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Wednesday, 31st August 2011

Microsoft's Touchscreen Revolution Scaled Back

In June, Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Windows operating system: Windows 8. This version of Windows will introduce touchscreen technology into the Windows user interface (UI), including desktop and laptop computers. Touchscreens have become popular in smartphones and tablets, primarily due to Apple's iOS. But does it make sense to…

Richard MacManus comments

Kindle Feature Lets Readers Ask Authors Questions

Amazon nudged the experience of reading books ever-so-slightly further into the future today. The company announced a new feature for its Kindle reading platform that lets readers ask authors questions about their books as they're reading. The new program, called @author, lets Kindle users highlight a passage and then ask the author a…

John Paul Titlow comments

Linux Kernel Host Kernel.org Breached

The site that hosts the Linux kernel's source code, Kernel.org was compromised earlier this month. The discovery was made on August 28th, and steps are being taken now to enhance security for the site and recovery is underway. The kernel code repositories are believed to be unaffected. According to an unattributed post on the front page of…

Enterprise Joe Brockmeier comments

Seesmic CEO - 'We're Going to Replace the Desktop For Sure'

For a conference whose host boldly proclaims, "We live in the post-PC revolution," most of the innovations introduced by partners and third parties at this year's Dreamforce conference are probably best suited for viewing from your favorite PC Web browser. One huge exception this week comes from Seesmic, which came to fame with its multi-channel…

Mobile Scott M. Fulton comments

On Top of the Google: Search Startup Adds Your Friends' Location Data to Your Search Results

Search tool Wajam is rolling out a new feature today to its browser extension that overlays links shared by your friends on Twitter and Facebook at the top of the page when you perform a search on Google. (Or Bing.) Now Wajam puts a sidebar on the search results page when you're looking for something in a particular location. Looking for a…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

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