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LaCie has just announced their Thunderbolt 2 storage solution that enables 4K post production in a jiffy. Here is a quick breakdown on LaCie – it happens to be the premium brand from Seagate Technology, where a trio of new storage solutions that feature Thunderbolt 2 technology were announced – the LaCie 8big Rack, 5big and 2big that will feature industry-leading speeds as well as the latest 6TB hard drives from Seagate. This amalgamation of speed and capacity would make them perfect for 4K workflows, and when you throw in integrated hardware such as RAID, data remains safe without compromising on user efficiency and appearance.

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LaCie Thunderbolt 2 Storage Solution Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Here’s the newest addition to Storm System Technology’s slim desktop PC line-up, the Storm Linux Box Slim Tower Ubuntu 13.10 SP. The system is equipped with a 2.70GHz Intel Celeron G1820 processor, an Intel B85 Express Chipset, an Intel HD Graphics, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 120GB SSD (Samsung SSD 840 EVO Series), a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 300W 80PLUS BRONZE power supply and runs on Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop 64-bit OS. The Storm Linux Box Slim Tower Ubuntu 13.10 SP sells for 46,440 Yen (about $449). [Product Page]

As of Tuesday, the venerable Windows XP operating system is going kaput. Microsoft is pulling update support for the OS, leaving it vulnerable to rapidly mutating cyber threats. There’s precious little time to make sure your computer isn’t left to the wilds of the Internet. Here’s how to make the jump to the modern era of personal computing.

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Back in the day, installation of software was pretty straightforward. You’d download the installer, agree to the terms, click next, click next again, press finish, and you’re done. Nowadays developers have gotten a bit more cunning and have slipped in toolbar installations and whatnot in their installers.

For those who don’t check the process carefully, they will end up with a ton of different toolbars and services on their computers without knowing where they came from. Apparently Microsoft has had enough of this and starting this summer, the company plans on doing something about adware being installed onto computers. (more…)

Microsoft Will Finally Address Adware This Summer original content from Ubergizmo.

Earlier this year we reported on a particular device called the Novena. For those who might have missed our coverage or who are learning about this for the first time, the Novena is an open laptop concept. As we’re sure many of you guys know, laptops are pretty hard to customize, not to mention pretty expensive to customize as well.

This is unlike desktops where users are pretty much free to swap out whatever parts they need or don’t need. That being said it seems that the creators of the Novena laptop, Bunnie Huang and Sean Cross, have decided to crowdfund the project. (more…)

Novena Open Laptop Begins Crowdfunding original content from Ubergizmo.