Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jan 2012 16:20 UTC, submitted by moondevil
And so the war on general computing continues. Were you looking forward to ARM laptops and maybe even desktops now that Windows 8 will also be released for ARM? I personally was, because I'd much rather have a thin, but fast and economical machine than a beastly Intel PC. Sadly, it turns out that all our fears regarding UEFI's Secure Boot feature were justified: Microsoft prohibits OEMs from allowing you to install anything other than Windows 8 on ARM devices (the Software Freedom Law Center has more).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 23:02 UTC, submitted by M.Onty
"Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of XBox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console", reports The Guardian. They had no choice. Still a good move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 22:28 UTC
"A snippet of code in the Steam digital distribution platform has revealed that Valve may be planning to let users easily share their games with friends in the future. The Verge has verified the code's authenticity, which was originally spotted by a member of the NeoGAF gaming forum; the code references a 'shared game library' and a notification that would alert a user when their games are currently in use by a borrower." This would change the, uh, game.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
"MineAssemble is a tiny bootable Minecraft clone written partly in x86 assembly. I made it first and foremost because a university assignment required me to implement a game in assembly for a computer systems course. Because I had never implemented anything more complex than a 'Hello World' bootloader before, I decided I wanted to learn about writing my own kernel code at the same time. Note that the goal of this project was not to write highly efficient hand-optimized assembly code, but rather to have fun and write code that balances readability and speed. This is primarily accomplished by proper commenting and consistent code structuring." Just cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
Jon Rubinstein, former CEO of Palm: "Well, I'm not sure I would have sold the company to HP. That's for sure. Talk about a waste. Not that I had any choice because when you sell a company you don't get to decide that. Obviously, the board and shareholders decide that. If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never really give it a chance to flourish, what would have been the point of selling the company? I think the deal we had with Verizon really hurt us, but who knew that at the time? These things are all hindsight."More News »
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Score -11, it is strange that supposedly operating system enthusiasts who one should think posess higher intelligence, doesn`t see the morality I have pointed out.
What I am saying is, MS is a bit like a rapist.
"Here, buy my systems and have a good time with the computer".
-"Hmm.. I`ve heard a lot of bad things about you.."
"Nonono, these are all just allegations".
-"hmm ok, probably just ignorant people".
"And look here, there is the start button".
-"Dude I am kind intelligent here, I would enjoy some more sophistication".
"No we believe in the lowest common denominator. Now suffer for the sake of your lesser intelligent countrymen".
-"Ahh, yes.. I`ll sacrifice myself for my countrymen. But wouldn`t they enjoy my intelligence. Aren`t people like me the ones who actually run the show? I mean.. If you lack intelligence you can`t do most of coherent sense in the world".
"Hmm.. no. I like to dance and turn around and feel love for my country men. And this might be gay behaviour, but this is no longer deemed mental illness, and you should be asahmed for implying so".
-"Uhh.. this audio stream is breaking up, when I open the browser".
"Then you must increase the latency"
-"But I can do 0.33 ms latency in linux. How is it that a free OS can be better than yours".
"Oh well we noticed that an now try to block it from other computers".
"-Why would you block something that is better than your own system.. Ah these business practises of MS. I have actually heard about them. In hacker cirlces, they are fairly well-referenced".
"No, we had a court decision on MS and the monopoly claimed, and we won".
-"gee really.. Ok so I am supposed to learn all these start buttons and requestes, and get an MS degree, and claim to know something"?
"Yes, we shape your world".
-"Wouldnt actually being able to know the system down to the core, be better, and actullay be more about knowledge"?
"No you don`t need to think. We design all menus and similar things, in accordance to popular culture, so that it all becomes an insane mess of madeup menus and a conjured digital world".
-"mmm.. I see. And this I am supposed to go around claiming is good"
"That is how we make money around here".
-"isnt that kinda like lying and abusing"
"Nonono.." ETCETC. And the story goes on. Still to the very day, to the annoyance of every intelligent man. The only reconizable feature of MS throughout it`s entire history.
WELL ok they had a moment with BASIC. Basic was simple and good, and even as a child I could do it. However as soon as it moved onto higher level platforms, it turned rahter uninteresting.
Behaviour like this in the long run though, I can`t really say that that is anything else than defilement of human nature.
Insight for the few, that seems to posess intelligence enough to understand that this is true.