Macs Are No Longer Beginner-Friendly; Three-Motherboard Workstation Made of LEGO; MS-DOS Turns 30; and More
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IN THIS ISSUE:
* OS X Lion: Macs are no longer beginner-friendly
* The three-motherboard workstation made out of Lego
* Microsoft suggests heating your home with Data Furnaces
* MS-DOS is 30 years old today
* Transparent lithium-ion batteries make sci-fi gadgets a reality
* OS X Lion's best "new" features
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OS X Lion: Macs are no longer beginner-friendly
OS X Lion brings major security updates and glossy new
features to the table, but drastic interface changes may
be a big problem for less tech-savvy users.
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?64GhYODDXUSrT78IwbxV=90
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The three-motherboard workstation made out of Lego
When Mike Schropp decides to build something, the first
question he always asks is "can I use Legos?"
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?j4GhYODDXUSrT78IwbxK=100
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Microsoft suggests heating your home with Data Furnaces
By moving racks of servers from data centers into our
houses, cloud providers get prime, low-latency real
estate and we get free heating and hot water.
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?rYGhYODDXUSrT78IwbxP=110
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MS-DOS is 30 years old today
30 years ago today, Microsoft bought the rights to the
Quick and Dirty OS, re-branded it as MS-DOS, struck a
deal with IBM, and made history.
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?k4GhYODDXUSrT78IwbxE=120
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Transparent lithium-ion batteries make sci-fi gadgets a
reality
Thanks to silicon lithography, liquid silicone, and
electrodes that are fashioned into patterns that are
invisible to the naked eye, we might soon be wielding
transparent smartphones and tablets.
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?84GhYODDXUSrT78Iwbw5=130
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OS X Lion's best "new" features
The latest version of OS X brings a lot of new features, but
Windows users might get the feeling that they've seen them
before...
http://enews.extremetech.com/u.d?pYGhYODDXUSrT78Iwbw-=140
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