Facebook doesn't actually run PHP, they run a gigantic C++ binary.

All you have to do is script 180 degree rotation on every page.

Metro applications in Windows 8 will only be available through whatever they call the Windows App Store.

And that's why we need the UX people.

Steam isn't prior art.

that allows users to purchase a product from another source without leaving the application... the product source, which is different than the application source... gives the impression to the user that they are purchasing the product directly from the application

With Steam you buy it from Steam through Steam. With Apple's in-app purchase you buy it from iTunes through the third-party app.

You can't just patch support into something like that. Patches are usually applied *after* installation, the problem here is installing it in the first place.

Microsoft said they're trying to figure out how to allow users to dual-boot. In the //build/ video discussing the new Windows 8 boot process, the presenter said they were trying to figure out how to keep boot secure but still allow users to boot into Windows 7, since Windows 7 doesn't support this. And if it works for Windows 7, it'll probably work for Linux.

Anyone else read Emily Eyefinger as a kid??

Mercurial has Bitbucket, but I haven't used it much to see how it stacks up against Github.

That would probably be because you have a Mini-DisplayPort adapter, not a Thunderbolt adapter. It's currently almost (if not completely) impossible to buy anything that uses Thunderbolt aside from a host. Even Macworld couldn't find a Thunderbolt-to-Thunderbolt cable.