Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jan 2011 21:22 UTC
Just - just hold on a second. This is big: NVIDIA, maker of graphics accelerator chips, has just announced, during its keynote at CES, that it is developing a high-performance ARM-based processor together with ARM, targeted squarely at the desktop, server, and even high-performance computing markets. That Windows on ARM thing? NVIDIA referenced it multiple times! Update: Boom, and we have a press release. "NVIDIA announced today that it plans to build high-performance ARM based CPU cores, designed to support future products ranging from personal computers and servers to workstations and supercomputers. Known under the internal codename 'Project Denver', this initiative features an NVIDIA CPU running the ARM instruction set, which will be fully integrated on the same chip as the NVIDIA GPU."
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First, anyone over the age of twelve who uses the phrase "Windows tax" is almost certainly not going to be enlightening company.
What should I call it then? How about, "The Additional Cost Applied to the Computer System for the License To Use The Included Microsoft Software, Which Is Hard [If Not Impossible] To Get Refunded?" Is that better?
Secondly, one man's pain is another's pleasure. While you clearly have deep-seated issues related to Microsoft, more than a few of us actually like their products and would disagree strongly with your opinion of them.
I can't complain as much now as I could in the past about the quality of Microsoft's operating systems; Windows 7 is admittedly halfway decent. Now, it's mostly their monopoly status, their forcing their OS (or at least payment) onto everyone who doesn't choose to get even more gouged by buying an Apple, the ridiculous prices of their OSes, and their ridiculous technical and EULA limitations, etc. Not to mention their horrible customer service, outsourced to some cheap foreign country. And their "product activation" and "genuine advantage" crap that makes it almost a guarantee that you'll have to deal with them at some point.
Similarly, I quite appreciate having access to operating systems (XP SP3 and Windows 7) that have never actually crashed on me. That's rather more than I can say for any of my often ill-fated encounters with Linux distros.
Oh, man. You would get bored as hell hearing about all the blue screens of death I got in XP, as well as previous versions of Windows. One standout, I recall, was one of XP's earlier service packs; downloading torrents would never fail to cause a BSOD, and that annoying bug existed until SP2 finally came out. The only fix until SP2: Don't download torrents or any other highly network-straining programs, or downgrade to the previous service pack. Let me just say, from around 1997 until sometime in 2006, I've seen Windows crash and burn spectacularly more times than I can count.
Edited 2011-01-06 01:22 UTC
Member since:2006-01-06
Not monopoly status, ABUSE of monopoly status. That needs to be kept explicit. We don't want microsoft stifling more innovation through strong arming vendors, running under the table deals, playing dirty with pushing "standards", the list goes on.
I personally don't like visual studio one bit, its pretty clunky and non intuitive and worse...forces users into its developmental paradigm. That tends to be true of most ides but is more true of VS. And then there's the insanity of not being able to mix and match libraries at will...static/dynamic/thread mode/debug utterly maddening.
Member since:2010-10-27
What should I call it then? How about, "The Additional Cost Applied to the Computer System for the License To Use The Included Microsoft Software, Which Is Hard [If Not Impossible] To Get Refunded?" Is that better?
Hang on a second: presumably, you're opposed to the idea of using Windows either because you simply don't like the product or you find it distasteful from a purely ideological standpoint. Either of those are perfectly fine reasons not to use it. Moreover, you don't want to buy a computer with Windows pre-installed because you regard it as a "tax" (which it isn't) and you believe it may be difficult to obtain a refund for the unused copy of Windows.
Here's a simple solution: don't buy a computer with Windows pre-installed.
Member since:2008-06-02
forcing their OS (or at least payment) onto everyone who doesn't choose to get even more gouged by buying an Apple
Yes, that's right, you're forced to pay for their OS... notwithstanding the fact every city of any decent size has dozens of small computer retailers who will happily build/sell you a computer without Windows.
If you're too lazy to shop anywhere other than Best Buy or Staples, well then that obviously must be Microsoft's fault... somehow.
Member since:2005-07-23
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/20/13 6:17 UTC, submitted by MOS6510
"In the first episode of Microsoft's new film series 'On the Whiteboard', Editor Pamela Woon chats with two-time Oscar winner Randy Thom about the (often underestimated) importance of sound in human-technology interactions. Thom, the lead sound designer at Skywalker Ranch who worked on films such as The Incredibles, Castaway and Forrest Gump, says that people rarely consider the significance of those signature sounds that come from their trusty devices, whether it be a cell phone, a computer or a tablet."
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.More News »
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First, anyone over the age of twelve who uses the phrase "Windows tax" is almost certainly not going to be enlightening company.
Secondly, one man's pain is another's pleasure. While you clearly have deep-seated issues related to Microsoft, more than a few of us actually like their products and would disagree strongly with your opinion of them.
Personally, for instance, I can't imagine having a machine without a copy of Visual Studio, which is - by a country mile - the best IDE I've ever used. Similarly, I quite appreciate having access to operating systems (XP SP3 and Windows 7) that have never actually crashed on me. That's rather more than I can say for any of my often ill-fated encounters with Linux distros.