Linux Lebanese Users: Chromecast: Has Google stolen the living room from Apple and Microsoft?

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Chromecast: Has Google stolen the living room from Apple and Microsoft?

Chromecast: Has Google stolen the living room from Apple and Microsoft?
LibreOffice 4.1 arrives with better interoperability
Nexus 7 New vs iPad and the rest
OpenOffice 4.0 released, introduces sidebar interface

Chromecast: Has Google stolen the living room from Apple and Microsoft?

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Nexus or Android are not the big stories of the day, the biggest story of the day is a mere $35 HDMI dongle called Chromecast.

LibreOffice 4.1 arrives with better interoperability

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:34 AM PDT

The Document Foundation has released the 4.1 version of LibreOffice, the free and open source office suite for Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

Nexus 7 New vs iPad and the rest

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT

Google has finally taken wraps off the new Nexus 7 and the seven inch tablet is ready to take on its competitors. The previous generation Nexus 7 with a powerful hardware and affordable price tag, revolutionised the smaller tablet market. It took some time before other players - mainly Amazon and Apple could come up with devices that could compete with the Nexus 7. Google is in no mood to let the rival manufacturers get comfortable and has released much improved 2^nd generation Nexus 7, to stay in the lead.

OpenOffice 4.0 released, introduces sidebar interface

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Apache Software Foundation has released OpenOffice 4.0 which brings significant changes to the user interface and compatibility with Microsoft Office documents.

The new version of OpenOffice, has introduced a new sidebar, designed to take advantage of widescreen monitors. The side bar has been taken from IBM's Lotus Symphony office Suite, which was a fork of OpenOffice.