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.
According to the article, a team of 30 Google engineers is rebasing to the mainline kernel every 17 months, presently carrying 1208 patches to 2.6.26 and inserting almost 300,000 lines of code; roughly 25% of those patches are backports of newer features.
A new Internet protocol designed for interplanetary transmissions is bringing its delay-tolerant magic to Earth. Google's Android does a lot more these days than just smart phones and nifty mobile gadgets. An Internet pioneer is using the platform to launch a interplanetary Internet protocol on Earth that could harden wireless networks against....
An unusual cloak-and-dagger operation being run by internet security experts has been exposed this week, after details of a flaw in the SSL protocol were made public.
Insider sources claim that "Apple is in the final stages of prepping a bargain-basement priced iPhone, which would undercut the Droid, and bring the Droid launch party to a screeching halt." In other words, you might be seeing a $99 iPhone 3G S (8GB) as early as next month.
Beginning Nov. 15, Verizon subscribers looking to get out of their smart-phone contracts early will pay $350 for the privilege. That early-termination fee is double the current one, but Verizon insists is justified because of the higher prices of today's phones.
So many times you see or hear about a new gadget that makes you say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Then there are times when you hear about a new gadget and say, “What the heck were they thinking?”... Some of these gadgets seem crazy, silly and downright insane; yet, some seem quite ingenious. Check them out & decide what you think...
Google unveiled Dashboard, intended to give users a way to view -- and in modest ways limit -- the breadth of information the search giant collects about our online lives. You can manage which Google Documents you're sharing, edit your Gchat history, and clear out your search history that Google has stored about you. More transparency, but privacy?
