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a large step towards ubiquitous computing

By {ns} | May 30, 2007

recent advancements in multi-touch computing has led the way to developing better interfaces for human-to-computer interaction, in which the interface essentially disappears. today, microsoft announced their surface product that will be released to commercial clients at the end of this year. of course the technology is awesome and begins to open the door to many [...]

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microsoft gets deperate

By {ns} | May 16, 2007

in a business week article today (found on newsvine of course), it appears that microsoft now wants to ‘kill’ open source in the software industry. microsoft believes that many of its patents are violated by open source software and are targeting compensation for such infringments from linux and companies that use linux, such as novell, [...]

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windows vista: why nobody cares

By {ns} | February 19, 2007

i came across a time.com article about the release of windows vista (yeah… you didn’t hear any bells, whistles or alarms when i said that did ya!). the article pretty much sums up the lack of innovation that is evident in vista…which again is not a big shock since clearly apple is dominating the operating [...]

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design is totally misunderstood

By {ns} | August 28, 2006

for many, design is simply how things look. is it cool looking? ugly? sleek? however, this it totally wrong. design is more about how it functions and how it works, which ultimately leads to its appearance. good functionality will ultimately leads to good design. i came across the following blog post which dives further into [...]

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