflix and Amazon decide to play nice with the device, and the ROM and hacker community explode and make every app and many more available to the nascent platform. Then and only then, Ouya can be viable — if it can combine a decent set-top box with a decent gaming platform, it may have a case to make for your $99. But those are a lot of cards that have to fall a particular way, and without them the Ouya is a lot more like a Raspberry Pi than an Xbox 360.

• This is OUYA! – IGN

Anyway that was my experience with the console. It\’s still early, but the platform seems to be shaping up nicely. Only time will tell if it can actually grab the attention of gamers everywhere.

• Ouya: The infinite garage sale | Joystiq

It\’s difficult not to weigh the Ouya\’s current shortcomings against all of its grand, much-publicized promise, but all of that grandiosity has to be reconciled with an important fact: The Ouya costs $99. Even if competent mobile ports are the best games the Ouya ever gets, that\’s an incredibly low barrier of entry for consumers and developers alike. How many good games does it take to be considered a good return on a $99 investment? One? Five? 10?

XBox One For Devs

• Is Microsoft abandoning indie game developers with the Xbox One? – NBC News.com

So the leaders of the indie game community clearly weren\’t thrilled by the Xbox One reveal. But does that mean that Microsoft is hanging them out to dry? Possibly. An independent developer who has worked with Microsoft in the past told NBC News that \”premium\” has become something of a buzzword for the company\’s new console, as if to emphasize that the company wants to maintain a strong hand in curating all gaming content that appears on XBLA.

• Xbox One opinions from developers vary on Kinect 2, TV centric focus

A few developers have weighed in on the Xbox One reveal, with many citing confusion over why we have to have Kinect 2 enabled all the time, and why the main focus was on the television aspect of the console — and not the games.

• Kinect lets you interact with ads, may spy on your mood – NBC News.com

Microsoft on Thursday revealed new details about its \”NUads,\” which are coming to Xbox Live this fall. NUads are interactive advertisements that put the Kinect\’s motion-sensing and voice-detecting abilities to work.

• Microsoft Files Patent for Ad-Serving Tech That Senses Mood | Digital – Advertising Age

In an application filed in December 2010 but just made public last week, Microsoft sought to patent an advertising engine that gauges people\’s emotional states based on their search queries, emails, instant messages and use of online games, as well as facial expressions, speech patterns and body movements. The ad engine is device-agnostic; as Microsoft noted in its application, \”client devices\” could include personal digital assistants, smart phones, laptops, PCs and gaming devices.

• Patent Suggest Kinect Could Charge Per Person When Playing A Movie

A patent filed by Microsoft indicates that Kinect could count the number of viewers watching (or playing) content and allow the content supplier to charge a fee per person.

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Linux went BIG at CES this year, we’ll cover the highlights and give you the full scoop on Ubuntu TV, and other Linux loving gadgets!

PLUS: A preview release of Unity has been unleashed upon the web, we’ll tell you about all the shiny bits, and introduce you to a great Linux game, IN SPAAACE!

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• Linux kernel exceeds 15 million lines of code
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• PC-BSD 9.0 Released!

Linux\’s Best at CES:

• Linux Takes on a Bigger Role at This Year\’s CES
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Hybrid preview: hands-on impressions, video, and pictures
• Ubuntu Success @ CES
• Ubuntu TV video hands-on
• Interview with Ubuntu TV\’s Pete Goodall
• Marvell Introduces Tiny SMILE Plug Classroom Server at CES
• 3rd generation MakerBot a 3D printer that used open source software
• CES 2012: OpenMobile Makes Android Apps Run On Everything

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2012 is here, we kick it in the face, and tell you exactly what to expect all year long!

PLUS: We’ll play back our predictions from 2011, and man up to what we got wrong! HINT: NOT MUCH!

THEN: Rumor has it an Ubuntu TV is on the way, but is it all blown out of proportion? Tune in to find out!

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