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Goodbye 2014. You were okay, but ultimately sort of meh when it comes to tech. Sure all our phones got a little better. Smartwatches powered by Android appeared and were immediately added to the catch-all drawer with our Fitbits, Nike FuelBands and Jawbone ups. Computers are still about as exciting as new socks, and TV is still just cable and Netflix with a little Amazon streaming sprinkled on top. Then we got hacked. Oh everyone got so hacked in 2014. Target shoppers, celebrities, gamers, Sony, your private photos, hell you’re probably getting hacked right now. But other than being royally…
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Unfortunately, sales don’t last forever. Though console price cuts tend to be on permanent side, the current $349 pricing for the Xbox One was only a holiday promotion that Microsoft said would only last two months – a promotion that seemed to work well. Holiday surge now over, Microsoft is making good on its time limit; the $50 savings end on January 3rd. So if you’ve been saving up for a new Xbox or just hadn’t been able to grab one before they sold out, this is your last chance to get a sweet deal on the console. ➤ Final Chance…
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Google’s Chrome OS just got a little bit more useful. Google evangelist François Beaufort posted on Google+ that the Chrome OS now supports running Linux in a window via the Crouton Chrome extension. Before you use the extension, you’ll have to put your Chromebook in Developer Mode. Prior to today’s announcement, you had to use a virtual terminals and switch back and forth between your Linux distro and Chrome OS. Now it’s in one handy dandy window right there in the main operating system. ➤ Run Crouton in a Chrome OS Window [François Beaufort] ➤ via Gigaom