Microsoft has confirmed it is effectively ditching the Internet Explorer browser and brand. It will be kept on in Windows 10 for compatibility purposes only.
It’s been known for some time that Microsoft was working on a new browser project, codenamed Spartan. Now the company has confirmed this will be the primary browser in Windows 10. The system will also have Internet Explorer 11 installed, but this will be intended as a back-up for accessing any incompatible sites.
Spartan — which appears unlikely to be the final name — hasn’t been included in any of the Windows 10 previews yet. However, leaks suggest it will have a bare-bones interface and run a new rendering engine, named Edge. It will also likely be available for all types of devices, from full PCs to tablets and smartphones, probably with an option for automatic syncing of bookmarks and browsing history. If you’re thinking this sounds a lot like Chrome, you may well be right.
Microsoft could simply have published Spartan as Internet Explorer 12, but appears to have made the decision to downplay (and eventually ditch) the brand together. Whatever the arguments that it’s been improved in recent editions, it had certainly earned a reputation for sluggish performance and excessive security bugs — perhaps not among the general public as a whole, but certainly among the type of people who’d consider choosing between different browsers.
Perhaps surprisingly, Microsoft says it surveyed current Chrome users and ground that although “Internet Explorer” was a big turn off, they were consistently more likely to react favorably to a potential browser name if it had “Microsoft” attached to the beginning. Again, it’s likely no coincidence that Microsoft seems most interested in the views of Chrome users as this seems to be the main target audience for winning back users.
It’s as American as apple pie and twice as wobbly, but what’s really inside Jell-O? Aside from collagen, the translucent gelatin sweet treat features collagen, sugar, artificial flavoring, and, oh yeah, chopped-up pig and cow hides soaked in acid.
Remember Galaxy Quest, the greatest sci-fi homage comedy ever made?
(Unsurprisingly, Professor Snape looks less than impressed.)
Well, Karine Marois of Quebec remembered that in the movie, the cast members gather at a convention 18 years after their show was cancelled.
The film was released in 1999…so 1999 + 18 = 2017!
Marois created a petition at Change.org in attempt to get the cast and crew together in 2017 for one big meta-convention! So, let’s never give up & never surrender until this is a reality!
I’m not accusing YouTuber Benjamin Roberts of being “under the influence” or anything, so let’s just say he’s a genius. A genius for realizing that when you combine Biggie with Earl Sinclair of “Dinosaurs” fame, you achieve perfection.
You may think you have seen every Frozen cover or parody by now, but the truth is, these two siblings take it to new levels. I don’t even really have words for this.
Man, I wish my sister and I could do something this cool. Yes, wordplay intended.
The 80’s were kind of hilarious. From the bright, flashy colors of the clothing to the oddly soothing tones of the new wave music, it is not an easy decade to forget. What a lot of people fail to remember about the 80’s is that they laid down a great foundation of geekery in many of us by releasing movies that truly fed and nurtured the inner nerd in us all. From a young Tom Hanks stuck inside a game of Dungeons and Dragons, to a movie about a bunch of nerds who refuse to let themselves be bullied into submission, here are 6 awesome 80’s movies that had a huge impact on us as young geeks. One of which we probably SHOULDN’T have been watching. Oh, and one that is just cheesy-hilarious. Let’s start out with that one…..
Okay, let me get something straight right from the start. This is not a “good” movie in the sense that it is well-written or based on fact at all. It is actually 80’s anti-Dungeons and Dragons propaganda (not even kidding you). But that fact makes it even MORE meaningful for geeks like me who grew up playing tabletop games.
Add to the fact that it is Tom Hanks freaking out and shooting people because he thinks they are D&D monsters and you have a movie all geeks must see! Just peep that clip if you don’t believe me.
What can you say here? A movie about teen geniuses who use their genius for pranks. Much like the first film in this post, this film also features a future movie star in his teen years. In this case, Val Kilmer. What was cool about Real Genius was not the fact that it had pranks and was hilarious, but it was the fact that it was a geek movie ABOUT geeks, but didn’t undermine them or crap on them. They were actually embraced.
On top of that, “popcorn house” is still pretty much the greatest prank of all time, real or not.
Can’t lie. As a young man watching this movie the idea of being able to make a woman on my computer was about as far off into awesome as my mind went at the time. The cast was pretty awesome to boot (in keeping with the trend on the list, this one features a young and already cocky Robert Downey Jr).
What is funny about this film is you hear the idea and see the trailer and assume “Lisa” will be used for ‘naughty’ purposes. What makes the film so cool and profound for nerds is she actually just teaches them how to stand up for themselves and be comfortable in their own skin. I think a lot of young geeks could benefit from that.
Also, the shower scene. Can’t even be mad at that. They handle it like true nerds would.
Ah, here we go. I have said it for many years, and will say it again. Tron was well-ahead of its time. A movie that worked just as well a few years back (with the sequel) just shows you how advanced it was for 1982. The basic concept alone was badass. “The Dude” gets sucked into a video game he creates and has to fight his way out of it.
I could go way deeper into the plot than that, but that is the basics. The real marvel, as we all know, came from Tron’s visual aesthetic, which still somehow shines to this day.
Okay, this one might be a fluke, but I had to include it because it sort of defined what the 80’s version of a geek was, but also gave them the chance to rise up and shine (a lot like Real Genius, but with way more boobs). While I can wholly admit, young nerds should NOT have seen this movie (as it was a hard R-rating, if you catch my drift), yet, most of us did anyway.
While it could be said the archaic version of nerds in the movie was kind of a stereotype and insult to nerds (inhalers, dorky laughs, pocket protectors), the reality is, the movie did make you feel like the meek would inherit the earth eventually.
With all the Ghostbusters talk lately (all female cast, all male cast, all simian cast etc,) it probably would have been a mistake to leave this nerd nurturing classic off the list. What was cool about Ghostbusters was that it was a funny movie, a mainstream movie, AND a geek movie. As much as it got popular, from proton packs to crossing the streams, it was all geekery through and through.
Should be interesting to see how this franchise is handled when the two new movies drop sometimes in the distant future. Hard to imagine either of them topping the original, though.
Honestly, can it work without Bill Murray? I have my doubts, but we will see.
Jennifer Townley’s kinetic sculptures blow the mind. It is like you are looking at a living, breathing piece of work, though it is purely one artist’s vision realized. Her ideas come from her love of science, as you can see represented in her work.
It’s the crossroads where art and science meet and create something new and beautiful.
