 It's Monday, July 9th, 2012. I'm Addy Robertson. Let's spend 90 inglorious seconds on the Verge. Microsoft announced today that Windows 8 will ship in late October. The company expects to ship a finished copy of the OS to manufacturers in early August, which gives the OEMs almost three months to make that Halloween deadline. Microsoft also revealed that it acquired Perceptive Pixel. The multi-touch focused company is probably best known for the 82-inch Windows 8 display it showed off at Mobile World Congress back in February. Microsoft has toyed with furniture computing once before with the Surface Table. Perhaps it can once again return to interior Windows design. A UK judge ruled that the Galaxy Tab does not infringe upon the design of Apple's iPad. The judge said Samsung's tablet lineup lacks the understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. In his own words, quote, they are not as cool. So while Samsung appears to have won the case, it also seems to have lost just a little bit of dignity in the process. The Assassin's Creed movie adaptation is still a go, and according to Variety, Michael Fassbender has signed on to both co-produce and star in the film. Fassbender is probably best known as David in Prometheus, Magneto in X-Men First Class, and Lieutenant Harry Colburn in the 2004 TV movie A Bear Named Winnie. And finally, Kickstarter is going international. The company tweeted that a UK launch is expected this autumn. Friends across the pond, you would not believe the shit that gets funded. And that's it for today's show. Tune in tomorrow for the sirens of Titan and how the duet brought their unique musical stylings to Earth.
 It's Monday, July 9th, 2012.
 I'm Addy Robertson.
 Let's spend 90 inglorious seconds on the Verge.
 Microsoft announced today that Windows 8
 will ship in late October.
 The company expects to ship a finished copy of the OS
 to manufacturers in early August,
 which gives the OEMs almost three months
 to make that Halloween deadline.
 Microsoft also revealed that it acquired Perceptive Pixel.
 The multi-touch focused company is probably best known
 for the 82-inch Windows 8 display
 it showed off at Mobile World Congress back in February.
 Microsoft has toyed with furniture computing
 once before with the Surface Table.
 Perhaps it can once again return to interior Windows design.
 A UK judge ruled that the Galaxy Tab
 does not infringe upon the design of Apple's iPad.
 The judge said Samsung's tablet lineup lacks
 the understated and extreme simplicity
 which is possessed by the Apple design.
 In his own words, quote, they are not as cool.
 So while Samsung appears to have won the case,
 it also seems to have lost just a little bit of dignity
 in the process.
 The Assassin's Creed movie adaptation is still a go,
 and according to Variety, Michael Fassbender has signed on
 to both co-produce and star in the film.
 Fassbender is probably best known as David in Prometheus,
 Magneto in X-Men First Class,
 and Lieutenant Harry Colburn in the 2004 TV movie
 A Bear Named Winnie.
 And finally, Kickstarter is going international.
 The company tweeted that a UK launch
 is expected this autumn.
 Friends across the pond,
 you would not believe the shit that gets funded.
 And that's it for today's show.
 Tune in tomorrow for the sirens of Titan
 and how the duet brought their unique
 musical stylings to Earth.