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“iDon’t” Campaign Means No Verizon iPhone?
The new “iDon’t” TV ad spotlights perceived iPhone shortcomings while promoting a new Verizon Android smartphone due next month. More: continued here
Create a Music Playlist in Windows Media Center
Windows 7 users will have an easy time creating playlists on the fly. Vista users will have to follow these steps. More: continued here
How to Install Windows 7 (Before Your OS Launch Party)
Welcome to the party! Senior Editor Robert Strohmeyer shows you how to install Windows 7 before you celebrate its launch with your friends. More: continued here
Google Tweaks Voice to Keep Voice Mail out of Search Results
Google has tweaked its Voice service so that voice mail transcripts don’t get indexed by search engines. More: continued here
Advertising: A Place Where Sponsors Sign Athletes
A company wants to increase efficiency by automating the way marketers offer contracts to athletes and the way the ads are created and produced. More: continued here
Xbox Live: Worth a Price Hike?
Hints that Microsoft’s new Xbox Live features will kick up the subscription price has gamers buzzing about the value. More: continued here
Could Steve Ballmer’s Signature Get You to Party?
Still reluctant to throw a sponsored “house party” for Windows 7 later this month? As I discussed in an earlier posting, such reluctance would be perfectly natural on your part. After all, even if hosting such an event earns you a Signature Edition of Windows 7 Ultimate and “your very own Windows 7 Party Pack,” [...]
Windows 7 Performance Tests
Windows 7 is efficient enough to run even on netbooks with puny processors, but it’s only marginally faster than Vista, according to PC World Test Center tests. More: continued here
OpenShot – Desktop Video Editor for Linux
If you are interested in editing videos on a Linux desktop you may want to check out OpenShot. It is a relatively new project but already comes with an impressive set of features. Read more… OpenShot – Desktop Video Editor for Linux originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at [...]
With Windows 7 Almost Out, Start Thinking Windows 8
Windows 7 launches next week. Microsoft hopes the new operating system will wash that bad taste of Vista out of the mouths of both customers and the enterprise. That means, of course, that it’s time to start thinking about Windows 8. Too soon, you say? The rumor mill has it that Redmond is already planning [...]
Tech CEO Parade Slated for Web 2.0 Summit
Web 2.0 Summit kicks off on Tuesday, and its speakers will include the CEOs of Yahoo, Intel, AOL and Twitter. More: continued here
New Flip MinoHD Pocket Camcorder Has Solid Improvements
Slick looks, a solid metal build, and a number of refinements make the second-generation Flip Video MinoHD one hot pocket camcorder. More: continued here
Microsoft Rolls the Dice on Windows Mobile 6.5
Microsoft wanted 600 applications filling its Windows Marketplace for Mobile on its first day of release, Oct. 6. The idea was to give Windows Mobile 6.5, its smartphone operating system debuting on the same day, a sizable ecosystem with which to begin challenging Palm, Apple, Research In Motion and other players in the mobile-device space. [...]