While we haven’t yet gotten our hands on a Windows 7 build with the new taskbar, we did talk to Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky about the various UI changes and what we can expect at release time.
October 2008
Monthly Archive
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Fri 31 Oct 2008
It’s that special time of year where we revel all things dark and creepy. To celebrate, we’ve collected 40 Photoshop techniques and effects to help you add a splash of macabre to your work. From twisted horror faces to ghosts, damned souls and zombies, you’ll find it all here.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
If you’re running Chrome, here are some cool tips for customizing and getting the most out of it.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Apple’s decision to axe FireWire from the MacBook line is not sitting well with many users. For high-quality audio and video transfers, FireWire is the standard for professionals and hobbyists alike. Though USB is technically capable of faster transfer speeds than FireWire 400 (480 Mb/s vs. 400), FireWire has greater effective speed and power.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
They’re those baffling questions that pop into the brain when you’ve nothing better to think about, and only the appliance of a large helping of science can answer. Now a new book by the experts at New Scientist magazine solves some of the most intriguing queries sent in by readers…
Fri 31 Oct 2008
In a lab far, far away grows a tiny coat, made of living tissue and shaped into what looks like small winter-wear for a mouse. The oddity of it is, this coat is alive, or was, (it has since died) a living organism created in a lab for the sake of art.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
In our search for new clean technology, it’s important to pay attention to inventions of the past. A tiny hydroelectric plant in the Yorkshire Dales area of England is coming out of a 60 year retirement next summer to create renewable energy.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Never mind the probabilities or the greed, this is the all-time biggest bonehead move in Deal Or No Deal history.
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Is John McCain the Beltway’s answer to Ashton Kutcher? Perhaps. Then again that would mean his wife is considerably older than him. So unless Cindy McCain is secretly a tortoise or a Yoda, the John McCain:Ashton Kutcher metaphor doesn’t completely hold water. They both love a good punk’d'ing though.