Descent is currently on Steam, I would be shocked if they did not bundle it with some mechanism for modern systems (probably DOSbox, as others have mentioned).

The Start Screen made a few critical improvements to the Start Menu, it just had the misfortune of being bundled with Metro.

Namely, it eliminated a few problems caused by third-party developers cluttering up the Start Menu with extraneous folders and shortcuts (no more nested folders). Now you can have a better organized Start Screen but still have access to all those extra shortcuts if you need them.

Bringing these enhancements back to the desktop would certainly be welcome, at least by me. Also, IIRC Tiles support was already announced for the Windows 9 Start Menu. So, like Android widgets or the already-existing desktop Gadgets... could be useful. I probably won't use them, though, except maybe for the weather.

I assume from this article that Linux replaces * with filenames before the command sees it. AFAIK DOS/Windows the wildcard is handled by each specific command. dir * displays the same listing as just plain dir does, while passing dir a bunch of directory names will display the contents of those directories (like ls does... I guess that explains that behavior! It always confused me). PowerShell, at least as far as Get-ChildItem, seems to work the same way as dir (except it does not take multiple directory names in parameters).

4 needs to be "start a class-action suit against the ACTUAL fraudsters". IIRC there was a story floating around the internet about such a lawsuit recently and the backers won.

Of course, this is because the kickstarter was a scam. If the actual product isn't delivered but the company was acting in good faith, you have no case. You're not guaranteed to get anything out of a kickstarter; it's an investment, and some investments fail.

The problem is that any applications signed by the key would look like they were officially approved by the company, even if they were not. There would be no way to differentiate them... that's the purpose of the key!

I assume the patents themselves are public, just mixed in with all the other ones. Searching for existing patents to something specific you're trying to do would hopefully uncover the specific ones you're looking for.

The problem I have for Windows 8 is that the keyboard DOES pop up when hitting a textbox... when I have a hardware keyboard attached.

That said, I am developing a touch-friendly web app, so as a cube farm drone, touch is very useful for me. :)

Whoops, didn't see the hidden post up there, guess I just came full circle.

Congratulations, you've figured out Chrome OS! :)

Works for me with that version.

Make sure if you're using blocking extensions (Noscript, etc) that they are allowing frames and JS from gstatic.com and google.com.

Also make sure WebGL is working (I dunno if it uses it or not but it looks 3D) in chrome://gpu/).

A quick Google search (yeah, not exactly unbiased) doesn't seem to show anything in the top results. I found a reddit thread if you want to look through it, though.

I think the idea is you'd let the user know. "This password would take approximately 4.5 days to crack. For your security, you will be required to change this password after 3 days. Alternatively, you may pick a longer, more secure password to lengthen this interval (for example, a 16 character password will only require a change after XX years)." Or something.

This is for desktop... not sure about the mobile ports of Chrome.

Bad guys can already do this right now, and the url still shows the bank's domain, so non-technically inclined users are no less protected.

Technically inclined users probably never navigated to the url in the first place.

Your specific example is a flaw in the specific website, and there is little Chrome can do when a website is coded in a insecure way that persists across all browsers (and web standards).

You type in the URL just like normal. This only affects how urls are displayed while you navigate around. Clicking on the "chip" shows the full url and allows you to edit it as normal.