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Windows Vista is stable but it has a lot of bugs and a lot of crazy things. I want Windows 7 now. Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 is based on Vista but will have some fixes making it a lot better. On the plus side this is good for compatibility. [...]

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This is pretty big news. Microsoft which scored recent Olympic success with Silverlight is now releasing an upgraded version. Adobe Flash is in big trouble with Silverlight 2.0. Microsoft will be releasing the new version on Monday. Silverlight 2.0 features bug fixes and performance optimization. Control styles and templates are [...]

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A long Zune outage will hit users Monday. The outage will take place first thing Monday and will last for up to forty eight hours. This is a long outage. Microsoft is not giving specific details. The Zune services and forums and store will all be offline. The devices should [...]

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Adobe is fighting back against Microsoft Silverlight. Adobe may have lost some marketshare but they struck a major deal with the NFL broadcasting full length NFL Sunday Night Football games for the first time. Adobe Flash will be the player of choice. Now all we need is fully archived games so you [...]

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So the new iPod nano 4g will be out soon. Yawn. Why does anyone even care? 4g is like nothing and all it does is play media. Why wouldn’t someone just by the new iPhone? I have little respect for people so defendant upon music. I mean what is [...]

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Firefox 3.1 is coming out soon. The biggest question is how will it respond to Google Chrome. One of the newest features is support for HTML 5 and CSS 3 including the HTML 5 video. This alpha version is code named Shiretoko. There should also be some improvements in performance of Firefox 3.1 [...]

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So in case you didn’t hear Samsung is thinking of acquiring SanDisk. I am worried about this because SanDisk makes excellent products that I have long thought were superior in quality and low prices. I am afraid that Samsung Electronics will not merge well with SanDisk resulting in higher prices. The primary [...]

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One of the problems with the iPhone is that it crashes. Steve Jobs has promised a solution in September. The issue occurs when the iPhone firmware attempts unsuccessfully to load third party apps. The problems seems to be a permissions issue. Those who have crashes have a long wait. Oh [...]

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I have been thinking of switching from Sprint to Verizon. Verizon was recently ranked number one by J.D. Power in customer service. They actually solve problems. I am less than impressed with Sprint customer service. Now if only all the carriers would do away with those pesky contracts and early termination [...]

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There is some kind of attack happening to Facebook. A malware worm is all over the network. The Facebook wall posts are infected. If you see a picture of a jester sticking out his toungue then you have it. The trojan most likely allows for other viruses or spyware to be [...]

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