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The Windows 7 beta has become official. Steve Ballmer, always an entertaining speaker, graced the Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas with a keynote speech on the night before the show's official launch. While not as animated as in some of his speeches (there was no hollering involved), his enthusiastic presentation did not disappoint and included a number of big announcements. Perhaps the largest was the (official launch of the Windows 7 beta to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
Which means brand new annoyances for Windows users. As a flip-side to Ed Bott’s “Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7” I thought I’d play Devil’s Advocate and offer up what I think are a selection of potentially new annoyances that Windows 7 introduces. My take on the Taskbar and Start Menu is that it’s going to be one of those things that people either love or hate. Like any major change in the user interface it is bound to attract automatic criticism, but given that it is undoubtedly flawed.
You don't need fancy glasses to get 3D on an iPhone. At Macworld 2009, I've seen some cool stuff, but Wazabee's 3DeeShell for the iPhone wins my show pick for most unexpected cool product. The pitch sounds cheesy; it's an iPhone case that lets you view stuff in 3D, no glasses required. This is why it isn't cheesy: it works. The 3DeeShell consists of an iPhone case (and it's actually a nice case) with a removable screen. The screen, when viewed at the right angle (and I found it very easy to get on the right angle) will show movies, pictures or games that support its 3D processing technology in 3D.
Retailers are being told to stop using the term netbook. Remember when Psion came out and said they had a trademark on the word Netbook and that everyone should stop using it? Well they actually meant it. What a bunch of douchebags! According to an email sent from Retravision head office this morning, the retailer "MUST stop using the definition 'NETBOOK'" (their caps). Not only that, but they have to remove all references to the word from "all collateral, web, presentations etc"
For added security, destroy your hard drive after reading. The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found. Which? Computing magazine recovered 22,000 "deleted" files from eight computers purchased on eBay. Freely available software can be used to recover files that users think they have permanently deleted. While Which? recommends smashing hard drives with a hammer, experts say for most consumers that's a step too far.
Obama is set to appear in a Spiderman comic. "To celebrate the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama, Marvel is proud to present an all-new story teaming up one of the world's most recognisable political figures with the world's greatest superhero," Marvel said in a statement posted on its website. Marvel decided to publish the Obama meets Spidey comic, which goes on sale next week, after learning the soon-to-be president of the United States is a long-time fan of the web-spinning superhero.
Finally, check out these cool Lego sculptures. Honestly though, this is another one of those cases where you say to yourself “what the hell are these guys spending so much time creating these major works with Legos?” I guess it’s not my place to ask why these guys never get laid. But it is my place to know that the sculptures they are creating are pretty interesting to look at.
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