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The New Hotness

  • Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Run Windows: Bad Gadgets

    The Token Windows box (which runs the few programs that don’t get along with Linux) doesn’t get a lot of attention, but a recent update changed their stylin’ graphic CPU meter to something a bit less, mmm, smooth:

    Win 7 - CPU Meter
    Win 7 – CPU Meter

    Searching for the obvious keywords turned up an explanation from Microsoft:

    Windows Gadgets Have Been Discontinued - detail
    Windows Gadgets Have Been Discontinued – detail

    It seems they simply pushed an update that killed Gadgets, without explanation or warning.

    Who could have anticipated that allowing random strangers to run their code on a desktop PC would lead to security problems?