Running Linux from USB: Are You Doing It Right?

You’ve probably heard about live Linux environments on USB drives, but did you know that you can also keep data persistent or even do a full install on the USB drive? Here are your three options for carrying Linux in your pocket. Find out which method is best for you. Write a Live ISO to USB It’s been talked about many times before, but it’s become really easy to take an ISO image of your favorite Linux distribution and write it to any appropriately sized USB drive. From there, you can boot up a Linux system on any computer that...

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Bing Partners With The Hollywood Reporter For The Ultimate Oscars Guide

Before you watch the night of razzmatazz, it might be entertaining to go and visit Bing’s dedicated website for the upcoming Academy Awards. Now, Bing has shaken hands with The Hollywood Reporter to create the ultimate “Oscars resource guide“. The Bing powered website showcases the nominees for the 2014 Academy Awards with celebrity bios, photos,and news. All categories are covered with a dropdown. Each nominee is covered with a trailer from their movie, a brief description, links to the film page on The Hollywood Reporter and its review page. Dive into all the Web has to offer with a bright...

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Flappy Bird Disappears, Snowden Web Crawler, Dungeon Keeper Ratings [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Flappy Bird is no more, Edward Snowden’s methods are revealed, the Moon may be mined, EA’s decidedly dodgy Dungeon Keeper ratings system is exposed, Pinterest updates its mobile website, and Shingy the Digital Prophet is a hit. Flappy Bird Flies The Coop Installed Flappy Bird last week. Died repeatedly. Deleted same day. Now feeling remarkably prescient AND smug. #nailedit — dwight silverman (@dsilverman) February 10, 2014 Flappy Bird is no longer available to download, with the game’s creator Dong Nguyen deciding to pull the game from the iOS and Android app stores. Flappy Bird was...

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Forgotify Helps You Discover Unloved Music On Spotify

While some people make a special effort to discover new music and expand their horizons, many of us stick to what we know, playing the same songs by the same artists in the same genres over and over again. Which is madness when you consider Spotify has 20 million tracks just sitting there waiting to be found and loved. Which is where Forgotify enters into the equation. Unloved & Unplayed Forgotify is a Web app dedicated to delivering the unloved and undiscovered tracks no one has yet played on Spotify. There are — or at least were before people started...

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