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New York Times:
Microsoft to Delay Next Version of Windows — Microsoft's long effort to deliver the next version of its Windows operating system suffered another setback yesterday when the company said that the system would not be ready for consumer personal computers for the holiday sales season.
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Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now! — 2007. It certainly sounded like Microsoft leadership committed to us, our customers, our partners, and our shareholders that Vista would be out in 2006. — Slip! — We should have asked for more details around the "or else" part of that commitment.
Robert A. Guth / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Delays Windows Vista Debut Again — Consumer Version to Miss — Critical Holiday Season; — Unit Shake-Up Is Expected — Microsoft Corp. announced a delay in its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system, and people familiar with the matter said the company is planning …
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Windows Vista delayed — As you might have read by now, Windows Vista has been delayed. — I found this out while I was at Mix06 and in Las Vegas hanging out with the community. I have not had time to get educated on this issue and so I'll reserve most comment on it.
danah.org:
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? — [Note: this is an essay that would've been a blog post but it got too long.] — A lot of folks have asked me "What went wrong with Friendster? Why is MySpace any different?" I guess i never directly answered that question, even though i've addressed the causes in other talks.
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Scobleizer, Larry Borsato, PaidContent.org, It's Rishi, Many-to-Many and A Whole Lotta Nothing
Tanya Palta / MobileWhack.com:
Samsung Q35 - World's Smallest Laptop — Trust Samsung Electronics to always take the unbeaten path. Today Samsung Korea showcased the world's smallest dual-core notebook which also has an extremely stylish feel to it. The Samsung Q35 is extremly mobile and once again Samsung has managed to stand apart from its rivals.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Return of Rakesh Mathur — Rakesh Mathur is someone I have known from a bubble ago. He dropped me a note today saying that he has moved back to Silicon Valley from Seattle. (That perhaps explains the torrential rains, which have followed Rakesh to the Bay Area.)
linuxboxadmin.com:
What you get with sudo — What are you really gaining by using sudo in the default Mac OS X configuration? First, you gain some comfort that nobody can login as root, either locally or remotely via SSH or FTP and tamper with your machine. Second, you get a log entry in /var/log/system.log every …
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:
It's Official Now! Get The Portable Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Here — Unfortunately I had just went to sleep last night when this was released...so I know it has been out for 9 hours but here is the Portable version of Firefox 2 Alpha 1 that I promised. I have received a lot of emails requesting …
Mike / Techdirt:
Now That Plaxo Spam Has Annoyed Enough People, It's Time To Fade It Out? — from the dubious-reasons dept — For years, plenty of people have complained repeatedly about the scourge of "Plaxo spam." These are the constant bombardment of emails from new Plaxo users who have you in their address book …
sierrawireless.com:
Sierra Wireless introduces product line for next generation EV-DO networks — The AirCard® 595 wireless wide area network card and the MC5725 PCI Express Mini Card embedded module will offer increased data rates and faster uploads — Vancouver, British Columbia - Sierra Wireless …
Ryan Block / Engadget Mobile:
Paypal Mobile launches? — We heard it was coming, and now it's (supposedly)here: Paypal's new Paypal Mobile serviceis apparently up and running, and from what PSFK says there's really not a whole lot to it: you can either text PAYPAL(729725) with the dollar amount and recipients digits …
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USA Today:
Yahoo calls on customers to try its new phone service — LOS ANGELES — Internet giant Yahoo (YHOO) Tuesday launched a new way to get a local telephone number for just $2.99 a month. — The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones.
John Cook / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A new tactic in fight against pop-up advertising: public shaming — The Center for Democracy & Technology is employing a new tactic in its fight against 180solutions and the scourge of pop-up advertising: public shaming. — In a 10-page report released this week, the Washington D.C.-based …
Ward / Nerd Vittles:
A Marriage Made in Heaven: Sprint Cellphone + Asterisk@Home = Unlimited U.S. Cell Phone Calls for $5 — Last week Sprint announced the availability (beginning today!) of a new add-on for existing and new Sprint cellphone customers. For $5 more a month and a little Yankee ingenuity …
Melissa J. Perenson / PC World:
No Copying From First High-Def Players — The first HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players will ship soon—without any support for consumer copying. — Imagine Olympic skaters lined up at the starting line, but the ice ahead of them isn't ready for the race—not a pretty sight.
