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I’ve been running Windows 8 as my primary OS for several weeks, and I must say (as bizarre as it feels to type these words), IE10 is incredibly fast and fluid. It’s almost like that first time you used Chrome after using Firefox with too many add-ons. Whatever they’re doing over there, it’s working. Could you be tempted back to IE after using Firefox and Chrome?
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: Could you be tempted back to IE after using Firefox and Chrome?
No, because features and usability trump speed, which is hardly noticeable in comparison with network latency anyway.
Kevin
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Mike Bell, Intel’s chief of mobile, explains why one of the biggest surprises with x86 Android is the fact that app compatibility seems to be a non-issue. “There are two kinds of Android apps,” Bell says. “Those that use Dalvik, and ones that run natively.” Intel inside... your phone.
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Players who have hacked Max Payne 3 to give themselves advantages like unlimited adrenaline and invincibility will only be able to play other cheaters. [ITworld]
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I wonder who gets the honor of being the alpha cheater.
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That sounds pretty fair. Allow everyone to play how they want, everyone gets to have fun.
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Rumours have it that Microsoft has bought Yammer. Source[^]
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Could be a very interesting move by MS. With the current integration to SharePoint and its subsequent integration to CRM, for businesses this sort of social gathering could be massive - as long as MS does not loose interest after the first 5 min's of acquisition.
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The upcoming 12.2 RC1 release of openSUSE has been delayed, and the final 12.2 release "won't see the light of day on July 11th," as developers within the openSUSE community struggle to fix their release efforts. [ITworld]
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ICANN developed the New generic Top-Level Domain Program to increase competition and choice by introducing new gTLDs into the Internet’s addressing system. What is a gTLD? It is an Internet domain name extension such as the familiar .com, .net, or .org. There are 280 ccTLDs but only 22 “generics” in the domain name system right now, but that is all about to change.
The new gTLD application window opened on 12 January 2012 and closed on 30 May 2012. The following list displays all of the gTLD strings that were applied for during this round.
All The Applied New gTLD[^]
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Why-oh-why didn't I put in for .GIN...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I'm surprised more people didn't apply for ".sex" honestly. It's also lacking in common file extensions, just to mess with people (e.g. ".jpeg").
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Interesting bit of news. 
Apple has applied for .Apple, and Intel for .Intel.
Microsoft has applied for:
- .Azure
- .Bing
- .Docs
- .Hotmail
- .Live
- .Microsoft
- .Office
- .SkyDrive
- .Skype
- .Windows
- .Xbox
Looks like Amazon and a few others want .Cloud.
And I see nobody has yet applied for .Code, .Asp, or .Php, though Oracle is after .Java.
It looks like Amazon has applied for the highest number... when I do a search, about a 5th or so of them are by Amazon.
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Quote: Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an extra surcharge on online purchases made through the firm's site.
Chief executive Ruslan Kogan told the BBC he wanted to recoup the time and costs involved in "rendering the website into a antique browser".
The charge is set to 6.8% - 0.1% for every month since the IE7 launch.
Underscoring the point, a popup appears, declaring:
"It appears you or your system administrator has been in a coma for over 5 years and you are still using IE7"...
Full article here[^]
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We've had a bit more debate on this one over in the lounge.
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:checks time-stamps:
Craaaap! 
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I really didn't want to say repost because it's a completely different forum, and this really is news, but I thought you might be interested in wading in on the debate.
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Well, we can't exactly say we saw this one coming. Microsoft has today taken the wraps off a rather ambitious project dubbed on{X}, which is available exclusively for Android smartphones initially (support for more platforms is planned), and offers a range of tools that promise to help "automate your life." Developed by the company's R&D Center in Israel, the service consists of a website and an app, the former of which lets you select from a variety of scripts (or "recipes," as Microsoft calls them), while the latter executes them on your phone. The kicker is that anyone can create their own recipes and share them with others, and they can take all of the capabilities of a smartphone into account -- performing an action when you arrive at a specific location, for instance, or setting reminders based on the weather forecast (all the actual processing is handled on the phone). Much like Kinect, Microsoft is hoping that folks will take the platform and run with it, developing new features that it hasn't even thought of. Those interested can get started right now at the source link below, or get a taste of the service in the video after the break.
Source : Microsoft on{x}[^]
Official Site[^]
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Interesting choice, targeting Android first.
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lewax00 wrote: Interesting choice, targeting Android first.
For Windows Phone they have TouchDevelop[^].
Kevin
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Funnily enough, I was considering what it would take to write something like this last night after I read a question in the forums. Conceptually, it's very similar to the apps linked to in this[^] post.
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And you need to login only using FB. Crass .. I just uninstalled FB from my Galaxy S3 
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Want to see Google manhole, click here[^]
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