Tag: HYPE

With the Internet Explorer 9 beta set to launch in just over a week, you'd expect to see Microsoft stepping up their PR efforts. IE9's developer previews and Test Drive demos have been well-received, after all, so we're not surprised to see the first IE9 teasers appear. Our eagle-eyed friend Long Zheng has spotted a shiny, new banner ad for Internet Explorer 9. The animated ad features the ...

Groan, I thought. Not another HTML5 showcase. We get it, ... we really get it! HTML5 is cool! It's awesome, it's the next big thing, and it's going to make us all insanely rich and handsome! But what's different about HTML5 Studio (and its main saving grace, if you ask me) is that it's made by Google. Yup! Straight from the big G come nine HTML5 examples, including such favorites as the Slider ...

Some technologies get way more hype than they really ought to, given the lack of real-world utility they offer. If you ask me, the king in this category is the idea of using a 3D user interface for computing. Since the early 90's, people have speculated about a great new paradigm shift away from the desktop metaphor to a more "natural" three-dimensional interface where the user navigates a virtual ...

There has been a lot of hype around the release of the new Mac note taking app Thoughts by green&slimy software, and it has now been released. We've already got a ton of note taking applications to choose from -- like Evernote and Notational Velocity -- so what does Thoughts bring to the table to set itself apart? As far as I can tell, Thoughts wants to be the pretty girl at the party. They're ...