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Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)

Twitter Bio:: Tech, Diabetes, Parenting, Race, Linguistics, Web, Fashion, Podcasting, OSS, Code, Ratchet, Black Hair, Phony. I work for MSFT, but these are my opinions.
Location:: Portland, Oregon
Website:: http://hanselman.com

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Opera Developer News - 300 million users and move to WebKit

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On the same day as announcing that Opera has 300 million users, we're also announcing that for all new products Opera will use WebKit as its rendering engine and V8 as its JavaScript engine. It's built using the open-source Chromium browser as one of its components. Of course, a browser is much more than just a renderer and a JS engine, so this is primarily an "under the hood" change. Consumers will initially notice better site compatibilty, especially with mobile-facing sites - many of which have only been tested in WebKit browsers. The first product will be for Smartphones, which we'll demonstrate at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the

Amazon.com Help: Kindle Paperwhite Software Update 5.3.0

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We have a new, free software update available for the Kindle Paperwhite that you can download. The software update will also be delivered automatically via Wi-Fi to your Kindle Paperwhite.Here's how to download the Kindle software update version 5.3.0 and transfer it to your Kindle via USB:If you see an earlier version, please proceed with the steps below to update your Kindle to the latest software.Enjoy free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots across the U.S. to shop for and download Kindle content -- no AT&T registration, sign-in, or password required. Plug your Kindle back into your computer and verify the update file is present in the root directory

Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use?

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I’ve been a Mac guy for almost my entire adult life. I wrote my first college papers on a typewriter, but by the end of my freshman year – almost 30 years ago – I was on an IBM PC. Then, in 1984, I found the Mac, and I never looked back.I’m not saying I’m switching, but I sure am open to a better solution. Because the past year or so has been dominated by the kind of computing nightmares that used to be the defining experience of my Windows-PC-wielding friends and colleagues. And it’s not limited to the Mac – the iPhone is also a massive fail in what was once the exclusive province of Apple: Ease of use.I’ll caveat this post with the fact that

Meet Xbox Music, Microsoft’s New All-in-One Music Service

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REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 14, 2012 — If music makes the people come together, as Madonna says, the new Xbox Music gives people all the music they love, every way they want it. Xbox Music, Microsoft’s new all-in-one music service, specially designed to let users listen to music in exactly the way they want, begins rolling out to millions of people around the world Oct. 16 on the Xbox 360, then to the masses with Windows 8 on Oct. 26. The all-in-one music service combines the best aspects of free-streaming radio, music subscription services and music purchasing options, all in one elegant package, says Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft’

Web Sites with Embedded Command Lines: You got your Command Line in my Internet

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Eight years ago I wrote a post called Opportunity: Windows is completely missing the TextMode boat. The language is dated...I assume we all realize that there are literally millions of Windows machines from 95 to XP that exist only to allow more than one Telnet/ProcommPlus/Terminal window at a time, so end-users can interact with remote systems.I’m just saying that my Tab,Tab,Tab,Enter will beat your Click,Tab,Alt-F,O,Click,Double-Click, more often than not and I will take the Pepsi Challenge otherwise.Command Lines are faster than Graphical User Interfaces. Command Lines and all the things we string together within them are DSLs (Domain Specific

Shh.. Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away.

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Almost a year ago I emailed Dom telling him I would love to do Sparrow for Windows. Begged really. He replied positively and a few days later I was having a Skype call with Din(cofounder, technical guy) about what it should be.

I got a good-to-go green light and immediately started coding. I was thrilled to finally do an app that fitted in a bigger picture, part of brand with recognition and coolness attached to it. I even didn’t mind that I had to blindly copy stuff from the Mac UI, since I don’t really like Metro. I also think that Desktop apps of Windows are in desperate need of design inspiration. And Sparrow for Windows would be