Microsoft plans all-new Windows 7 UI
Vista’s successor will sport a radically revised XML-based interface with elements of Office 2007’s ribbon, as Microsoft literally rewrites the rule book on the Windows UI.
Archive for March 29, 2008
A New Goldmine For Intel: The $6 Atom Processor
Intel is gearing up to launch what may be its most important product since the Pentium processor: The Atom CPU targets key growth markets and could ship hundreds of millions units within a few year. While much of the success will depend on unit numbers, sources told TG Daily that Atom will be big cash cow for Intel.
New Hidden Google Mobile Service Revealed
Google mobile “LCB” was uncovered by picking apart a publicly available file containing a list of all pages that crawlers shouldn’t be able to see. Essentially, LCB is an interesting move away from Google’s typical offerings.
Future phone: NTT DoCoMo moves toward bio-sensing cell phone
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated one part of an molecular level system that might one day enable cell phones to keep watch on their owners’ health. The proposed phone will contain “DNA chips,” capable of analyzing molecules from the user’s body, to provide a warning about a possible virus, high-levels of stress, and other health factors.
Net Neutrality’s Quiet Crusader - washingtonpost.com
Savetheinternet profiled in the Washington Post! Go net neutrality! 
Opera releases experimental public build that passes Acid3
Internal build now available for download. They have achieved 100/100 passes on the DOM test and the layout is pixel perfect, but there is still some work performance work to be done for the animation to be smooth, apparently. Congratulations, Opera!
149 Linux Boxes on every Virgin America flight
They are variants of Red Hat & Fedora. Virgin America’s director of in-flight entertainment Charles Ogilvie explains in this CrunchGear interview.
60% of Photoshop Users are PIRATES!
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me….
29% of Windows Vista crashes caused by NVIDIA drivers
There’s a class action suit working its way through the courts to determine whether Microsoft changed the definition of “capable” to help Intel sell computers. But some of the documents released in the case are interesting in their own right. For example, Microsoft has a chart that lists identified causes of Windows Vista crashes
Apple begins widespread testing of Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update
Apple Inc. this week began testing Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update, a third maintenance and security update to its relatively new Leopard operating system that already bundles over 75 bug fixes and code corrections.
Hacking contest highlights value of vulnerabilities :-)
Security professionals that take part in an annual hacking contest will have more reasons to part with their latest vulnerabilities: Up to 20,000 more reasons.On Monday, security firm Tipping Point agreed to offer up to $20,000 as a prize to the first person to compromise each of three laptops running popular operating systems…
GTA IV’s Fourth and Final Trailer Released!
Just in case leaked multiplayer screens, a possibly real, possibly fake city map, and the announcement of a powerful new online hub weren’t enough to get your game-lust raging for Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar has just released the fourth and final teaser trailer for the game. The trailer is titled “Everyone’s a Rat.”
