For a complete picture of the times from the two days of testing, below are comparisons for all riders from both days of testing. The track improved a lot during the second day of testing, and everyone who rode both days set their fastest time on Wednesday, the second day of the test.
The UFC is headed back to Brazil in January, and there is one fighter who would really like to be on the card. Strikeforce’s Fabricio Werdum, the man who beat Fedor Emelianenko, has taken to Twitter to convince the UFC president to include Werdum. He asked his followers to tweet Dana White #WERDUMUFCRIO2 to convince him.
They happily turned out. Werdum’s followers filled White’s mentions with at least 100 tweets, all tagged wth #WERDUMUFCRIO2. Finally, White had to acknowledge the barrage.
The card will be headlined by a championship bout between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes, and the other announced fights so far are Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson, Sam Stout vs. Thiago Tavares, and Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim.
In the past, there would be barriers to bringing him over to the UFC, but Zuffa’s purchase of Strikeforce would simplify it. His last stint with the UFC ended after a loss to Junior dos Santos and a contract dispute. While with Strikeforce, Werdum scored big wins over Emelianenko and Antonio Silva, but lost to Alistair Overeem in June. Werdum has not fought since then.
The UFC’s August trip to Rio was a huge success in part because they filled the card with popular Brazilian fighters. The loud, raucous crowd went even crazier every time a Brazilian fighter won. Imagine how they would erupt for Werdum.
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It’s not really a secret the Microsoft had planned on bringing bits of Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI to Windows 8, but we haven’t seen a lot of really telling evidence. However, with the Windows 8 milestone 3 build now available to Microsoft Connect partners, it was really just a matter of time before we started to get a peek.
Thanks to Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, we’ve now had a glimpse at what the Windows 8 welcome screen will look like. As you can see, the typography is very Metro indeed. Within Windows also mentions that the background image is customizable, and we’re wondering if it might not pull from your current Windows 8 theme. This particular shot shows the CTRL + ALT + DELETE login option, but we imagine you’ll still be able to log in by clicking your account picture tile as well.
Rivera and Thurrott also mention that the tablet version of the welcome screen will allow you to log in by swiping a pattern on the screen — as you can on current Android devices.
Google, according to reports from “a dozen executives working at key companies in the Android ecosystem” is finally locking down the open source and easily-fragmented Android operating system.
As it currently stands, Google hands over the ‘final’ code for each version of Android, and OEMs and developers then spend some time customizing the OS to fit their hardware, and to create a unique and marketable flavor. That’s all set to change, however.
Over the last few months, according to several people familiar with the matter, Android licensees such as HTC, Motorola and Facebook, have been asked to sign ‘non-fragmentation clauses.’ This new contract caveat will give Google the right to review and pass judgment on all changes to the Android OS. Two executives at Facebook say that they’re unhappy that Google gets to review its changes to Android — which is understandable, given Facebook and Google are direct competitors — and there have also been allegations that Google is preventing some Verizon devices from shipping because they include Microsoft’s Bing instead of Google search.
Version 5.3 of Skype for Windows has just been released, with the main emphasis of the new release being improved call quality, and the quality of video received by mobile Skype users. Presumably one party of the video call must be using Skype for Windows 5.3, though.
Beyond improved call quality, not much has changed. You can now see your friends’ presence icons when contact cards are collapsed, and the topic editing button is now always visible on the conversation header. For a complete list of changes, hit up the Skype Garage blog.
