Parfois, il y a de ces innovations qui redéfinissent complètement notre rapport avec l’informatique. La nouvelle Microsoft Surface en est potentiellement une. En effet, l’utilisateur de cet appareil pourra naviguer sur le Web, transférer des fichiers entre des appareils ou faire une recherche dans Google Earth avec une approche tactile instinctive. Avec ce type d’appareil, exit l’interface de navigation classique et bienvenue à la transparence du rapport entre l’utilisateur et sa machine. C’est beau! C’est le premier pas vers une interface semblable à celle qu’on a pu voir dans Minority Report, mais elle y est déjà supérieure dans la mesure où Tom Cruise n’y est pas associée.
Digg.com a tenu un désopilant vote publique sur le site le plus atroce présentement en ligne. havenworks.com a gagné haut la main… Il est grandiose! Non mais, observez-moi ce délice:
L’interface Web acrobatique est morte. Vive l’interface simple! En effet, il est de plus en plus difficile de trouver des sites Web (grands ou petits déploiements) qui s’embêtent à créer des interfaces qui sont à tout prix originales. La faveur populaire semble pencher vers des interfaces plus légères et intuitives. Comme l’a dit Leonard de Vinci, la simplicité est la forme ultime de sophistication.
The Air Force is buying 2,200 PlayStation3s. They’ll use them to build a Linux supercomputer. Their current one, made of 336 of the old-style consoles at a cost of $118,000, has already been used for a few applications not currently available on the regular stand-alone, non-supercomputer PS3.
AT&T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really gotten under its skin.
After nearly five years of loyal service, Mininova disabled access to over a million torrent files when it partly shut down its website. Starting today, only approved publishers are able to upload files to the site, but luckily there are plenty of alternatives and potential replacements BitTorrent users can flock to.
You should be well aware by now that you can't stop piracy, you can only displace traffic from one site or service to another. Napster shuts down; Kazaa springs up. Suprnova shuts down; Mininova emerges from the ashes. With each and every iteration of P2P the pirates grow stronger and the distribution channels more efficient and secure.
Author of the first iPhone worm has been given a job with a Australian iPhone app developer, much to the disgust of security experts.The Ikee worm surfaced two weeks ago, targeting jail-broken iPhones. The worm was not malicious, but it's believed to have provided the template for the more sinister Duh worm. Sometimes crime pays, like for a new job
In what seems to be the norm for Google, it is once again disrupting an entire market by giving something away for free that's both competitive and capable. TomTom and Garmin saw their share prices plummet upon Google's announcement, and rightfully so.
Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos believes the US should follow France’s lead and impose a “three-strikes” system disconnecting repeat file-sharers from the Internet.He said that internet piracy is the single biggest threat to the worldwide film industry, and that independent films are the hardest hit.
