Mark Easton for the BBC: Do we have a completely mistaken view of what our landscape is like? ... The lesson might be that we need to celebrate the truth about our green and pleasant land. Or perhaps it simply tells us we really should get out more. This is a great example of what… Continue reading Journalist’s First-Person Plural
Month: June 2012
Video format failures
Michael Mulvey writes to object to Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit video, which asks for the Silverlight plugin in order to play in his browser. Normally I'd roll my eyes with him at Microsoft, but as it happens, the video plays fine for me even though I'm not running Windows and don't have Silverlight. They appear… Continue reading Video format failures
Windows Phone 8 and Nokia
Microsoft formally announced Windows Phone 8 yesterday. There were some interesting technical details in the announcement: it permits running native code, will apparently support individual app distribution centres for corporate users, and has a less boring home screen. They also confirmed, as expected, that there will be no upgrades from Windows Phone 7. I'm not… Continue reading Windows Phone 8 and Nokia
SoundSoftware 2012 Workshop
Yesterday the SoundSoftware project, which I help to run, hosted the SoundSoftware 2012 Workshop at Queen Mary. This was a one-day workshop about working practices for researchers developing software and experiences they have had in software work, with an eye to subjects of interest to audio and music researchers. You can read about the workshop… Continue reading SoundSoftware 2012 Workshop
What will Microsoft announce tomorrow?
Speculation abounds. I'm hoping for an Xbox tablet. I'm very sorry.
Repairable laptops
The new MacBook Pro has prompted some argument about how repairable a laptop should be. Its screen can't be detached from the protective glass, the RAM is soldered in, and the solid-state drive uses some sort of obscure (proprietary?) connector. The mainstream article prompting this is here from Kyle Wiens, the founder of iFixit. I… Continue reading Repairable laptops
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