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Submission + - Microsoft backs down over "nasty trick" upgrade to Windows 10 (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Raging Bool on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:21PM

Raging Bool writes: Only 24 hours after angering many users with its so-called "nasty trick", MS has reversed its crazy decision to infuriate users by upgrading them to Windows 10 automatically.

From the BBC News article: "Microsoft has u-turned over changes it made to a pop-up encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 10.
Users were angry that clicking the cross to dismiss the box meant that they had agreed to the upgrade.
Based on "customer feedback", Microsoft said it would add another notification that provided customers with "an additional opportunity for cancelling the upgrade".
The pop-up design had been described as a "nasty trick". "

Submission + - Windows 10 upgrade activates by clicking red X close button in prompt message (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Raging Bool on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @12:27PM

Raging Bool writes: In a move guaranteed to annoy many people, MS has "jumped the shark" on encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 10. From the article: "Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10. Clicking the red cross on the right hand corner of the pop-up box now activates the upgrade instead of closing the box."
What are they thinking of?

Submission + - BBC returns to making computers for schools (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Raging Bool on Thursday March 12, 2015 @06:33AM

Raging Bool writes: According to the BBC News website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31834927), the BBC is returning to producing comparatively inexpensive computers for schools. Readers of sufficient age will remember the BBC Model B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro) with great affection. But won't this be in competition with other pre-existing devices such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi? The BBC says not: 'The BBC does not see Micro Bit as a rival to similar devices such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Galileo and Kano, but rather hopes it will act as a "springboard" to these more complex machines.'

Submission + - BBC is reporting possible "memory" passed between generations (nature.com)

Submitted by Raging Bool on Monday December 02, 2013 @03:12PM

Raging Bool writes: As discussed in Star Trek (TOS), the concept of "race memory" is thought not to exist in practive. But the BBC is reporting (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25156510) that acquired phobias or aversions during one's lifetime can be passed on to subsequent generations. They provide a link to an abstract in the journal Nature: (http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn.3594.html).

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