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Chromium OS for All SBC Crams Chromium Onto a Raspberry Pi

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You can already install Chromium onto just about any computer out there, but that doesn’t include single board computers, like the Raspberry Pi or C.H.I.P. While it’s still early in development, Chromium OS for All SBC seeks to fix that oversight.

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OpenStack Developer Mailing List Digest March 12-18

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Create a VNet-to-VNet VPN in the Azure Management Portal

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Learn how to create two virtual networks (VNets) and link them together using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the new Azure Management Portal.

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What Lies Beneath: The First Transatlantic Communications Cables

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For some reason, communications and power infrastructure fascinates me, especially the long-haul lines that move power and data over huge distances. There’s something about the scale of these projects that really gets to me, whether it’s a high-tension line marching across the countryside or a cell tower on some remote mountain peak. I recently wrote about infrastructure with a field guide that outlines some of the equipment you can spot on utility poles. But the poles and wires all have to end at the shore. Naturally we have to wonder about the history of the utilities you can’t see – …read more

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Understanding ARM Chips for Servers, the Cloud and IoT

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Docker Container Orchestration: What You Need to Know

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IEEE delivers Ethernet-for-cars standard

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802.3bw, aka 100BASE-T1, is optimised for wire weight

The march of Ethernet into motor vehicles continues, with the IEEE launching the first automotive standard for 100 Mbps Ethernet over single twisted pair cables.…

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Whatever happened to Green IT?

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When low energy levels are a good thing

Call it green computing or sustainable IT, ten years ago it was all the rage. The IT press was filled with articles about it. Today, it’s hard to find a headline that mentions it. What happened?…

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Amazon Web Services Turns Ten Years Old

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Mechanic computers used to pwn cars in new model-agnostic attack

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Proof-of-concept gets shiny sharp new teeth.

Nullcon Hacker Craig Smith has designed an attack whereby a car bearing malicious code could infect computers used in mechanics’ workshops. The workshop computers emerge capable of infecting nearly any other vehicle that arrives for service.…

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Oops! Microsoft says its ‘Bitcoin ban’ was a bug, not a feature

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Skyhook Wireless brings location services to wearables in a petite package

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Table with glass of water, fitness wearable and smartphone on it. Skyhook Wireless has been working on location technology for longer than many of the biggest names in smartphones have been around. Today it launched a new SDK aimed at bringing location to wearables in an extremely small code footprint. The challenge with wearables when it comes to location is that there isn’t a lot of real estate inside them and thus they tend to have underpowered… Read More

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LG builds a DAB+ digital radio radio into a smartmobe

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Not everyone has Spotify, or the download allowance to use it

Here’s an oddity: LG has launched a smartphone with a built-in DAB+ broadcast digital radio.…

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A simple typo stopped a $1 billion bank heist

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Typos happen, and it’s not usually the end of the world. Worst case: you just go back and fix them. A typo has probably never cost you money, and even if it has, […]

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Phonvert has a plan to convert old smartphones into IoT nodes

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pic While many retired smartphones still work and have usable sensors like cameras, accelerometers, touch screens and bluetooth radios, large swaths of them remain unused or, worse yet, end up in landfills. The team at Phonvert created an open source software platform that can convert old smartphones into usable IoT (Internet of Things) nodes. Read More

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WD’s PiDrive gives your Raspberry Pi 314GB of storage

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Sure, you can already add storage to your Raspberry Pi, but it’s usually an exercise in trade-offs: SD cards don’t hold much data, and USB drives (even the portable ones) tend to be too big and power-hungry for a mini PC. WD doesn’t think you should have to compromise, though. It’s shipping a new PiDrive that stuffs 314GB into a slim design that won’t overwhelm the Pi’s power system, but is fast enough to make full use of the USB connection. It even has a special version of BerryBoot (a multi-operating system tool) to help you load your platform of choice and fill that abundant space with apps.

The PiDrive is relatively expensive. Its normal $45.81 (£39.50) price is higher than that of the Raspberry Pi itself, and even a "limited-time" cut to $31.42 (£27.09) may have you thinking carefully before pulling the trigger. If you have a media server or another Raspberry Pi project that simply can’t get by on a few dozen gigs, though, it might be worth shelling out a little extra.

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Google adds support for Microsoft Office, Facebook at Work, Slack and others to its single sign-on solution

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unnamed Google doesn’t just offer its own web-based productivity apps, but it also offers a service for business users who want to use Google as an identity provider for accessing other online services using the widely used SAML standard. Today, Google is adding a few new options to this program, which now includes a number of Google competitors. Among the 14 new pre-configured options are the… Read More

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Zubie makes your car part of the Internet of Things

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Zubie connected car device It seems like I talk about connected cars and V2X and autonomous vehicles like it’s my job. Probably because it is. But like a lot of people, I do not yet own a car that’s connected in any way. There are a lot of new companies that want to rectify this situation for us by using the OBD-II port to bring Wi-Fi and connected apps to the cars we already drive. If you’re wondering… Read More

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Facebook and Google aren’t the best of friends, but they’re willing to make exceptions for the right causes: Google has joined Facebook’s Open Compute Project in a bid to improve data centers everywhere. It’s starting off by contributing a new server rack spec that both improves power handling and lets project members’ racks slip into Google computing farms. The move isn’t entirely surprising, even though it involves an arch-rival. Google is no stranger to building its own hardware — it’s just offering some of that know-how to the tech industry in hopes of getting some upgrades in return.

It’s not the only company making moves, either. Microsoft is contributing SONiC, or Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. The code should help companies build switches and other networking gear using open source, widely compatible technology. While you probably won’t see a lot of these collaborations first-hand, you might just notice the difference if your favorite cloud services run that much faster or supply you with more storage.

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Brad Dickinson | DuckDuckGo Search Tips and Tricks to get the best out of it

DuckDuckGo Search Tips and Tricks to get the best out of it

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Undoubtedly Google and Bing are among the more popular search engines in the world of internet. Along with Google, every other search engine is evolving and implementing new features and techniques to serve at it’s best. In this race, there is one more upstart search engine called DuckDuckGo is making the unique presence. As we all know, every search engine we use tracks us and shows the results based on that. But, DuckDuckGo does not track you and maintains privacy. Not only that, you can do a lot more using DuckDuckGo which is not possible using other search engines. In this article, we will take a look at some of the best DuckDuckGo search tips and tricks.

DuckDuckGo Search Tips and Tricks

DuckDuckGo Search Tips and Tricks

As mentioned earlier, I will let you know how to make the best use of DuckDuckGo to get most out of it. You will also get to know what all it can do, which cannot be achieved by Google. If you need to see the larger verion of the images, just click on the image.

1. Search directly in Sites from Address Bar using !Bangs

Bangs in DuckDuckGo allows you to search for what you want on the website directly. Let us say, if you want to search for ‘mobiles’ in Amazon, then just type ‘!a mobiles’ in the search box of DuckDuckGo and it would take you to mobiles section on Amazon website.

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There are Bangs available for various websites like ‘!yt’ for ‘YouTube’, ‘!w’ for ‘Wikipedia’ and a lot more. This is really one of the best DuckDuckGo search tips and tricks. You can find the entire list of available Bangs. You can also create a bang for your website.

2. See the Social Media Information directly in the Results

DuckDuckGo shows the social media information directly in the search results. Let us say, I searched with Twitter handle of TWC as ‘@thewindowsclub’ and hit enter. It would show the profile information and what is it in the search result itself. You are not supposed to click on any link.

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This is really done smartly by DuckDuckGo. To find Google Plus and Gravatar profiles, you need to use ‘G+’ and ‘Gravatar’ follows by the username respectively.

3. Easy to find Cheat sheets

DuckDuckGo makes it easy for us to find Cheat sheets of the popular app, services, operating systems and more. Just type the word followed by the keyword ‘cheat sheet’ for which you want to find the cheat sheet. Here is the Windows 10 cheat sheet.

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It is always better to be specific while looking for cheat sheet, as Windows cheat sheet would differ from Windows 10 cheat sheet.

4. Shortening URLs is easier with DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo allows you to shorten and expand URLs and we do not need any more services to do so. Just type ‘shorten’ followed by URL in DuckDuckGo and it would give you the shortened URL as the result.

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5. Use DuckDuckGo as a Password Generator

If you are looking for a strong password, then DuckDuckGo makes it easy for you to do so. Just type ‘password’ followed by a number of characters. Let us say, I just typed ‘password 10’ in DuckDuckGo and it has generated my strong password of 10 characters. Why don’t you try?

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6. Check whether a Website is Down or Not

Want to know whether any website is down? Then, you can ask DuckDuckGo and it would let you know.

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DuckDuckGo uses the instant answers feature it has. Apart from just showing us the instant answers, it would help us in avoiding clicking through different links. If you do not see instant answers in DuckDuckGo, make sure that you enabled ‘instant answers’ feature under Settings > General.

7. Generate QR Codes

DuckDuckGo allows you to generate QR Codes for any things. Say, you want to generate QR Code for one web page, then head over to DuckDuckGo and type ‘qr’ followed by the link. Just hit enter and it would generate the QR Code.

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You can just scan it using your mobile to open that specific web page without typing it all again. Interesting, right?

8. Change Case of the Text

If you want to change the case of the text, then you can do it easily using DuckDuckGo. If you want to change the text to lowercase, then type ‘lowercase [text]’ and to convert the text to uppercase type ‘uppercase [text]’.

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Use ‘title’ keyword followed by the text, to get title case. By appending or prepending ’chars’ keyword, you could even find the number of characters in the text.

9. Search for Any Calendar

DuckDuckGo shows calendar as an instant answer. Go and search for ‘calendar’ in DuckDuckGo and it would show you the present calendar with the current date highlighted.

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You can even see the calendar of any year by searching like ‘calendar 21st March 1989’. It would show the calendar as specified in the search.

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10. Generate Random Text

Every one of us knows how to generate Lorem Ipsum random text in Microsoft Word. If you want to get random text using DuckDuckGo, then it is easy.

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Just type ‘10 paragraphs of lorem ipsum’ and you will see the 10 paragraphs of lorem ipsum random text got generated.

11. Encode URL

If you want your URL to be encoded for some purpose, then DuckDuckGo comes handy. Just type ‘url encode’ follow by the URL and it would generate the encoded URL.

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Now, you can copy and share the encoded URL.

 12. Easy to Find Color Codes

Among 256 RGB Colors, it is not easy to find the color code we want. Now, using DuckDuckGo it is easy to find the color code. Just type ‘color codes’, hit enter and it would show you the charts containing all color codes.

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No more confusion from now on!

13. Find HTML Codes easily

If you want to find HTML code of any special character, then it would be a tidy task. But, with DuckDuckGo, just type ‘html chars’ and it would show you the list of HTML codes for all special characters. Just copy the code you want and use it as it is.

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You can also HTML code for the specific special character as shown in the image below.

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This is said to be the best DuckDuckGo search tips and tricks for developers.

14. Generate Random Passphrase

If you want to set random passphrase as a password, then you can use DuckDuckGo to generate that. Just type ‘random passphrase’ and you could see the random phrase being generated.

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These are some of the DuckDuckGo.com search tips and tricks which are not possible even in Google Search. If you have anything to add, please do share with us through comments.

Google Search lover? Take a look at these Google Search Tricks. Users of Wolfram Alpha may want to learn how to use Wolfram Alpha knowledge engine effectively.