On ARM-Based Windows 8

Ina Fried:

In an interview, Windows unit President Steven Sinofsky said that the first ARM-based machines running Windows 8 should show up around the same time as the first Windows 8 machines running traditional PC processors from Intel and AMD.

Sinofsky also said that the Windows on ARM machines will come with several Office apps–Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote– that have been tuned to run in a very battery efficient manner. But Sinofsky said that although those applications will run in the traditional Windows desktop, they will be the only programs allowed to do so, other than components of Windows itself.

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Path Does the Right Thing

Dave Morin, Path CEO:

We believe you should have control when it comes to sharing your personal information. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. So, as a clear signal of our commitment to your privacy, we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers. Your trust matters to us and we want you to feel completely in control of your information on Path.

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Kooaba Shortcut [Sponsor]

Thanks to Kooaba for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week!


kooaba Shortcut is a shortcut between real life and the Internet. Take a picture of what you are reading in a newspaper or magazine and instantly get connected to the digital version.

Using image-recognition technology, Shortcut recognizes what you’re reading. Once recognized, you can share the digital version of the pages via Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and email, or store them in Evernote. This works with over 1,000 newspapers and magazines worldwide. (See http://www.kooaba.com/products/shortcut for a list of publications.)

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