Microsoft's Smartphone Upgrade Is Beautiful, But Something's Missing

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Microsoft's Smartphone Upgrade Is Beautiful, But Something's Missing Mango, the long-awaited update to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, is a beautiful, smart and different option for buyers looking for some color and some change to their smartphone experience. Not to downplay its intelligence, but seriously: Mango's greatest strength is its looks. The thing is gorgeous. Transitions between screens are seamless, app icons are large and friendly and each screen looks as though it were painstakingly conceived by some talented hipster graduate student in design and typography. It all looks tremendous; I mean, if Windows Mango were a woman, it would go to clubs that I couldn't get into. That's how great this thing has come together visually. It is, quite easily, the most aesthetically attractive mobile OS out there today. Beauty, however is nothing without brains, of course, and Windows Mango is certainly going to miss a few problems on the SAT. Lawmakers: Popular Sites Must Stop 'Constant Abuse' Of User Privacy New Site Lets You Tell The World Exactly What Your Ex Did Wrong Apple: 'Let's Talk iPhone' Google+ Problems: User's Biggest Complaints So Far WATCH: Anonymous Threatens To Take Down The NYPD BLOG POSTS Victor Stenger: No Cause to Dispute Einstein The reported result from CERN or any future observation of superluminal motion will not lead to the overthrow of Einstein's theory of relativity. Its significance will be to overthrow the distinction between cause and effect. Larry Magid: UN Takes on Child Porn, Cybercrime and Other Global Issues There is a role for greater international cooperation for the Inernet because -- unlike physical objects -- data can travel between countries in the blink of an eye and typically without detection. Lisa Randall: CERN or Einstein? Interpreting the Findings CERN's reported violation of Einstein's theory most likely means the experimenters made a mistake. Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere. Joe Peacock: FINALLY: The One-Step Super Easy Facebook Privacy Fix The option is buried deep in the settings of Facebook, as well as hundreds of thousands of websites across the internet. It's a simple, one-step process that will ensure 100% privacy on each and every website. Curious? Well here it is. Max Lugavere: Art and Science Collide at IBM's THINK Exhibit As if the development and implications of Watson weren't enough to win our affections for IBM, their new THINK exhibit at Lincoln Center may do the trick.

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