Danske Bank requires Java browser plugin to access their online banking, because it supposedly "enhances security".

In reality: Online payment's have become nightmare to do cause it frequently crashes during payment, and it's not always clear how you can restart only the payment process to avoid doing duplicate order to web store.

For their defense I can say that after last bug/update cycles of Java they seem to have become so frustrated also that they've decided to scrap that requirement, and in few months or so they too are removing the Java requirement!

There is probably many crucial systems still relying on that browser plugin support, unfortunately.

I think Google is missing the point when it tries to focus on "fashionable" side (or lack of) in the glasses.

Once it becomes useful, it has a potential to replace all displays and soon after the fashionable point becomes moot as people really want the thing. Yes it will be ugly first, but just like tablets, hands free dongles, USB sticks etc. the exterior will mature once it's useful.

But I'm afraid Google is doing this wrong, just like Bill Gates and Microsoft as they tried to introduce concept of tablets too early, when the technology was not ready.

1. Ubuntu is a first stepping stone.

Huh? To n+1 variant of set top boxes? Which are controlled by strange mess of makers, with all different idea of hardware / controllers / remotes... Sounds like true opportunity for game developers!

2. I believe game producers are going to see this as a blessing

Linux world? Where is that world? Not on this earth, nothing even remotely shows the "Linux desktop" is gaining traction. In fact whole concept of desktop is dying and gets replaced with: tablets, smartphones, mini-laptops and finally small pie for professionals/offices who really need desktop. Linux is not leading on any of the new platforms which have emerged.

3. When you are first to capture a market, you become the dominant player.

That is irrelevant, Linux is not capturing any market besides servers (which they have been doing without Valve just fine).

Hey! On a related note now there is a list of all file sharing domains in one place: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/domains/?r=all-time - neatly organized.

Ah, finally, all those Online-something goodies for chkdsk. I've always wanted to have Windows Activation Wizard popping up before my chkdsk session, just in case I was in doubt was my copy legitimate. (It is btw)

You can have open-access journal with peer reviewing. Revenue the journals amass isn't exactly going to peer review. It would be better for universities to join the forces and make one open-access & optionally could include peer reviewed section, which would be financed by collection of universities.

And THAT would be a technical knockout.

From the IEEE-Article: "What’s more, the early reports incorrectly asserted that, because the challenge seems so difficult, teams were not expected to succeed the first time around. This is not the case, Pratt said. 'The challenge will be adjusted as we get experience with the teams over this first phase,' he said. 'What we’re going to make sure is that the challenge is difficult but not impossible.'"

I'm from Finland were individuals and (at least that I know of) small companies can submit income taxes through provided internet forms, and individuals gets them pre-filled. (It still isn't perfect but it does have some validation and such...)

But first answer above "this is the kind of product that is done with help of lawyers and accountants" begs the question how freaking complicated is the US taxation forms?

I have 1050 pixels wide window, it is just fine for the Slashdot itself but the damned videos gets clipped from the right.

Make the player to scale by the width of the window and element around it.

Many of them are bloated with animations and other crap. Very slow to switch desktop, the primary feature!

VirtuaWin is pluggable, and has all one might need. I use it for 6 desktops, each has it's own timer I can reset (to track time of my paid projects). Additionally own background color thru plugin, so that I notice the desktop I'm on more easily.

Also it has a comprehensive setup to configure which windows are allowed to be tracked. It is important as there are programs you don't want to be tracked e.g. password keeper (KeePass) etc.

My favorite part:

This led to new initiative. There wasn't money in the IT budget to hire professional software engineers. Instead, they created a program to hire computer science savvy interns to work on the project.

Screw the professionals, interns inherit the future even in White House.

I've noticed when connecting my ADSL Router in LAN the Windows is a lot lot lot slower. I mean often seconds slower than my several years older Ubuntu box. The Ubuntu box loads up the pages in Router almost instantly.

It's something in Windows, regardless of the browser it just happens. I've noticed the problem with Windows Vista and Windows 7, can't remember if the problem existed in Windows XP.

In Dropbox one can create public link to file, and it is served by Dropbox servers. From copyright standpoint of view, they are "just as infringing" by the possibility that someone shares the link like in MegaUpload.

So this is frightening action by US.

If so, maybe they fixed it for US citizens only? Are you in US or elsewhere? After all why would they disable tracking for anyone else... There isn't legal pressure to do so.