[Technology] Major Changes to Windows 8 User Interface

Major Changes to Windows 8 User Interface
http://decodedscience.com/major-changes-to-windows-8-user-interface/19373
Microsoft released the new Windows 8 Operating System on October 26, 2012 with the Surface RT - will the new OS change the way users interact with Windows?

IBM prepares for end of process shrinks with carbon nanotube transistors
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/10/ibm-prepares-for-end-of-process-shrinks-with-carbon-nanotube-transistors/
The shrinking size of features on modern processors is slowly approaching a limit where the wiring on chips will only be a few atoms across.

In The Enterprise, Windows 8 Tablets May Zoom Past PCs
http://www.zdnet.com/in-the-enterprise-windows-8-tablets-may-zoom-past-pcs-7000006456/
With Windows 8 in enterprises, it's increasingly looking like a Tale of Two Versions. Despite having an entrenched user base of hundreds of millions of potentially-upgradeable PCs, CIOs and other IT leaders are showing more interest in Windows 8 on tablets ...

Hollande wants search engines to pay for linking articles- paper
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/google-to-meet-hollande-over-payment-bid/story-e6frfkui-1226504784125
PARIS Oct 28 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is in favour of a law to force Internet search engines like Google to pay a fee for displaying links to newspaper articles, daily Le Figaro reported on Sunday.

The "Mini iPad Mini" Sounds Absolutely Incredible [Video]
http://www.booksnreview.com/articles/1538/20121027/ipad-mini-release-date-4g-lte-soon-microsoft-amazon-apple-tablet.htm
When it comes to Apple, things tend to move very quickly. Apple announces the iPad Mini, and it's available the next week. Apple releases one version of the iPad, and then they release a new one just seven months later.

Steve Jobs's yacht makes its first appearance
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/steve-jobss-yacht-revealed-christened-venus-20121029-28e2u.html
Steve Jobs's yacht is making what looks to be its first public appearance in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer, a bit more than one year after his death.

iPad sales slow as tablet wars heat up
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/34516/kindle-fire-hd/
The tablet wars just got more interesting. Apple tapped the brakes on its seemingly unstoppable rise, saying Thursday that it sold fewer iPads in the fourth quarter than analysts had expected.