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No start button in Windows 8? Steve Ballmer says the whole damn screen is a start button.

After his keynote in New York on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was asked by The Associated Press whether there was any chance of bringing it back. His reply: “You’ve got a whole screen as a start button.” It’s a reference to the screen of tiles.

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TED is dedicated to ideas worth spreading. And that leaves many wondering exactly which ideas have been spread the most widely.

• Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity(2006): 13,409,417 views
• Jill Bolte Taylor‘s stroke of insight(2008): 10,409,851
• Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense(2009): 9,223,263
• David Gallo‘s underwater astonishments(2007): 7,879,541
• Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense(2009): 7,467,580
• Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do(2006): 6,879,488
• Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action(2010): 6,050,294
• Steve Jobs on how to live before you die(2005): 5,444,022
• Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen(2006): 4,966,643
• Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability(2010): 4,763,038
• Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation(2009): 4,706,241
• Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic(2005): 4,658,425
• Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your genius(2009): 4,538,037
• Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy?(2004): 4,269,082
• Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe(2008): 4,153,105
• Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen(2006): 3,891,251
• Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators(2008): 3,869,417
• Keith Barry does brain magic(2004): 3,847,893
• Mary Roach 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm(2009): 3,810,630
• Vijay Kumar demos robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340

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