News: Software & Web

• Windows 7 could launch as early as August
  Gregg Keizer
  May 01 2009

  Although Microsoft Corp. refuses to name a delivery date for Windows 7, it could launch the new operating system as early as August, according to timeline comparisons of significant dates for ...

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• Looking for swine and the data society
  Mark Gibbs
  May 01 2009

  Oh great. First the *&%$#@ %$#*%& on Wall Street sinks the financial systems of the world, we create a national debt that's as big as ... well, the national debt, and now we have the ...

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• Swedes, creeds, and dirty deeds
  Robert X. Cringely
  May 01 2009

  I write, you read. You write, I read. Amazing how that works, isn't it? In fact, I've been remiss in keeping up with my correspondence, so I thought I'd pick some of the best of what the residents ...

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• Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux
  Keir Thomas
  May 01 2009

  I've been writing Linux guidebooks for some time, and it's fair to say that most people who buy my books are Windows users looking to make the leap to Linux (or perhaps just wondering what the fuss ...

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• Palm's New Eos May be iPhone's Next Challenger
  Daniel Ionescu
  May 01 2009

  Palm is upping its game with a new budget phone rumored to launch this fall on AT&T. Deemed to be another iPhone rival with a smaller price tag, the Palm Eos (or Pixie/Castle) sports a size 0 ...

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• Microsoft aligning management, clouds
  John Fontana
  May 01 2009

  Microsoft this week shared the latest on its ambitious cloud computing management, though customers and analysts say they still have plenty of questions on issues such as timing and security. The ...

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• Survey: Apple to reap reward of stronger consumer confidence
  Gregg Keizer
  May 01 2009

  The first uptick in consumer confidence in 17 months is good news for Apple Inc., market research firm ChangeWave said Thursday. According to Paul Carton, ChangeWave's research director, the ...

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• NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.5 arrive in same week
  Rodney Gedda
  May 01 2009

  The April-May 2009 cusp has been a big week for open source BSD operating systems with both OpenBSD 4.5 and NetBSD 5.0 released to the public. Renowned for its security, the OpenBSD project claims ...

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• O2 gets broadband comparison site users' vote
  Carrie-Ann Skinner
  May 01 2009

  O2 has come out on top in a survey run by ISP comparison site BroadbandChoices.co.uk. The ISP topped six out of eight categories covering customer satisfaction in BroadbandChoices' Broadband ...

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• New details, photo of Palm's rumored new smartphone: Eos?
  John Cox
  May 01 2009

  A flurry of new, much more specific, details are emerging on the Web about the rumored second webOS phone from Palm. Engadget.com seems to have made the scoop, with both a photo and technical specs ...

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