but I don't like the new redesign.
The de-emphasis of the non-active tabs makes them a bit too hard to see. They are translucent on my Windows 7 machine and it makes them hard to see.
Also, they claim is more customizable than ever and yet the "bookmark this page" (the star) and "show bookmark list" buttons cannot be separated ...
I guess I'll get used to it, but big changes to the UI piss me off incredibly.

I know lots of people on Android who have paid for Whatsapp.
It seems most people got "free extensions" after the first year but now they give extensions for some people but others are forced to pay if they want to continue using it. I guess they reckon the network effects are strong enough to make most of the people pay instead of swtiching to other apps

I can't speak for other parts of the world, but here in Spain many plans don't have unlimited SMSs so these messaging apps really have a good following. In fact, most smartphone users have Whatsapp and several others.

Already done :)
http://technicalillusions.com/...

It's probably the refusal of many corporations to upgrade to Windows 8 that got Microsoft to make these changes but it's still a win for everyone.
When designing Windows 8 the new Start screen looked a perfect plan to get the masses to buy apps through their store and thus getting more revenue from Windows. It'd also get them used to the UI shared by Windows Phone which would surely get the fledging smartphone platform many more users.
So when so many people refused to use Win 8 they must've thought "If we backtrack a bit we'll get many people to change to Windows 8, if we don't, we'll get fewer". It's also good to see that Microsoft no longer has near infinite power on the PC world. I'm currently starting to fear Google much more (they know so much about us...) but that's another topic

I don't think Google are allowing that. Probably they're just turning a blind eye to it but it's not legal AFAIK.

Yes. And also fire whoever decided that menus should now be in ALL CAPS. It looks like they're trying to destroy themselves on purpose.

I'd mod you up but since I don't have points ... I totally agree with you: I'll pay you some money and let me do whatever I want with my computer and stay the hell out of it. I bought Windows 7 and it's perfect for me. This giving away Windows in exchange for using Bing looks like the Google strategy: They want to hook us on their services and make the money through other means. It also looks like they're desperate in putting Windows 8 in the hands of people

This is a 9.7 (1200x825 px) inch e-ink reader. Supports most PDFs perfectly. It allows you to hightlight text and to scribble on them. You can then save the annotated version to a standard PDF that can be opened with the annotations and all on a PC with Adobe Reader or similar.
The hardware is somewhat old at this point and there's supossedly going to be a refresh in the near future (m96) with Android. They're supossedly even sponsoring a contest to develop e-ink optimized Android applications.
Warning: This is a exclusively reading device: It does have wifi and a browser but it's rubbish and many websites do not work well. They're also a bit fragile (specially the screen) so they must be treated carefully.
More info: http://www.mobileread.com/foru....
Official website (the chinese version has much more info than the English one): http://www.onyx-international....

I'm hoping they can make one that will get its energy from my fat. I've got plenty of power stored there...

I vote you for Microsoft CEO. But, wait a minute...you can't be: What you say makes sense...

Libreoffice 4.2 (currently in beta) seems like it's going to add significant new functionality to the spreadsheet program (at least lots of Excel functions). https://wiki.documentfoundatio...

I think you're spot on. You should be able to subscribe to the posts of a person which have a certain hashtag. And now it would be really simple and convenient since Google implemented autohashtagging of posts in G+ some time ago