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The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk: webcomic copyright fight gets personal : Matthew Inman, creator of webcomic The Oatmeal, tried to ignore the rampant online copying of his work—until he found that his entire output was mirrored on a user-generated content site called FunnyJunk. Microsoft gives the first official look of Windows 8 touch interface : Microsoft today unveiled the new touch interface for Windows 8. Though still far from release, it looks like Redmond will finally have a truly worthy competitor to the iPad

The first Windows 8 video , that Microsoft posted on June 2 on YouTube, offered a sneak peek of the touch interface of the upcoming Microsoft operating system. It caused quite the confusion, as many viewers assumed that the operating system would look like that on their desktop PC as well. From what we could gather, there will be a standard desktop interface available as well, with possibilities to switch between the interfaces. We will know more about this when the public Windows 8 beta is released by Microsoft

Over the years there have been all sorts of fun ways to edit one’s Linux terminal window. In addition to editing all the boring old things like text color and scroll settings, people have edited their headers, terminal behaviors, and even integrated an entire terminal window into their background. Many people are fond of that last one, but it isn’t really all that easy to do

Today, Syria joined the lengthening list of countries who have cut themselves off from the world and their own people by turning off its Internet. In the words of Freedom House : “In a bid to limit Syrians’ access to information and keep the outside world from learning the full truth about the government’s campaign of violence, Syrian authorities shut down internet access and cell phone networks early this morning, with the exception of certain government services.” Sponsor Since March, when the Arab Spring hit Syria, government authorities have killed 1,100 Syrians (40 of them today) and jailed 10,000. Even with that casualty count, they keep coming

As the complaints about Flickr continue to pile on, scrappy Toronto-based service 500px continues to grow, going from 1000 users in 2009 to over 85K (around 45K of which have joined in the last three months). And after two years of bootstrapping, the startup is today announcing its $525K Series A round with investment from High Line Venture Capital , Deep Creek Capital and ff Venture Capital. Says co-founder Oleg Gutsol, “The idea of making 500px arose from Evgeny [Tchebotarev] and I having difficulties with the current available platforms — there wasn’t a good service that would allow us to display our photos is a visually pleasing way and be easy to use. I think we tried every somewhat popular service online and still were not quite satisfied

The minimalism exhibited in this featured desktop makes it seem like there’s really nothing going on, but its practical functionality and good looks actually require a reasonable amount of customization. Reader Sean Innis Harper used several tools to make the quiet, useful little bar placed at the bottom of the screen. More??

Readers offer their best tips for organizing your Windows programs, cutting corn off the cob, and scanning receipts into your computer. More??