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Chromebook users who have been itching to install another operating system on their machines can now do so. Users have been given the ability to boot from USB so that they can install an OS image from a USB drive. The Chrome OS team explains however, the feature is only for advanced users. The new feature is part of the 'Debugging Features' available when a Chromebook is booted in the Developer Mode. To install an OS image via USB, users will be required to enable 'Debugging Features' by switching to the Dev Channel, powerwash their device, and click follow these instructions. The other new Debugging Features include the ability to modify the OS files by removing rootfs verification, enable SSH access to the device using the standard test keys so that tools like cros flash can be used, and set both the dev and the system root login password to a custom value so users can manually SSH into the device. "Since Debugging features lower system security, you

New Delhi:   Launching its first handset in India after a nearly two-year hiatus, Motorola today announced that the much-awaited Moto G is priced at Rs 12,499 for 8 GB version and Rs 13,999 for the 16 GB variant.   In the US, Moto G -- with no contract, no SIM lock and an 'unlockable bootloader' -- is priced at around USD 179 (about Rs 11,200) with 8 GB of storage and USD 199 (about Rs 12,400) for the 16 GB version. After being acquired by Google in May 2012, Motorola Mobility stopped introducing new products in India. However, the firm continued with its operation in the Indian market. The smartphone, which the firm claims will give the users a premium smartphone experience for a third of the price of the current high-end phones, will be available exclusively through e-commerce marketplace player Flipkart from tomorrow. Elaborating on the strategy behind launching affordable smartphones, Motorola Mobility General Manager EMEA and Asia-Pacific Magnus A

Google India's much-awaited Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) began with a bang and took out the website on which it was being hosted.  The festival began today and will go on till December 13. Through the 72-hour online shopping event, Google had planned to bring the country's leading e-commerce players under a common platform and target nearly 20 million Indian online shoppers. The GOSF site on Wednesday morning. As many as 200 partners were expected to offer the best deal to customers across across India over the next 72 hours. However, less than an hour after the festival began, the host site has been down. Upon logging on to the site, a white screen appears with the text "Hello World". Beyond that, there's nothing on the site. In a tweet, Google India wrote: We're so sorry for the delay in the #GOSF launch.The site will be up soon and you can shop through the deals being offered until 13th Dec Google India (@googleindia) December 10, 20

After weeks of speculation, Google and LG have officially announced the Google LG Nexus 5. The Nexus 5 comes with a 4.95-inch full-HD IPS display and is powered by a 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor alongside 2GB of RAM. It comes with an 8.0-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera. It comes in 16GB and 32GB storage options, with Black and White colours to choose from. Google Nexus 5 is the first to run Android 4.4, which brings a new dialer that automatically suggests people the most likely call while Caller ID by Google matches an incoming phone number to a business even if that number isn't stored in the contact list. Users can send and receive text messages directly from Hangouts, and Hangouts for Android now supports location sharing.  "LG is proud to partner with Google again to develop the fastest, most powerful Nexus phone ever," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. &q

Apple has announced the launch of the updated MacBook Pro with Retina display range with fourth generation Intel quad-core (Haswell) processors, new graphics, next-generation Wi-Fi and faster PCIe flash storage options.    The entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features fourth generation dual-core Intel Core i5 processors up to 2.6GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.1GHz. The updated laptop comes with integrated Intel Iris graphics delivering up to 90 percent faster performance than the previous generation MacBook Pro with Retina display, as claimed by Apple. The 13-inch model can be configured with faster dual-core Intel Core i7 processors up to 2.8GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3GHz. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display delivers up to nine hours of battery life, two hours more than the previous generation, and up to nine hours of iTunes movie playback.   The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display features fourth generation quad-core Intel Co

It sounds like something out of a futuristic film: the TomTato. Developed by horticulturists in the U.K., the plant is a gardening oddity that produces cherry tomatoes on its vines and potatoes underground. Two vegetables on one plant at the same time! It's the Frankenstein of plants. The Frankenplant? The two plants are grafted together, and are offered in the U.K. by the Thompson & Morgan company. The less catchy-sounding Potato Tom is also available in New Zealand. An infomercial-style video shows a successful example bursting with juicy tomatoes and spuds. According to the BBC, this is not the first time a plant of this type has been developed, but “taste had previously been a problem.” “In the past we've never had any faith in the plants - they've not been very good ― but grafting has come on leaps and bounds in recent years,” Guy Barter of the Royal Horticultural Society told the BBC. The proof may be in the tomato ― and potato ― dish. But Thompson