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| The Popup Scrollbar Concept |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by Thorsten Wilms on 2008-05-10 21:49:59 |
| As you may remember from our series on common usability terms, I have a lot of interest in graphical user interface concepts. In addition, I applaud anyone trying to improve existing concepts, people that try to think beyond set conventions to come up with an improved version of that concept, or a new concept altogether. Thorsten Wilms took on the well-established concept of the scrollbar, and came up with a few interesting tweaks. |
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| The 25 Year Old BSD Bug |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by rosebug on 2008-05-10 20:27:05 |
| 1983. The year of the IBM PC XT, the Apple Lisa, Pioneer 10 leaving the solar system, and Hooters opening up shop in Florida. It's also the birthyear of a 25 year old BSD bug, squashed only a few days ago.
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| Perceptive Pixel's 'Magic Wall' Finds New Niche |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2008-05-09 21:46:03 |
| Multitouch has more or less turned into a buzzword these days - sometimes, its implementation makes sense and comes out as pretty useful (see the iPhone and Microsoft's Surface), however, other implementations turn out be debatable. There is another implementation out there, one that received a lot less attention from the press than the aforementioned cases: Jeff Han's Perceptive Pixel. |
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| Memristors Discussed on Talk of the Nation |
| By David Adams on 2008-05-09 21:44:17 |
| Today's NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday radio program discussed the recent Memristor advances for the non-Electrical Engineer: "The possibility of such a circuit element, known as the "memristor," was first described in 1971, but no one was able to find a device with the properties of that missing element. Now, a group of scientists at HP Labs has found that in nanoscale materials, the "memristance" property becomes easier to see. The finding could lead to lower power, instant-on computers, as well as novel types of circuitry. HP Senior Fellow Stanley Williams, one of the discoverers of the modern memristor, talks about the find and its potential applications." The 13 minute program is available online |
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| Microsoft To Appeal Record EC Fine |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2008-05-09 20:24:55 |
| In February 2008, the European Commission fined Microsoft for the record-breaking amount of 899 million Euros, for not complying to the 2004 ruling from Brussels. Today, Microsoft announced it has decided to appeal the fine. "We are filing this appeal in a constructive effort to seek clarity from the court. We will not be saying anything further," the company stated. |
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| Skype Withdraws Appeals Case, GPL 'Wins' |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by Moulinneuf on 2008-05-09 13:19:10 |
| In July of 2007, Skype lost a court case over their failure to include a copy of the GPL in their WSKP100 VoIP phone - it ran Linux, GPL software, which means a copy of the GPL license must be included. The case was started by the gpl-violations.org group. Skype decided to appeal against the decision, but it has decided to withdraw that appeal. |
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| Google Addresses Antitrust Issue on Yahoo Ad Deal |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2008-05-09 11:11:46 |
| Last week, when Microsoft's attempt at buying Yahoo stranded, Steve Ballmer specifically mentioned Google, and how a possible deal between Google and Yahoo would limit choice and competition in the marketplace. Google explained yesterday how it would fend off possible antritrust concerns following an ad-sharing deal with Yahoo. In addtion, Google noted the irony in Microsoft's complaints. |
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| Syllable, SkyOS, ReactOS Move Forward |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2008-05-08 21:32:07 |
| There are quite a few operating systems which have moved beyond the simple hobby operating system stage, onto a more lasting plane of existence. AROS, ReactOS, SkyOS, Syllable, Haiku; they're no longer basement products, coded by a single programer - they are now projects in which a lot of people have invested time, and possibly money too. They won't go away any time soon. The last few days have seen news on three of these systems: ReactOS, SkyOS, and Syllable. |
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| MySQL Remains 'Fully Functional and Open Source' |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2008-05-08 19:13:59 |
| When Sun announced it would offer certain plugins and features for enterprise customers only, and maybe even make them closed-source, the open source community was up in arms. It seems that MySQL and Sun have listened to the criticism, as these plans are now off the table. In fact, these plans did not originate within Sun in the first place. |
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| AMD Publishes Server Roadmap |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by irbis on 2008-05-07 21:29:53 |
| AMD had a bit of a setback with their Barcelona server processor, the company seems to have moved on. During a conference call today, the company laid out its plans for the server space for the coming years, putting 6 and 12 core processors on the horizon. |
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