As 2016 draws to a close, so do some of the more ambitious mobile tech projects of recent years. Cyanogen OS is dead. Pebble is dying a slow death and wearables aren’t necessarily the hot commodity some had hoped. This was also the year that I launched the LPX podcast, featuring interviews with people like: Jim […]
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Raspberry Pi’s PIXEL software now available for x86 PCs
The Raspberry Pi Foundation launched a new light-weight desktop environment called PIXEL a few months ago. It comes pre-loaded with a variety of popular tools that make it easy to turn the group’s $35 computer into a fully-functional PC. While PIXEL was originally designed to work with the Raspbian operating system that’s optimized for Raspberry Pi […]
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NEC taps tiny Raspberry Pi Compute Model for big-screen smart displays
Japanese electronics maker NEC plans to launch a series of displays with BIG screens and tiny computers for their brains. The upcoming line of commercial displays will have screen sizes ranging from 40 to 98 inches, and they’ll use a Pi Compute Module to power digital signage and other applications. There’s an internal bay in each display […]
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PIXEL is the new desktop environment for Raspberry Pi’s Raspbian OS
Raspbian is a Linux-based operating system optimized to run on Raspberry Pi’s tiny, inexpensive, low-power computers. It’s not the only OS that you can run on a Raspberry Pi, but it’s one of the more popular options… especially for beginners. And now Raspbian is getting a new look, thanks to a new desktop environment called […]
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Kano Computer Kit giveaway (Raspberry Pi 3-based learn-to-code system)
One of the original goals of the Raspberry Pi Foundation was to create an affordable computer that students could use to learn to code. And there are plenty of schools and households using $35 Raspberry Pi computers for just that purpose. But while the computer itself is pretty cheap, you need to add a keyboard, […]
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Nextcloud Box is an $80 private cloud server kit with 1TB of storage (just add a Raspberry Pi)
Comments Off on Nextcloud Box is an $80 private cloud server kit with 1TB of storage (just add a Raspberry Pi)Cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive make it easy to store your files online and access them across a range of devices. But if you don’t want to give Google or Dropbox that much control over your data, you can also set up your own “private cloud” by installing OwnCloud or Nextcloud software on […]
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Raspberry Pi launches new £99 starter kit, marks 10 million tiny PCs sold
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has sold more than 10 million tiny, inexpensive, low-power PCs since the first Raspberry Pi launched in February, 2012. First envisioned as a system to help students learn to program, Raspberry Pi devices have been turned into home media center PCs, home automation systems, brains for robots, and many other things. […]
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This DIY mini NES is way cooler than Nintendo’s (but a lot harder to set up)
This November Nintendo will ship the $60 NES Classic Edition. It’s a tiny replica of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System game console that comes with 30 games pre-loaded… and no way to add or remove any of those games. Meanwhile, folks have been building their own NES Classic-style devices for years by putting a Raspberry Pi […]
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Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module coming this year
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module is a tiny computer that looks like a stick of laptop memory, but which has the same processor, memory, and storage as a first-gen Raspberry Pi. Now a new model’s on the way, and it’s based on the newer, more-powerful Raspberry Pi 3. Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton tells IDG News that […]
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Kodi releases a Raspberry Pi Case… and Kodi 17 nightlies
The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive single-board computer that may have been designed for educators, students, and makers… but which has also proven popular among folks looking for a small, quiet computer that can be plugged into a TV. You’ve been able to install software like the Kodi media center app for ages… and […]