Microsoft Top 10 Windows 8 Features #5: Live Performance and Reliability Charts Perhaps the most visible change to the Windows 8 Desktop (the "old" half of Microsoft's new operating system) will come from live performance graphs. Improved heuristics in the new Task Manager and all-new graphs in Windows Explorer, of all places, will tell you when "burst mode" kicks in and when your hard drive is slowing down. Enterprise Scott M. Fulton View comments
Hangout [Video] Q&A About the New Chromebook & Chromebox Jon has been testing the new Google Chromebook and Chromebox for a couple weeks. He and Dan discussed whether these things are ready for prime time. Then Dan's audio cut out, so he continued to mime comments while Jon answered reader questions. There were lots of them! We hope this video answers all your Chrome OS questions, and if not… Jon Mitchell View comments
enterprise Gamifying the Executive Suite It’s easy to think of gaming as kids stuff, and the behavior-driving techniques honed by the gaming industry limited to getting the unwashed Internet masses to play Farmville or boost engagement in marketing campaigns. But it turns out that the same motivators that get the adrenaline pumping in a 15-year-old gamer also drive executives. So… Enterprise Antone Gonsalves View comments
Gaming MIT Brain Who Beat the Casinos Launches Service to Quantify Developer Performance Jeff Ma, the MIT blackjack team member who served as the inspiration for Ben Mezrich’s book Bringing Down the House and the film 21, gave developers at the Atlassian Summit a glimpse of his new stealth startup: TenXer. Hack Klint Finley View comments
Science Read/Write Daily: Tractor Beams & Smelly People Today's theme is mad scientists. In covering tech, we tend to focus on the products, the problems and the money. But arguably the most important parts of the story are the people themselves. It's their personal obsessions that take dreamy ideas and make them real. Here are a few science and tech stories focused on fascinating people. Science Jon Mitchell View comments