Looks like Microsoft is preparing for their next great leap forward in OS design. Just as Windows NT’s kernel is a clean room without any DOS baggage, Midori is based on the Singularity research kernel, that is written in .NET and utilizes a new compiler backend to output native code.
This will be rather interesting [...]

As reported by Linux Weekly News, Microsoft has just announced version 1.0 of their Adobe Flash competitor, Silverlight.
An interesting development is that they are also working with Novell to bring the technology to Linux (to be known as Moonlight). Moonlight supposedly will be GPL’ed, with the exception of the binary codecs needed for playback of [...]

This is cool beyond belief. For example, here’s a map showing the ridiculousness of US-style hub-and-spoke flying arrangements (unless you book enough in advance, or pay more, to get more direct routes), if you live in a remote place like Bloomington, Indiana (as yours truly do).
Due to WordPress.com limitations, though, you’d have to check my [...]

Dear Interweb,
I’ve heard this great news [apple.com] that Google is transcoding its videos to high-quality MP4 format for AppleTV and iPhone users. To my surprise (and disappointment), however, there are no instructions on how to use it from non-Apple devices (or even a non-appliance Mac).

I have been to YouTube Mobile, and as reported by [...]

As Linux Weekly News reports, Microsoft’s general counsel has intensified the company’s sabre-rattling against Open Source projects, this time putting numbers on the alleged patent infringements in the Linux kernel, desktop projects and Open Office.
Conveniently left out is the one-sidedness of this smear campaign. Microsoft could take all their time to look at open-sourced code, [...]