Betanews makes the case for lightweight operating systems:
The rise of the netbook and other form factors is driving a fairly substantial re-think in terms of how we use computers and what we expect out of them. We no longer shoot for all-encompassing capability, and instead want simpler devices that do the job quickly and efficiently. [...]
Archive for June, 2009
The Betanews case for a lightweight operating system
Posted in Desktop Experience, tagged betanews, lxde on June 14 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Commission statement on Microsoft Internet Explorer announcement
Posted in European Union on June 12 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EU press release:
The SO sets out the preliminary view that, should the Commission conclude that Microsoft’s conduct was abusive, any remedy would need to restore a level-playing field and enable genuine consumer choice between Internet Explorer and third-party web browsers, in order to bring the infringement effectively to an end. A potential remedy to these [...]
Abobe shows what video games and lethal action have in common
Posted in robotics, tagged air, AMFPHP, T8DESIGN, XBOX, Zend AMF on June 9 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adobe demonstrates that cutting edge software technology is also useful for military uses. In times of stimulus spending and costly military missions certainly an important business option:
This week I wanted to talk about another fascinating use of Adobe AIR. Wade Arnold and his company T8DESIGN built an AIR interface for the US military that is [...]
PCMan and the Desktop standard process
Posted in Desktop Experience, lxde on June 5 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The LXDE wizard Hong Jen Yee (“PCMan”) makes some bitter remarks concerning the Desktop standard process:
Why should we always be forced to follow all those things we don’t like or don’t even need? If we don’t follow them, we lost compatibility with many existing Gnome/GTK+ and KDE programs. In addition, they modify the specs frequently, [...]
eyeDesigner
Posted in Cloud, tagged Cloud, eyeOS on June 3 2009 | Leave a Comment »
eyeDesigner is the graphical interface builder for eyeOS, the Cloud Computing Operating System.
Amarok2 breadcrumb navigation
Posted in Desktop Experience, tagged KDE, amarok on June 3 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amarok continues to experiment with the user interface for the Amarok2 release cycle. Software reconstructionism in search for the ultimate music player interface. Here is one element, in the description of the video:
An extension of the dig-down interface prototype that gets rid of the big, ugly vertical back button and adds a much more flexible [...]
Project Natal
Posted in Desktop Experience, tagged natal on June 3 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The futuristic controller is you, watch yourself:
Just a first step into augmented reality though.
EU consultation on low carbon computing
Posted in European Union, Organic Computing, tagged consultation, low carbon on June 2 2009 | Leave a Comment »
European Citizens do not only get their say in the upcoming EU Parliament elections, they are also invited to contribute to the consultations of the Commission presents with the IDABC Interactive Policy Making tool.
On March 12, 2009, the Commission adopted a Communication on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to facilitate the transition to an [...]
Google Wave Architecture
Posted in Future of the Web on June 1 2009 | 1 Comment »
InfoQ explains Google Wave’s architecture, there a link to Waveprotocol and here Operational Transformations (OT) because algorithms are king at Google. Looks like we will all have to learn new termonology.
And for my field of special interest, patents and standards, yet another patent license text:
Patent License
Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Google [...]
Bing.com no gentlemen when you run Opera web browser
Posted in Future of the Web, tagged bing, google, maps, Microsoft, opera, Search on June 1 2009 | 1 Comment »
The new search engine bing.com shortly tested:
I search for “Sägezahntiger” (the correct word is “Säbelzahntiger“), first hit, Bing tells me that I may find many Sägezahntigers at ebay and asks me if I was looking for “Sägezahn Tiger”.
Now, let’s try the map service, I am of course using Opera as my web browser:
The web browser [...]
