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January 24, 2012
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Beyond the desktop: Ubuntu Linux’s new Head-Up Display

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, has announced that Ubuntu will be adopting a radical new change to the interface that will do away with the “menu” in the Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer (WIMP) interface, which has … Continue reading

January 13, 2012
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Microsoft to lock out other operating systems from Windows 8 ARM PCs & devices

Microsoft and its vendor friends said that there’s no Windows 8 plot to lock other operating systems from Windows 8 devices, but now we know Microsoft was lying. Journalist Glyn Moody dug around Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Certification Requirements for Windows … Continue reading