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Microsoft teases Windows 9 with awful logo mockup, confirms its coming soon
2014-09-02 16:25:30| Extremetech
In a rather odd turn of events, Microsoft China has posted a Windows 9 teaser on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The teaser, which featured a rather awful fan-made Windows 9 wallpaper, was quickly removed. The post by Microsoft China clearly stated that Windows 9 is 'coming soon,' all but confirming that we'll get our first look at Windows 9 at a special event later this month (probably September 30).
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Windows 9 kills off awful Charms bar, adds virtual desktops to win back disaffected Desktop defectors
2014-08-07 16:09:02| Extremetech
According to the latest leaks out of Microsoft, the next major version of Windows -- Windows 9, Windows Threshold -- will kill off the Charms bar. And, if that wasn't enough to win back the droves of Desktop users who were scared off by the disgusting blight of Windows 8 Metroficiation, Windows 9 will also have virtual desktops! Yes, it would seem Microsoft is serious about making Windows a first-class operating system for mouse-and-keyboard users yet again.
US military developing Star Trek-like 3D food printer to improve awful MRE rations
2014-08-06 17:45:53| Extremetech
3D printing might be the key to making US Army field rations (known as MREs) less terrible.
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Another Example of How Awful Big Business Is
2013-12-02 00:08:06| Beverages - Topix.net
You know, the Left and the Occupy crowd always proclaim that big business is evil.
Mega-storms' awful truth: Preparation has limits
2013-11-13 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: A terrible reality when it comes to killer storms like Typhoon Haiyan, which has devastated the Philippines, is that you can only prepare so much. And that preparation deficit may be getting worse. "It's hard to really get a handle on preparations," said Elizabeth Ferris, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution on internal displacement. "Even when you are warned." Killer storms like Haiyan have gotten stronger over recent decades, and climate models forecast that they're going to get more...
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