 It's August 15th, 2012. I'm Thomas Huston and I've seen everything on the internet. This is 90 Seconds on the Verge. A 90-day trial of Windows 8 is now available from Microsoft's website. The free, finished version lets you check out all the new platform features, including a tile-based start screen and the Windows App Store. What you won't find, however, is any mention of the word Metro. Microsoft has started banning, with extreme prejudice, any app that has Metro in the title in order to avoid a trademark dispute with a mysterious German partner. The decidedly Metro-free Windows 8 will officially launch on October 26th. And right on schedule, Flash for Android passed away. Starting today, Adobe will disable new installs, effectively cutting it off from the future of the mobile web. Adobe at one point had grand plans for mobile Flash, but the company met a sizable wall early on when Apple refused to adopt it for iPhone and iPad. The company continues to support Flash for PCs, as well as embrace HTML5 for video. If you really need the mobile Flash experience, there's always the Blackberry flavor. Finally, Samsung today celebrated the debut of the Galaxy Note 10.1. The $499 Android tablet comes with its own S Pen stylus, and though we found the input system to be responsive and precise, the hardware itself and its suite of stylo-centric apps are a major disappointment. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is available today in New York, and throughout the rest of the U.S. tomorrow. Don't walk, don't run, and probably don't bother. That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow when we take a look at the first nationally syndicated newspaper to print fully animated GIFs.
 It's August 15th, 2012. I'm Thomas Huston and I've seen everything on the internet.
 This is 90 Seconds on the Verge.
 A 90-day trial of Windows 8 is now available from Microsoft's website.
 The free, finished version lets you check out all the new platform features,
 including a tile-based start screen and the Windows App Store.
 What you won't find, however, is any mention of the word Metro.
 Microsoft has started banning, with extreme prejudice, any app that has Metro in the title
 in order to avoid a trademark dispute with a mysterious German partner.
 The decidedly Metro-free Windows 8 will officially launch on October 26th.
 And right on schedule, Flash for Android passed away.
 Starting today, Adobe will disable new installs, effectively cutting it off from the future of the mobile web.
 Adobe at one point had grand plans for mobile Flash,
 but the company met a sizable wall early on when Apple refused to adopt it for iPhone and iPad.
 The company continues to support Flash for PCs, as well as embrace HTML5 for video.
 If you really need the mobile Flash experience, there's always the Blackberry flavor.
 Finally, Samsung today celebrated the debut of the Galaxy Note 10.1.
 The $499 Android tablet comes with its own S Pen stylus,
 and though we found the input system to be responsive and precise,
 the hardware itself and its suite of stylo-centric apps are a major disappointment.
 The Galaxy Note 10.1 is available today in New York, and throughout the rest of the U.S. tomorrow.
 Don't walk, don't run, and probably don't bother.
 That's it for today's top stories.
 Tune in tomorrow when we take a look at the first nationally syndicated newspaper to print fully animated GIFs.