An interesting post to read:
“Microsoft and Apple aren’t going to open up all their stuff. But they all create programs that put pixels on the screen. And if we can modify those pixels, then we can change the program’s apparent behavior,” said James Fogarty, a UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering.
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His research allows people to personalize programs based on their needs.
The UW tool, named Prefab, takes advantage of the fact that almost all displays are made from prefabricated blocks of code such as buttons, sliders, check boxes and drop-down menus. Prefab looks for those blocks...
Speaking at the Digital Landscapes conference at UCD, John Herlihy (Google Sales Chief) said:
“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs”
We are wella ware of Google's vision (and approach) about cloud computing, but still we think personal computing (on local hardware and software) will still have a relevant role in three years.
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I've recently received some feedback from people who have perceived the itsme emulator as a standalone application we are proposing beside or in place of our operating system – e.g., we got an extremely interesting comparison with Facebook and Google Wave. At the moment, this is far from being true, and I'll explain why in a few moments. Meanwhile, I also received a request for opinion on G.ho.st (see picture below).
My first reaction has been firing out an email saying
"This stuff is old, I've been seeing things like this around for years now: e.g., EyeOS and all others mentioned on...
Here is a short video clip. We took a shot at it, so comments are very...
