Tech Tangents Episode 6: Real Soon Now...

  • "Touch Book" premiered at DEMO 09
    • Netbook form factor, but with removable tablet
    • Plans to ship this spring at $299
  • Microsoft to allow the removal of IE 8 in Windows 7
    • In other news, hell just froze over
  • Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom more fundamental than an alleged patent violation.
    • By forcing TomTom to license the patent, they would be violating Section 7 of the GPLv2, thereby forcing them to either violate the GPL or switch to a non-Linux platform like... Windows Embedded!
      • That's convenient...
    • So the Windows 7 enthusiasm for Micro$oft couldn't last...
  • Dan drastically changed his website.
  • KDE vs. GNOME Development Comparison
    • GNOME needs to evolve a bit
    • Apple evolved Mac OS with Mac OSX, KDE with KDE 4, and Microsoft (to a lesser extent) with Vista
  • New OverClocked ReMix Album: Summoning of Spirits
  • Great OCR Video Compilation (YouTube)
    • Sorry about the sound quality on the version included in the show.  It came pre-cruddy for my convenience.  You can see the titles of all of the songs in the video if you want a more pristine version. -- DK
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