Designers Criticize Apple's User Interface For OS X and iOS; Motorola Seeks Ban On Macs, iPads, and iPhones

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Sign up now for SlashBI Update to find out the latest from the rapidly growing field of BI--and what it means to you.  Learn More!    Designers Criticize Apple's User Interface For OS X and iOS  From the how-many-devices-have-they-sold department Hugh Pickens writes "Austin Carr notes that a number of user interface designers have become increasingly critical of Apple's approach to software user interface design. Much of their censure is directed against a trend called skeuomorphism, a...   Major Backlash Looms For Apple's New Maps App  From the the-all-embracing-googleplex department Hugh Pickens writes "Michael DeGusta writes that Apple's new Maps app is the very first item on their list of major new features in iOS 6, but for many iPhone and iPad users around the world Apple's new maps are going to be a major disappointment...   Motorola Seeks Ban On Macs, iPads, and iPhones  From the another-day-another-patent-battle department bonch writes "Google-owned Motorola is asking the International Trade Commission to ban every Apple device that uses iMessage, based on a patent issued in 2006 for 'a system for providing continuity between messaging clients.' Motorola also claims...   Maybe With Help From Google and Adobe, Microsoft Can Kill Windows XP  From the but-wendy-from-accounts-receivable-will-be-upset department colinneagle sends this excerpt from Network World: "Google announced last Friday that, in accordance to its policy of supporting a current browser and the immediate predecessor, its Google Apps productivity suite would drop support for Internet...   Roundup Tolerant GM Maize Linked To Tumor Development  From the roundup-flavor-soda-proved-disastrous department New submitter spirito writes with this snippet about rats fed Roundup laced water: "The first animal feeding trial studying the lifetime effects of exposure to Roundup tolerant GM maize, and Roundup, the world's best-selling weedkiller, shows that...   TSA Spending $245 Million On "Second Generation" Body Scanners  From the amtrak-promotion-program department McGruber writes "Continuing its standard practice of wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, the TSA has awarded an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, worth up to $245 Million, to American Science and Engineering...   Is the Can Worse Than the Soda?  From the drink-slurm-it's-highly-addictive department DevotedSkeptic sends this excerpt about research that found a correlation between the use of a common food-packaging chemical and obesity rates. "Since the 1960s, manufacturers have widely used the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in plastics and food...   Ask Slashdot: Where Should a Geek's Charitable Donations Go?  From the i-accept-all-major-credit-cards department An anonymous reader writes "I'm in the position to direct (or at least suggest the direction of) a fairly large amount of charitable donation on behalf of a foundation interested in promoting education. As a lifelong geek, I'd like to see some of...   Feds Add 9 Felony Charges Against Swartz For JSTOR Hack  From the seeing-what-sticks department Last year Aaron Swartz was indicted on four felony counts for allegedly stealing millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR. Today, Federal prosecutors piled on nine additional felony charges. The charges (PDF) are mostly covered under the...   Richard Branson 'Determined To Start a Population On Mars'  From the did-not-specify-which-species department RocketAcademy writes "British billionaire Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic company is backing the development of SpaceShip Two, has told CBS News he is 'determined to start a population on Mars.' He said, 'I think over the next 20 years, we...   Slashdot Turns 15, What Are You Doing Later?  From the party-like-it's-2012 department October marks Slashdot's 15th birthday. That's right, we're almost old enough to drive the PT Cruiser. Throughout October we'll be running a number of meta news articles about our history, plans for the future, and special interviews. We're also...   Apple's Secret Plan To Join iPhones With Airport Security  From the do-you-consent-to-an-isearch department Hugh Pickens writes writes "Currently — as most of us know — TSA agents briefly examine government ID and boarding passes as each passenger presents their documents at a checkpoint at the end of a security line but Thom Patterson...   xkcd's 13-Gigapixel Webcomic  From the all-the-pixels-you-need-and-more department New submitter Nomen writes "Today's xkcd: Click and Drag (Google Maps version) is probably the world's biggest web comic at an RSI-inducing resolution of 165,888x79,872 pixels. It's made up of 225 different images that take up 5.52MB of space....   UK's 'Unallocated' IPv4 Block Actually In Use, Not For Sale  From the we're-really-out-folks department jimboh2k writes "The UK may have 16.9 million 'unused' IPv4 addresses but according to the department that owns them, they're not for sale. The Department of Work and Pensions says it would be too expensive to reallocate those addresses and, even...   Sony Announces 'Superslim' PS3  From the you-misspelled-ps4 department Sony kicked off the Tokyo Game Show today by announcing a new, even smaller version of the PlayStation 3. It's 25% smaller than the PS3 Slim and half the size of the original PS3. It will be available next week. The company also announced that the...

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