CES 2009: Microsoft releases first Windows 7 beta
January 31, 2009
Microsoft has unveiled the first beta of Windows 7, enabling users to test the improved user interface and other features of the forthcoming operating system for the first time.
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Microsoft resumes Windows 7 test downloads
January 31, 2009
Microsoft launched downloads of the public test version of its new version of Windows on Saturday, after a one-day delay due to overwhelming demand.
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Dell tipped for smartphone launch in February
January 31, 2009
Dell is planning to launch a line of smartphones, according to reports, and may introduce its first handset models as early as February.
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iPhone scam referred to AFP: Cellnet
January 31, 2009
Brisbane-based Cellnet is the subject of a scam that tries to sell heavily discounted iPhones under the firm’s name via the Gumtree classifieds Web site.
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Gartner identifies eight key mobile technologies
January 31, 2009
Analyst firm Gartner has published a report highlighting eight technologies which it predicts will have a major impact on the mobile industry over the next two years.
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Apple and Palm rattle sabres over litigation
January 31, 2009
A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology.
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EFF pushes for jailbreak rights
January 31, 2009
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is pressing lawmakers to amend the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to provide protections for users who wish to change built-in carrier settings or software locks on their phones.
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Google fakes out Hotmail for Chrome support
January 31, 2009
Instead of waiting for Microsoft to tweak its Hotmail site, Google decided to tweak its Chrome browser.
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Report: Georgetown University bans use of Windows 7 beta
January 31, 2009
Georgetown’s IT group issues warning to students and faculty it will not support the beta version of Windows 7, according to report in InformationWeek.
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Even Microsoft's anti-Linux message isn't this bad
January 31, 2009
Microsoft doesn’t think that Linux is terrorists’ operating system of choice. An ad making that argument hit the Web a few weeks ago, and some people think it’s actually from Microsoft.
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