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Last month when Google Reader removed the ability to share items from my RSS feeds I went on a search to replace it so I could continue to share links of interest with everyone on Twitter. My search ultimately ended with me finding Fever, a self hosted RSS reader built by Shaun Inman.
I do have more to share about Fever in a future post discussing its functionality and how I am implementing it to share links but I wanted to start sharing some of the hot stories that are coming out of the Fever Reader as I use it.
You see Fever creates a list of stories on a scale that represents a thermometer and it places those stories that are being written about across a lot of your feeds at the top of that thermometer.
The purpose of this new column is to share the top three stories from my Fever Thermometer each week to see what is hot in the tech world and the RSS feeds I keep an eye on.
Here is your first group of Fever Pitched stories – enjoy.
Kinect for Windows – Building The Future. This story is about a recent blog post from the Kinect for Windows Team that details both hardware and software changes that are expected next year when the commercial SSDK for Kinect is released.
- Microsoft to produce Kinect hardware for Windows in 2012 from LiveSide.net
- Microsoft plans special Kinect hardware for Windows from GeekWire
- Microsoft preparing new Kinect hardware designed for Windows use from WinRumors
- Kinect for Windows – Building the Future from MSDN Blogs
SkyDrive – designing personal cloud storage for billions of people. A recent post on the SkyDrive blog started a series of stories that took a look at what the future might hold for SkyDrive.
- SkyDrive – designing personal cloud storage for billions of people from The Windows Blog
- SkyDrive blog post: setting the stage for a new version, or admitting failure? from LiveSide.net
- Microsoft hints at the future of its SkyDrive cloud, simple and integrated from WinRumors
- The Midweek Download: Nov. 23rd Edition–Improving the Setup in Windows 8, A Year of NUI on Next plus Windows Phone, Internet Explorer and SkyDrive from Official Microsoft Blog
Improving the setup experience in Windows 8. A new blog post from the Building Windows 8 Blog discussed the changes being made to the setup experience users will see in Windows 8.
- The Midweek Download: Nov. 23rd Edition–Improving the Setup in Windows 8, A Year of NUI on Next plus Windows Phone, Internet Explorer and SkyDrive from Official Microsoft Blog
- Windows 8 will Install in 11 Clicks from Mike Halsey’s The Long Climb
- Microsoft reveals its online upgrade experience for Windows 8 from WinRumors
- Improving the setup experience from Building Windows 8