despite a very great attempt by Canonical and some big companies such as the Bloomberg, the Ubuntu Edge has failed to reach it's 32 million USD goal, ending up with just a mere $12,809,906 pledged instead. While the goal was pretty far from being reached, there's a lot more proven about this effort than just not reaching the goal.

It may be hard to find your files in Explorer on Windows 8. Due to the hidden functions, you are limited in your file searches and basically do not have full control of your own computer system.

The limitations can be very frustrating. Wouldn’t it be great to have access to all settings in just one folder – like having divine overall access to your computer, to have the ability to do anything, with every single option available within reach?

In Windows, this is aptly termed ‘GodMode’. It is a hidden control option, which gives you access to all the options on your computer. In this tutorial, you will learn how to activate it.

To activate God Mode in Windows 8, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Desktop

2. Right-click and select New Folder.

3. Right-click on the New Folder and select Rename.

4. Change the name of the folder [just copy & paste the following string]:  
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} 

5. Open the folder and you will find every utility Windows 8 has under the sun.

Note: With God Mode, you can easily access all the Administrative options and make any desired adjustments.

Enjoy!

Sony updated its smart watch Tuesday, introducing the Sony Smart Watch 2 at Shanghai's Mobile Asia Expo.

Designed to be used as a second screen for your Android smartphone, the water-resistant smart watch has NFC (near-field communication) connectivity, and can be personalized with apps based on how you want to use it.

“Competitors are only now launching first-generation devices, while we are already launching a third-generation device with all the insight gained from over half a million customers combined with Sony’s wealth of technology expertise to create the best ever smart-watch experience,” Stefan K Persson, head of companion products at Sony Mobile Communications, said in a press release announcing the watch.

“We have over 200 unique apps dedicated for Sony SmartWatch, with over one million downloads to date, and we are continuing to work with our strong developer network to deliver ever more compelling smart-watch experiences."

For fitness buffs, mapping apps for the SmartWatch can help track your biking excursions, while apps such as Runtastic can make it easier to monitor progress towards your fitness goals.

The watch also includes basic features, such as displaying caller ID information, calendar entries, as well as Twitter and Facebook notifications.

The Sony SmartWatch 2 will be available worldwide this September.

Mere hours after the Moto X made it to stores, the iFixit guys have already torn it apart, revealing its innards to all. The guts of the American-assembled handset aren't entirely a surprise: under the hood we've got a motherboard, 16GB of eMMC NAND storage, the usual rear and front camera modules, inductive charging coils and a 3.8-volt 2200mAH lithium-ion battery. The disassemblers praised the replaceability of various modular components, as the tablet uses only one type of screw throughout. Its taped-in battery, display-fused digitizer and sticky adhesives took the Moto X down a few pegs, but its final score of 7 out of 10 still makes this one of the more easily repairable smartphones on iFixit's list. To have a look at just how Google and Motorola's lovechild was put together, hit the source link below.

For years now, Microsoft watchers have wondered about the timing and other specifics of Steve Ballmer’s departure. Now we know them — or a lot more than we did yesterday, anyway. After 33 years at the company, the executive who started at Microsoft in 1980 and has been its CEO since 2000 has announced that he’ll retire within the next 12 months, once a successor has been named.

For folks interested primarily in the stock market, Ballmer’s time as Microsoft’s head honcho is defined by the fact that its shares have largely flat-lined during his tenure. Here, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha, is a chart comparing how MSFT has compared to AAPL during that time period:

If you — like me — don’t care much about Microsoft’s stock price, Ballmer’s legacy is far more complicated. It can’t be summed up in a chart or a tweet or even in one blog post.

I am not among the man’s harshest critics, in part because I believe that all tech-company hegemonies are destined to decline, sooner or later. The dustbin of tech-company history is littered with outfits which were once market-defining behemoths: Lotus, WordPerfect, Netscape, Palm and oh, so many more. Microsoft in 2013 is not a company on the verge of joining them: It’s still making vast amounts of money and managing to be highly competitive in everything from mundane business software to blockbuster videogames.

The wildfire chewing up rugged land west of Yosemite National Park raged out of control Thursday, forcing hundreds of residents and visitors to clear out and authorities to cancel a popular bluegrass music festival planned for the Labor Day weekend.

As firefighters focused on protecting the small communities of Groveland and Pine Mountain Lake, officials gave a grim estimate of containment - 1 percent, down from 5 percent the day before. In all, the Rim Fire covered more than 98 square miles, making it one of the biggest blazes in the nation.

Facing dried-out hills, gusty canyon winds and nearly inaccessible terrain, a growing team of 1,800 firefighters struggled to make headway against the inferno, which began Saturday in a remote part of the Stanislaus National Forest near Groveland, a town of 600. The cause remains unknown.

About 2,500 structures remained threatened Thursday evening - nine structures have been destroyed so far - and the sky remained dark with smoke and ash. Some schools have been shut down for the week.

Highway 120, one of three main approaches to Yosemite from the west, was shut down near Groveland, and while the national park remains open and mostly smoke-free, officials said they were considering closing wilderness areas in the lower, western portion of park.

Gov. Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency in Tuolumne County on Thursday, a declaration that helps free up money and resources to fight the blaze. Brown acted after the fire's size rose sharply to 54,000 acres, up from an estimate of 16,000 acres the day before. The total late Thursday was 63,366.

"It's growing exponentially," said Jerry Snyder, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

The fire found a new victim as well: the five-day Strawberry Music Festival, a bluegrass get-together that is one of the area's biggest events. Thousands of people flock to Camp Mather, San Francisco's campground outside Yosemite, twice a year - on Memorial and Labor Day weekends. They camp out, sing along to acts, and play their own music.

But organizers wrote Thursday on their website that Tuolumne County officials had ruled the event could not begin as scheduled Aug. 29 because of "the potential adverse effects of the wildfire on public health, safety and welfare.

[Sorce : http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fire-near-Yosemite-growing-exponentially-4752894.php ]

Kanye West recently spoke about his appreciation for Kim Kardashian and their new child, North West, in an interview on Kris Jenner's talk show, "Kris." The rapper also spoke about criticism he's gotten regarding his relationship with Kardashian.  

"I could have people saying, 'This is going to damage your credibility as an artist or a designer,'" West says of his relationship in an upcoming interview set to air on"Kris." "And I say, 'I don't care. I love this woman.' Or someone could say, 'When the paparazzi surround you, everyone knows you don't like the paparazzi. Why would you be with this person?' And I'm saying, 'I'm being with this person because I love this person and she's worth it to me." 

West also speaks about how his grandfather's recent passing continues to influence his decision to remain committed to Kardashian.  

"My grandfather just passed and his whole thing was never about money," West said. "It was never about popularity. His whole thing was joy, having joy in his life. [Kim] is my joy. She brought my new joy into the world. There's no paparazzi and there's no blog comment, there's nothing hat's going to take that joy from me."  

[Sorce http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.25159/title.kanye-west-reveals-first-public-picture-of-north-west-his-child-with-kim-kardashian-]

First, a word about native Chrome functionality, which by default offers many of the features that are only available as plug-ins from FireFox or Internet Explorer. For example, lots of web developers want a version of the venerable on-the-fly web editor Firebug for Chrome. Funny story: There is a Firebug for Chrome extension -- Chrome Firebug Lite -- but you don't really need it because Firebug is in Chrome. Just highlight any page content, right click the selection, and choose Inspect Element. Chrome will open a Firebug-like editing window that lets you edit CSS and even Javascript code on the fly -- without an extension.

Similarly, there is an equivalent of Xmarks for Google Chrome -- Xmarks Bookmark Sync -- but anyone with a Google account can sync their bookmarks between any two Google Chrome installations. Just open the tools menu in Chrome (the little wrench icon in the top right), select Sync Bookmarks, and after you sign in with your Google user name Chrome will drag in all the bookmarks from your first Chrome installation to your current browser. Be warned, however, that these bookmarks are stored in Google Docs, so if you're a bookmark hoarder, your first post-Chrome Google Docs session may feature a laundry of list of web site titles filling up your Recent Documents list.

Now, onto the top 10 Google Chrome extensions you'll actually want and need:

1. AdBlock - Some claim that ad blocking is killing the free Web, others say that ad blockers are simply killing bad advertisers. Whatever your position, anyone looking for an equivalent ofGreasemonkey for Chrome should start with the AdBlock Chrome extension. It strips out most ads from the majority of websites, making for a cleaner, faster (and, thanks to blocked autoplaying video ads, quieter) browsing experience.

2. Send from Gmail - If you're a Google Chrome user, odds are you're a Gmail user, too. This Chrome extension will direct every e-mail link on a website to a Gmail window, rather than firing up MS Outlook. No more copy-and-pasting e-mail addresses into Gmail for you. As an added bonus, you can instantly email the URL to any page you're reading using this extension. This makes it so much easier to spam out that link for the latest LOLcats image or OK Go video.

3. Google Mail Checker - The only real disadvantage to Gmail compared with a desktop-based mail client is that, unless you have Gmail open, you don't get instant notification that new mail has been received. The Google Mail Checker Chrome extension keeps a running tally of your unread Gmail messages next to the Chrome address bar, and clicking the extension icon will open a Gmail tab. Never wonder whether you've got unread Gmail again.

4. IE Tab- Some sites are optimized to run exclusively in Internet Explorer, especially Microsoft products like Outlook Web Access. Don't give up that native IE Web functionality just because you're using Chrome. The IE Tab Chrome Extension creates a virtual IE browser within Chrome, so you get all the Internet Explorer-ness without running two different browsers.

5. Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer - If Chrome has one glaring weakness, it's that it doesn't always handle PDF links very well. (I've had to kill more than a few stalled Chrome tabs that unknowingly tried to open PDF online forms.) The Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer Chrome extension sends any PDF or PowerPoint Web link to Google Docs, where the document can be read, surfed, printed or saved quickly and easily.

6. FastestChrome - FireFox users will call this Chrome extension FastestFox for Chrome, which is appropriate, since the two plug-ins share the same creator. The FastestChrome extension enhances Web searches. Highlight any word on a page to get a definition of the term, or launch a search for the text. On Google search results, additional results pages are automatically loaded so you can just keep scrolling. Relevant results from other search engines and sites -- like Amazon and Wikipedia -- are interlinked into standard Google search results. On Wikipedia pages, related articles are automatically loaded into the left-hand column. If you perform any amount of web research on a regular basis, the FastestChrome extension gets very addictive, very fast.

7. Stop Autoplay for YouTube - There are a lot of Chrome extensions that stop videos from automatically playing when you visit their host pages, but the Stop Autoplay Chrome Extension goes the extra mile: It stops autoplay but still pre-buffers the video. For those of you with slow connections, no longer must you suffer through stuttering YouTube playback while you wait for the entire video to load. Simply wait for the progress bar to fill up, then hit play; your video will be waiting for you.

8. Feedly - If you have bookmarked RSS feeds from Google Reader, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube or Amazon, the Feedly Chrome extension is your new best friend. Feedly automatically imports your feeds, then arranges the content into a eye-pleasing magazine page. The Feedly extension also keeps a running tally of your unread items in the address bar, so you know exactly how many stories await in your new personal news site.

9. GooglePreview - The GooglePreview Chrome Extension is simple: It adds a thumbnail to the left of any Google search result showing a snapshot of the listed website. This is very helpful when you're looking for a site you visited but didn't bookmark, as the thumbnail image can help jog your memory. Also, if there are (ahem) unsavory images on the page, you'll know before you open the link.

10. Session Manager - Sometimes bookmarks aren't enough. Sometimes you need to save a web page exactly as it is, with your account logged in and certain online work already in progress. The Session Manager Chrome extension is there for you in these situations. Simply click the cardboard box icon next to the address bar, and Session Manager will offer a Save option for any web page you're running. All saved web pages are timestamped, so you can return to any version of your in-progress work at any time. Skip login screens and configuration menus and return to any page exactly as you left it. It sounds trivial, but for those of us that bounce between multiple web apps and interfaces, Session manager is a time-saver that makes a noticeable difference.

These Chrome extensions will get you started down the road to more efficient, effective Web browsing, but they're just the beginning. Bear in mind that each additional Chrome extension expands Chrome's memory footprint. Install too many and the browser will become unwieldy, but by mixing and matching from this starter set, Chrome will feel like your custom-made personal browser in no time.

The spoofed yacht was part of the experiment, so no harm was inflicted on the vehicle or its passengers. However, the test highlights the need for a broader understanding of navigational attacks, said University of Texas at Austin researchers.

The team conducted its experiment about 30 miles off the coast of Italy in June. Researchers boarded the yacht, and two students sat atop the upper deck posing as the attackers. Armed with a briefcase-sized GPS spoofing device, the students began to send faint civil GPS signals toward the ship's two GPS antennas. They slowly increased the signals until their counterfeit waves overtook the authentic GPS signals, gaining control of the yacht's navigational system

   [Source : http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/78613.html]

If you've installed Windows 8, it's worth downloading the recently released free preview version of Windows 8.1. By doing so, you will be able to take advantage of the updated OS's personalization and services improvements. The final build will be out later this year.

Curious Windows 7 users can also check out 8.1 by creating and installing an ISO file from the Microsoft website. I've written about ISO-creating concepts before.

Windows 8 users update to Windows 8.1 through the Windows Store. Here's how to go about it if you've already got Windows 8 installed.

Verify that you have a recovery partition on your hard drive. Access the Command Prompt from the Windows 8 Search charm by entering the term Command. Right click on the result and choose Run as Administrator from the options.

Confirm at the prompts, and then enter the term "recimg /showcurrent" at the Command Prompt to identify if there is a recovery image present.

Create a recovery image if, in the previous step, a "no active recovery image" error appears.

Create the image by creating a folder called Refreshimage at the Command Prompt and then entering "recimg -createimage c:\refreshimage" and Enter.

Tip: The create folder command is "mkdir c:\refresiimage" and then Enter.

Create a USB recovery drive. This will allow you to revert back to your previous install from external media if you need to.

Enter the term Recovery in the Search charm and touch or click Settings. Then choose Create a Recovery Drive and the tool will open.

Choose Copy the Recovery Partition from the PC to the Recovery Drive checkbox and choose Next. Then insert a USB drive, choose it from the options presented and touch or click Next followed by Create. Allow the file transfer to take place and then choose Finish. Then remove and store the flash drive.

Browse to the Windows 8.1 Preview Web page and choose the Get It Now button. Then follow the prompts to open the file and allow the install to take place.

Tip: Back up your personal data before updating any operating system. An update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8 should retain Windows settings, personal files and most apps.

Restart the PC when prompted, and then open the Store by touching or clicking on the Store tile. Then choose the Update Windows tile or any Update Windows prompt.

Select Download and allow the download to proceed. Follow the prompts to restart and allow the setup to proceed. Follow the prompts to set up the account, including entering a security code that can be sent by email when prompted.

Explore the new features, which include navigation arrows where there was previously white space, and other navigation tools, like a Windows icon for flipping between classic desktop and Windows 8 Start page.

Tip: You'll need your Windows 8 product key when you update to the final edition of Windows 8.1 later this year.

[Sorce : http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78622.html]

Microsoft Research is trying to get 3D printing one step further, announcing a project that could embed coded tags into any resulting object.

Simply called InfraStructs, the developed prototype is supposed to eliminate the need for electronic chips or bar codes used to protect a specific product. Using specially created devices, manufacturers can automatically scan the printed object and read its coded tag, Microsoft explained.

“The benefit of such an approach is that manufacturers can embed unique information—serial numbers or even simple programs—in coded tags by designing them as part of the 3-D printed product,” the company added.

“This overcomes the need to insert radio-frequency ID (RFID) tags or electronic chips, which add to manufacturing cost and complexity, or using bar codes, which must be applied externally and are vulnerable to tampering.”

3D printing appears to play a much more important role for Microsoft, as the company has already announced that it is offering

The factories in question, located in Kunshan, an electronics manufacturing hotbed about 40 miles west of Shanghai, are reportedly dumping large amounts of heavy metals into local rivers. The plants are owned by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group and UniMicron Technology. Pollution or no, both plants are among Apple's 2013 suppliers.

Foxconn is best known for alleged worker rights abuses, which have been cited as reasons for riots and suicides at Foxconn factories.

Foxconn complies with environmental regulations, it said in a statement.

UniMicron conducts daily water inspections to prevent pollution, the company maintained.

This may be part of a so-called PR war (or "smear campaign," if you prefer) China launched against Apple in March, when the company was featured in a state-run television special documenting its substandard service in China.

The anti-Apple bent of Chinese media has continued despite an official apology from Apple CEO Tim Cook, and despite Apple's pledge to help victims of a recent earthquake. Indeed, the earthquake pledge has been used against Apple: There is no proof of any assistance to victims, The People's Daily has claimed.

[Source: The Wall Street Journal]

The news about a phone, that will be called a “Galaxy Folder,” reportedly emerged when Japanese tech site RBMen detected a Korean-language user primer for a device on Samsung’s website.Many of a Galaxy Folder’s specs are informed to those who have used a flip phone before. There is one new element, however: a dual-sided shade is touch-controlled on both sides, according to a specs, that call for during slightest one of a displays to be a 3.7-inch AMOLED panel.

The Folder also appears to competition a Snapdragon 400 dual-core chip and 2GB of RAM, with support for 4G LTE. One also competence interpretation it is unfailing for a Korean market, given a existence of a Korean-language manual.

Samsung did not respond to a ask to criticism for this story.

There are a series of reasons because Samsung competence be operative on such a device. For starters, it is one approach to compute a product in a midrange smartphone marketplace in certain geographies, Azita Arvani, owner of

The Arvani Group, told TechNewsWorld.

“The midrange smartphone marketplace is removing harder to differentiate,” Arvani explained. “Samsung already has flip phones in this shred for a Asian market, and this can be a modernise for those models.”

Upgrading a familiar-looking device with new functionality is a intelligent move, if indeed a rumors are true, remarkable Drew Lieberman, CEO of

Glyde.

“Consumers are always looking for facilities that make their lives easier, either it’s an app or a underline that allows them to form some-more quickly,” Lieberman told TechNewsWorld.

“The fact that Samsung is staking a explain on touchscreens demonstrates it is not station still while creation is function around it,” he added. “From a information we have on consumers, we see this as a intelligent pierce and one that has a ability to make a specific set of consumers happy.”

[Source :http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78642.html ]

The Lifestyle apps on Windows 8 give you the latest trends to follow; you can search for a good place for your trip, can go with the latest music, phones etc. So here are some applications which might help you in taking your lifestyle decisions and show you the latest updates of the world.

This Windows 8 app will provide you with the latest deals and offers offered by Amazon. It will also let you know about the most selling product and you can easily move from app to their site to complete the purchase process. It gives you all the detail about the product with their review so that you can decide which is best for you.

If you are a kind of person who likes to cook new recipes and want to impress their close one's with your cooking skills then you can download this app which will provide over 200000 big oven recipes. Just choose the dish or desserts you want to make and search it on this app and it will provide you step by step instructions on how to cook and precautions to be taken.

This application is very good for the users with Windows 8 devices as it will let you know about the latest Groupon deals for their devices. You are provided with the zoom function to search your city and you can share the deal using the Windows 8 share charm.

Now a days there is an increase in number of drinks and their flavors. This app will provide you the way to make cocktails with the ingredients available in your bar. This app comes with hundreds of drinks and bartender guides which will guide you for choosing good cocktails. Adjust your list according to your need and set them according to your list.

As the name suggests, it is the app for your recipes and this app has won an award and is the first recipe book for Windows 8. This app will help you at every point in your cooking and help you with your kitchen tools and provide you with full size cooking books which is a great feature to have. It means you can have your kitchen in your pocket. It also has about 2000 recipes which are handmade and provides you the ratings of the users and you can also add your recipe and share with your friends.

If you are new to any place you can take help of this app and search the best place for your needs. It will provide you with the best restaurants, menus and reservations. You can take benefits the coupons also and save your money. There are shortcut searches for famous places and you won't face any difficulty in searching them. A nice app and user friendly interface is the highlight of this app.

In today's world the trend of new devices with new feature is going on but due to large number of devices available people get confused what to buy and what will be best for them. So download this application which will show you the latest devices and games available for you with comments and reviews of the people so that you can decide the best device for you. It shows you the operating system which is most easy to use and will give you real time experience of other users.