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And it was that time of the year again - Apple held one of its product announcements. This one focussed on the iPad mostly, and while some will call it a disappointment merely because virtually everything had already been leaked, I'm still in awe over the fact the <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">newly announced iPad</a> has a 2048x1536 display. My mind is blown.</div>
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As you may have seen, David's been taking care of OSNews for a few days because I'm quite busy with work. Still, there's one thing I'd like to talk about: the desktop mode in Windows 8. I wish I could've added this to <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/25672/First_impressions_Windows_8_consumer_preview">the first impressions article</a>, but I only arrived at this conclusion <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/thomholwerda/status/176800186469847040">yesterday</a>: desktop mode in Windows 8 is Microsoft's equivalent of Mac OS X's Classic mode.</div>
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I ran across a <a href="http://www.itworld.com/software/255822/deep-layoffs-expected-yahoo">business news story</a> about Yahoo's impending layoffs today, and if you're a deep-into-the-internet person like me, it certainly comes as no surprise to read yet again that Yahoo is on the skids. In fact, you're more likely to be surprised to learn that Yahoo has more than 14,000 employees and made something like $6 billion in revenue last year. Yahoo ceased to be relevant a long time ago, and even the Yahoo services that still get some love, like Flickr, seem to be tainted by association. But the question I asked myself when I read the article was, "why didn't Yahoo become a technology leader?"</div>
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Wednesday was the big day for Microsoft - the largest overhaul of its operating system since Windows 95 (heck, I'd argue the overhaul is far larger than Windows 95) went into consumer preview. I've been running it on my Asus ZenBook since its release, and in all honesty, it's not as arduous as I expected. I'm not planning on doing a full review, but I do want to mention a number of things - both positive and negative - that stood out to me.</div>
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By all early reports, Windows 8 is going to be a good operating system. Microsoft's hegemony may be crumbling in a mobile computing onslaught, but its core empire remains undimmed. However, whereas Windows 7 had three versions, Windows 8 will apparently be ballooning to 9 versions.</div>
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This morning, I experienced the nerd equivalent of a Black Friday $50 iPad sale. At 07:00 CET, the first batch of the much-anticipated Raspberry Pi went on sale, and while Raspberry Pi itself was very properly prepared, the two large international retailers actually selling the device weren't - despite warnings from Raspberry Pi about the enormous amount of traffic that would come their way, the two sites crumbled to dust within seconds. There's good news too - the cheaper model A has seen its RAM doubled at no additional cost.</div>
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Current computers use SATA disk drives. Pentium IV's and earlier
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The just released <a href="http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/12.02">version 12.02</a> of the Genode OS Framework takes the first steps to carry out the <a href="http://genode.org/about/road-map">plan</a> to turn the framework into a general-purpose OS for the daily use by its developers until the end of the year. It features a new ACPI driver, the first bits of a device-driver manager, support for using the fork syscall in GNU programs, and a PDF rendering engine. The most significant point of this release, however, is the way it was conducted. It represents the first version carried out using a completely open development process.</div>
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And even more news from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Mozilla has <a href="http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/02/27/mozilla-in-mobile-the-web-is-the-platform/">announced a partnership</a> with Telefonica and Qualcomm, which will bring Mozilla's Boot to Gecko HTML5-based mobile interface to devices later his year. This is a huge boon for the fully open source environment.</div>
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There's a lot of news coming out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, but since we can't compete with the well-funded gadget blogs, I suggest you read up on the details at <a href="http://www.theverge.com/">The Verge</a> (or <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a>). One thing stood out to me, though. While the entire industry is moving towards more cores, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827158/nokia-808-pureview-launch-pictures-video-preview">more megapixels</a>, more gigahertz, more display inches - Microsoft is <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/02/27/get-ready-for-60-more-potential-customers.aspx">doing the exact opposite</a>. Windows Phone has been updated and optimised <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/02/27/windows-phone-at-mobile-world-congress-2012.aspx">to run on <i>slower</i> hardware</a>.</div>
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Metro is beautiful and elegant. It works wonders on my HTC HD7, and I'm pretty darn sure it's going to work just many wonders on tablets later this year. However, Microsoft also expects us to use Windows 8's Metro on our desktops with mice and keyboards - and in that scenario, I can't really see it work any wonders. The Verge user Sputnik8 decided to see what Metro would look like applied to a more regular desktop. <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept">The results are... Stunning</a>.</div>
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An interesting anecdote at MinimalMac <a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/18189678921/tv-is-broken">about television being broken</a>. The author's young daughter, who is growing up in a Netflix/Hulu/iTunes/etc. household, was confronted with actual TV for the first time, and wonders why she can't pick what to watch, why the shows are being interrupted all the time, and so on. Clearly - TV is broken.</div>
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On my mark... Get set... Start not caring! Adobe has announced it plans to <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html">discontinue the stand-alone Flash Player for Linux</a>, instead focussing all its effort on the version available through the Pepper API - which, besides Chrome, no one else is going to support.</div>
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Take this as a sign of things to come in the land of convergence. Yesterday, <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android">Ubuntu announced Ubuntu for Android</a>. This new product basically allows you to run the entire Ubuntu Linux distribution on your Android smartphone connected to an external display and keyboard and mouse.</div>
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Now this is what I like to see. Smaller, alternative operating systems have been dying by the dozens these past 6 years or so, so in order for the remainder to survive, they need to work together. ReactOS and Haiku have been doing that for a while now, and the <a href="http://www.reactos.org/en/news_page_73.html">latest fruits of this collaboration</a> is a much-improved USB stack for ReactOS.</div>
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Research In Motion has just <a href="http://us.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet/?IID=us:bb:Desktop:Homepage:Feb2012:playbook2_0">released version 2.0</a> of their QNX-based PlayBook operating system. This long-awaited update could be seen as making the PlayBook feature-complete, bringing things like a native email client to RIM's 7" tablet.</div>
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No matter where you look these days, there's a profound sense here in the west that the people no longer having any tangible control over what our governments do. Sure, we are allowed to vote every once in a while, but effectively, most of our countries are governed by backroom deals and corporate interests. If matters really do get out of hand, how do we fight this? Well, <a href="http://transparencygrenade.com/">with technology of course</a>!</div>
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Well, paint me red and call me a girl scout: Facebook, Google, and several other advertising networks are <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204880404577225380456599176-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwNjExNDYyWj.html">using a loophole</a> to make sure third party cookies could still be installed on Safari and Mobile Safari, even though those two browsers technically shouldn't allow such cookies. Google has already ceased the practice, and in fact, closed the loophole in WebKit itself months ago.</div>
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<div class="boxcontent"> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25701">Why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/09/12 19:11 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/31"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/31.gif" alt="General Development" title="General Development" /></a>"I was reading about vim the other day and <a href="http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys/">found out why it used hjkl keys as arrow keys</a>. When Bill Joy created the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys, so naturally he reused the same keys." As interesting as that is, John Graham-Cumming <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3684763">goes even further back in history</a>. "The reason that keyboard had those arrows keys on it was because those keys correspond to CTRL-H, J, K, L and the CTRL key back then worked by killing bit 6 (and bit 5) of the characters being typed." Truly fascinating stuff, even though it's from way before my time (I'm from 1984).</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25701" class="commentcount">13 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25700">Chrome falls during Pwn2Own, issue fixed within 24 hours</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/09/12 9:43 UTC, submitted by <a href="/user/bowkota/">bowkota</a></div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/28"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/28.gif" alt="Google" title="Google" /></a>"As day one of the annual Pwn2Own hacker contest wound down on Wednesday, no browser suffered more abuse than Google Chrome, which was <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/google-chromes-winning-streak-fades-at-annual-hacking-contest.ars">felled by an attack</a> exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in the most up-to-date version. Combined with a separate contest Google sponsored a few feet away, it was the second zero-day attack visited on Chrome in a span of a few hours." Google <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/after-the-pwnage-critical-google-chrome-hole-plugged-in-24-hours.ars">fixed the issue within 24 hours</a>.</div><div class="sbfooter">
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2 <a href="/comments/25700" class="commentcount">11 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25699">Windows Phone 'Tango' device limitations revealed</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/08/12 17:59 UTC, submitted by <a href="/user/kragil/">kragil</a></div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/37"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/37.gif" alt="Windows" title="Windows" /></a>Microsoft has disclosed just <a href="http://www.liveside.net/2012/03/07/windows-phone-tango-256mb-ram-device-limitations-and-new-features-officially-confirmed/">which limitations Windows Phone 'Tango' will have</a> on low-end devices (256MB RAM). It's pretty hefty - most importantly, the ability to 'multitask' has been disabled. Aren't there more powerful unlimited Android phones out there? What's the point of all this?</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25699" class="commentcount">29 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25698">Apple uses OpenStreetMap for iPhoto on iOS, doesn't give credit</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/08/12 17:25 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/14"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/14.gif" alt="Apple" title="Apple" /></a>"Yesterday Apple launched iPhoto, its photo management app, for the iPad and iPhone... And we're rather pleased to find <a href="http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/03/08/welcome-apple/">they're the latest to switch to OpenStreetMap</a>. [...] The OSM data that Apple is using is rather old (start of April 2010) so don't expect to see your latest and greatest updates on there. It's also missing the necessary credit to OpenStreetMap's contributors; we look forward to working with Apple to get that on there." Pretty ironic coming from a company suing the living daylights out of everyone over rounded corners and bouncy-scroll effects, but alas, I'm sure there's some construed justification coming up from the <a href="http://daringfireball.net/">usual</a> <a href="http://parislemon.com/">suspects</a>.</div><div class="sbfooter">
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3 <a href="/comments/25698" class="commentcount">9 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25696">Timberwolf beta released for AmigaOS</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/07/12 23:04 UTC, submitted by Richard Lake</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/12"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/12.gif" alt="Amiga &amp; AROS" title="Amiga &amp; AROS" /></a>"The Timberwolf team is proud to announce the immediate availability of <a href="http://www.friedenhq.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:new-timberwolf-release&catid=35:amigaos">the first beta version of Timberwolf 4.0.1</a>. Timberwolf is an AmigaOS web browser based on Firefox/Mozilla technology. This technology is more than just a browser, it is an enabling technology, bringing powerful tools such as html5, WebM, JavaScript, XUL, and more to AmigaOS 4.x. These are the building blocks for other applications as well, such as the email client 'Thunderbird' or the media center 'Songbird'. This first beta release includes almost the full functionality of the browser, allowing style-sheet enabled web browsing, secure connections, use of Firefox add-on and more."</div><div class="sbfooter">
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3 <a href="/comments/25696" class="commentcount">42 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25693">Windows Embedded Standard 8 preview available to download</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/07/12 17:44 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/37"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/37.gif" alt="Windows" title="Windows" /></a>"Microsoft has <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/7/2850570/windows-embedded-standard-8-preview-available-roadmap">laid out its roadmap for the next version of Windows Embedded</a>, with a preview of the standard version <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/windows-embedded-standard-8-ctp.aspx">available to download now</a>. Windows Embedded is the specialized version of the OS that you'll often see running in devices ranging from kiosks and ATMs to car dashboards and medical equipment. It looks like the next version will be labeled with the Windows 8 branding across the board, though it's officially being called Windows Embedded v.Next in Microsoft's press release."</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25693" class="commentcount">5 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25692">Exclusive: Microsoft Office 15 features, improvements</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/11">Thom Holwerda</a> on 03/06/12 23:40 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/23"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/23.gif" alt="Microsoft" title="Microsoft" /></a>"Today we are able to <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/6/2848579/microsoft-office-15-features-improvements">share details</a> on a number of new and improved features in each of the core applications for Office 15, thanks to several people with access to the early Technical Preview code. From Touch and Reading Mode to a Weather Bar feature in Outlook 15, we have exclusive details on Microsoft's plans." Looking good. Not fully Metro though. Bummer.</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25692" class="commentcount">16 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25690">Google, Motorola ordered to provide Android info to Apple</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/user/snydeq/">snydeq</a> on 03/06/12 23:32 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/44"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/44.gif" alt="Legal" title="Legal" /></a>"A US judge has <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/google-motorola-ordered-provide-android-information-apple-188053">ordered Motorola Mobility and Google to turn over information to Apple</a> on Google's acquisition in 2005 of Android, its development of the Android OS and the proposed acquisition of Motorola. According to Motorola, the information Apple seeks regarding Google's acquisition of Motorola and Android is not relevant to any damages asserted in the case."</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25690" class="commentcount">1 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25689">Top LulzSec hackers arrested, group leader reportedly working for FBI</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/3">David Adams</a> on 03/06/12 16:47 UTC</div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/44"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/44.gif" alt="Legal" title="Legal" /></a>The laughs are reportedly over for five top members of the hacker group LulzSec who <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/06/top-lulzsec-hackers-arrested-group-leader-reportedly-working-for-fbi/">were arrested</a> on Tuesday and charged as part of a conspiracy case filed in New York federal court. FoxNews.com reports that the arrests were part of a multinational sting across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States on Tuesday morning, and LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, who operated online under the alias âSabu,â provided the Federal Bureau of Investigation with information leading to the arrests.</div><div class="sbfooter">
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0 <a href="/comments/25689" class="commentcount">8 Comment(s)</a> </div><hr class="sidebarhr" /> <div class="sbnewstitle"><a href="/comments/25687">Haptic thumbsticks add pull and stretch feedback to controllers</a></div><div class="sbnewssubheader">
Linked by <a href="/editor/3">David Adams</a> on 03/06/12 16:21 UTC, submitted by <a href="/user/sawboss/">sawboss</a></div> <div class="sbnewscontent">
<a href="/topics/42"><img src="http://www.osnews.com/images/icons/42.gif" alt="Games" title="Games" /></a>"When it comes to feeding back information to the player from a game controller, we still rely on a vibration unit inside the controller. It can 'beat' in many different ways, but is quite limited if you want to give a very specific response to what's happening in any given game. A team of engineers at the University of Utah think they can do better, and have developed a new tactile feedback thumbpad of sorts. If used as part of a game controller, it will supplement vibration feedback by <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/games/haptic-thumbsticks-add-pull-and-stretch-feedback-to-game-controllers-2012036">stretching the user's skin</a> on their thumb tips in very specific ways."</div><div class="sbfooter">
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