Links to news stories we discussed on last night’s show (9/19/2011):
- Windows 8! Tablets previewed hands-on by Engadget, others (link).
- Microsoft presents at Build 2011 (link).
- Windows 8 has two web browsers (link). Windows 8 will have an ‘app store’ selling both Metro-style and conventional Win32 applications (link).
- Windows 8 can reportedly run on an Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM (link). It’s been run on Macs via Bootcamp (link). But there will be no Windows 8 ARM support for x86 apps (link).
- Microsoft says Windows 8 browsers will be plug-in free (link). Is this the death of Flash? Some say yes (link), some say no (link). Adobe says Flash is an exception to Windows 8′s ‘no plug-ins’ (link).
- Bitcasa plans to offer unlimited cloud storage for $10/month (link); CEO explains its encryption (link).
- Facebook adds a new ‘subscription’ feature (link)
- Missouri State Teachers’ Association (MSTA) secures a win in Missouri state Senate repealing Facebook law (link).
- New patent reform law doesn’t really affect the serious problems with software patent law (link).
- Netflix to spin off its DVD service and call it Qwikster; will keep Netflix streaming separate and start charging you two separate fees for the services (link). But they forgot to secure the Qwikster Twitter account first (link).
News bytes:
- Substance in brown algae could increase storage capacity of batteries (link)
- All future Android versions to be optimized for Intel as well as ARM (link)
- Intel mandates that universities receiving funds from the company for research not file their own patents on said research (link)
- Actor and Screen Actors Guild member who leaked Black Swan and other first-run films to BitTorrent has pled guilty to a single criminal copyright-infringement charge. (link)
- Google announces Flight Search, product of their acquisition of ITA Software last year (link)
- iOS 5 expected to launch in early October (link)
- New scientific study suggests that overconfidence may improve your success rate (link)
- YouTube adds video editing tools right in the browser (link)
- Google+ API made available to developers (link)
- AT&T to officially deploy its LTE network Sept 18th (link) but 97% of Americans won’t get it on day 1 (link)
- Koomey’s Law: energy efficiency in microprocessors roughly doubles every two years (link)
- Google offers opt-out from WiFi router database (link)
- Dinosaur feathers found in Canadian amber (link)
