What's Worse: OS X Spinning Beach Ball, Vista Spinning Ring or Black Friday Waiting Lines?

Chances are that today you have been waiting in line to get you further in debt at some electronics store. Good. That's how America reactivates the economy. Meanwhile, Giz reader OMGponies wrote to us proposing an idea for a Question of the Day. After having to go through a Java update in Vista, he was wondering what is worse: Waiting for Mac OS X's Spinning Beach Ball of Death or Vista's Spinning Ring of Death? I would add something else: Are any of those dreadful icons comparable to the Wedding Ring of Death waiting in line for Black Friday deals? Hookay. You may ignite your flamethrowers in the comments... now.

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Super-Speed USB 3.0 Formal Unveiling Next Week, Windows 7 Won't Support Natively

We've learned about some of its specifications, and had a first look, but it looks like USB 3.0 is going to get a proper unveiling next monday with an announcement of its final protocol specifications at the first SuperSpeed USB Developer Conference. But at WinHEC last week there also emerged a rumor that Windows 7 won't support version 3.0 natively, due to the time constraints involved...unless the OS suffers delays perhaps. The logo got a reveal there too—something we should all get used to. We'll all get comfy with the speeds of the new connection: at 4.8Gbps it'll shift a 25GB HD movie file in 70 seconds. USB 2.0 takes 13 minutes and USB 1.0 over 9 hours. [Who, in the name of all that is holy, good, and properly kerned, who the heck designed this logo? Jimmy Carter's campaign graphic designer? —jd] [EverythingUSB]

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