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Microsoft’s Kinect, a motion sensing input device originally designed for the Xbox 360, turned one year old last November. The device has made a huge impact, from casual gamers to device hackers around the world. Perhaps most importantly, it’s helped create an entire new category of human-computer interface. The original interface was the Command Line (remember C>). Then came the Graphic User Interface (GUI), popularized by Apple and then … [Read more...]
Microsoft recently released the newest version of its Office suite of programs, which included Microsoft Office Web Apps on Skydrive. Users can log in with their free Live accounts and create and edit Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, and Excel 2010 documents in their browsers, and store them in the cloud on the Skydrive site. You will not need an Office 2010 desktop license to use the apps, but the Skydrive version does integrate with … [Read more...]
In a recent research paper, Microsoft principal researcher Cormac Herley asserted that security measures that are being recommended are a waste of time. He argues that security protocols that attempt to protect an individual or organization from the consequences of a security breach often exact a much steeper price—in the form of user effort and time expended. While everyone knows that "123456" is not a good choice for a password, is it … [Read more...]
