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Reuters:
Microsoft may delay Windows Vista again — Gartner — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Michael A. Silver / gartner.com:
Windows Vista Unlikely to Ship Before 2Q07 — Microsoft's track record is clear; it consistently misses target dates for major operating system releases. We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q07, which is nine to 12 months after Beta 2. — Price: US$195.00
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Computerworld:
Microsoft says Vista still 'on track' despite Gartner doubts — The research firm notes that Windows 2000 took 16 months from beta 2 to final release — MAY 02, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - While Microsoft Corp. has a good track record of hitting its release targets for minor operating systems …
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:Gartner says Vista to ship in 2007
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Linda A. Epstein / ultramobilepcs.com:
First Impressions & Photos From the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC Launch Event in San Francisco … First Impressions of the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC — Q1 - The Porsche of Ultra Mobile PCs... I waitied a long time to see the Q1 in person and it was worth the wait.
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jkOnTheRun:
Plethora of Samsung Q1 reviews are out — Since the roll-out of the Samsung Q1 UMPC/ Origami yesterday a number of major publications have produced reviews and overviews of the little Tablet PC. Here are some of the major ones: — Stuff Magazine- mixed reaction, interesting claim they typed the article using DialKeys.
mozilla.com:
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3 — Firefox 1.5.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. — Security fix for denial of service vulnerability.
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Jonathan Silverstein / ABCNEWS:
Google's First Female Engineer — In an Interview With ABC News Now's 'Ahead of the Curve,' She Dishes on Google's Past, Present and Future — May 1, 2006 — It's hard to believe that search engine giant Google hasn't even celebrated its 10th birthday yet.
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Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Xbox Live and Xbox.com are back online — Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the Xbox Forums are now back online. In addition we have some new features for you. An all new 'My Xbox' section (with the ability to quickly see the number of friends online, messages) with quick links to : — View your recent players list
Tony Smith / The Register:
First 'Super 3G' phones coming July? — BenQ Mobile has brought forward the release of its first mobile phone to support the HSDPA data speed boosting extension to 3G technology. According to online reports, BenQ's EF91 will ship in Europe in July courtesy of a deal struck with T-Mobile.
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Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Retaliation for Antispam Success? — An unusual spam war has erupted on the net, pitting an apparently irate spammer against an Israeli antispam firm that claims it's making junk e-mailers think twice about bugging its customers. — Blue Security's controversial method uses reverse spam …
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Coolz0r:
Screw YouTube — Okay. I'm out of YouTube. I refuse to use the service any longer. Recent changes made it very obvious they don't want users with large archives. The site is very very slow and I have over 30 pages of videos. Browsing to page 28 took me exactly 12 minutes …
Gwen Hinze / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1 — The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Committee meets this week to discuss the latest redraft of the contentious new Broadcasting Treaty.
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BBC:
Cash card taps virtual game funds — A real world cash card that allows gamers to spend money earned in a virtual universe has been launched. — Gamers can use the card at cash machines around the world to convert virtual dollars into real currency. — The card is offered by the developers …
Guardian:
Mobile operators face wi-fi challenge — The UK's mobile phone networks will come under attack today as wireless internet provider The Cloud announces a low-cost tariff for unlimited web access, making it easier for people to make free calls through the web from big cities, rather than use their mobile phones.
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Rcade / Workbench:
Settlement Reached with Dave Winer — I've reached an agreement with Dave Winer regarding the Share Your OPML web application. I destroyed his original code and user data along with everything that was built from it and gave up my claim to a one-third stake in feeds.scripting.com.
Guardian:
The ideas interview William Davies — Have computers and mobile phones really made the world a better place? John Sutherland meets a man who says no — Legend has it that when IBM began producing commercially viable computers it foresaw that six Big Blue machines would suffice for the whole of the US.
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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Nowadays, It's All Yours, Mine or Ours — The "My life. My card" campaign from American Express was created by Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, part of the WPP Group. — My, my, my. — Madison Avenue has become obsessed with using the word "my" — along with "your" and "our" …
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sega.com:
SEGA ANNOUNCES FULL AUTO 2: BATTLELINES EXCLUSIVELY FOR SONY'S PLAYSTATION 3 CONSOLE — Sequel to Award-winning Full Auto Features Strategically Destructible Street Environments to Deliver the Next Generation of Combat-Racing — SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (May 2, 2006) - Get ready …
Loren / Incremental Blogger:
Specialized input panel for Excel — If you're a heavy Tablet and Excel user and have ever felt like the built in Tablet Input Panel (TIP) didn't quite match what you wanted to do in Excel, TipX may have come to your rescue. — I've just been playing with TipX—a special purpose Tablet Input Panel add …
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Verizon: FiOS TV Going Gangbusters — Verizon issued its Q1 06 earnings results today showing a rise in revenue (normalized to include both Verizon and MCI, which merged with Verizon in early January) but a drop in net income. Revenues rose 3.1% year-over-year to $22.97 billion …
Timbl / Decentralized Information Group …:
Neutrality of the Net — This is an international issue. In some countries it is addressed better than others. (In France, for example, I understand that the layers are separated, and my colleague in Paris attributes getting 24Mb/s net, a phone with free international dialing and digital TV …
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