Twitter Announces App for Firefox OS

Firefox OS — the new mobile operating system from Mozilla Foundation — just had a big debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, announcing partnerships with big-name phone manufacturers such as Alcatel and ZTE as well as wireless carriers including Sprint. Now Twitter has announced support for an app on Firefox OS.

Twitter engineer Manuel Deschamps says Twitter for Firefox OS will be available when the first devices begin to ship later this year. The app will just like Twitter's mobile apps, with the same Home, Connect, Discover and Me tabs.

Firefox smartphone OS launching in mid 2013

Mozilla Foundation announced Sunday that it will launch in Firefox operating system in mid 2013. Mozilla showed off the first commercial version of the Firefox OS on the eve of the opening of the world's biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain. "With the support of our vibrant community and dedicated partners, our goal is to level the playing field and usher in an explosion of content and services that will meet the diverse needs of the next two billion people online," said Mozilla chief executive Gary Kovacs. All the smartphones would be run with Qualcomm Snapdragon application processors, which use an architecture licenced by Cambridge, England-based ARM.

Sony will turn iOS and Android devices into PS4 second screens with upcoming ‘PlayStation App’

 Sony PlayStation has revealed a range of interesting second screen support. The new console will tap into the PS Vita, iPhone, iPad or Android devices to enhance the overall gaming experience.

It has announced the “PlayStation App”, which will turn smartphones and tablets into dedicated PS4 second screens. Sony also says that the app will allow gamers to buy games for the PS4 while they are on the road.

Engadget Awards 2012 winners announced

Smartphone of the Year: Nokia Lumia 920

Laptop of the Year: Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display

Desktop of the Year: Dell Alienware X51

Tablet of the Year: Microsoft Surface RT

E-reader of the Year: Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Digital Camera of the Year: Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Wearable Device of the Year: GoPro Hero3

Game Console of the Year: Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (late 2012)

HDTV of the Year: Samsung ES9000 (75-inch)

Home Entertainment Product of the Year: Apple TV (2012)

Audio Product of the Year: Apple iPod touch

Transportation Product of the Year: Tesla Model S

Peripheral of the Year: Microsoft Kinect (2012)

Robot of the Year: Curiosity Mars Rover

Worst Gadget of the Year: iPotty

Facebook hit with "sophisticated" hack

Facebook was hit with a "sophisticated" hacking attack in January that compromised the systems of a "handful" of engineers in an attempt to break into the site's servers. The attack happened after Facebook employees visited the website for a mobile developer, which hackers had previously loaded with malware.

The hackers took advantage of a previously unknown Java vulnerability.

Paper Bay launches in honor of Aaron Swartz

Dutch programmer Jacques Mattheij initially began building it in 2007. After the death of Aaron Swartz, Mattheij decided to finish and launch the academic paper sharing site.

The Paper Bay allows those in search of specific academic papers to request them by name. If you possess this paper, you may upload it and the service will email it to the interested party. You may also upload a paper in your possession, yours or another’s, to “store” it in advance of any specific request.


Source: The Daily Dot

Zynga closing three game

Zynga has revealed plans to close three titles: The Friend Game, Party Place, and CityVille 2.

On a positive note, Zynga said FarmVille 2 is exceeding expectations by 100% last quarter and generating $100 million in gross bookings since launch.

Why Does a Laptop Crash? The Top 9 Reasons

A crash includes things like blue screens, random reboots and just randomly shutting down without a warning. It’s very disgusting for a laptop owner when his laptop refuses to work. There are several factors that lead to a laptop crash.

Viruses

Viruses are one of the main causes of laptops crashes. The first sign of virus infection is system instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector data or even install themselves there. They can do serious damage to your laptop. So, make sure that you have installed an anti-virus on your system. A high quality antivirus can identify and remove a high percentage of viruses.

Faulty Hard Drive

Sometimes hard drive begins to breakdown due to defect or prolonged use, a laptop will crash and in few cases it may not start again. So, laptop owners must keep back up of their important data. Once they notice problems with their hard drive, they should have the part replaced with a new one.

 

Hard disk drives

 The information on the drives starts to become fragmented within few weeks. It is good to defragment a drive every week to prevent the screen freezes or slow speed. Use can use Windows’ Disk Defragmenter to defragment the information. It may take a long time depending on the amount of information on the drives.

Overheating

CPUs are equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fans fails to cool the CPU if may crash due to overheating. You can get better fans for your PC. So, that it does not over heat.

 Bad Programs

A common cause of a crash is bad-installed or faulty software. You can cure it by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. You can use CCleaner to uninstall the software and even remove the references in the system registry. You can also use CCleaner to clear useless data and even errors in system registry.

Dirt and Dust 

Make sure that your laptop is free of dirt and dust and all the fans are working properly because dirt and dust does not allow your computer to take up heavy tasks. You can clear the dirt and dust yourself by opening the machine.

Hardware Conflicts

Laptops can crash if it is receiving conflicting information. It’s not harmfully every time but can cause crashes. You can see if there’s a hardware conflict by opening the Device Manager. If a device has a problem a yellow ‘!’appears next to its description in the Device Manager.

Corrupt Drivers

If a driver has an error, it commands the hardware what to do. If they are not working properly, they can show up blue screen. These blue screens usually carry an error message. Once you find the corrupted driver you can search for an updated driver and install it.

Bad Memory or Motherboard

Some crashes that result in a blue screen of death (BSODS) occur because of memory or motherboard issue. It happens because the data that should be stored in memory could not be retrieved. You can test memory with a utility like Memtest86 and a built-in motherboard diagnostic tool.

Conclusion

 This list should provide you some insight why your laptop crashes. I hope this article has helped you.