Windows 7


A first look at Windows 7 will be given by Microsoft in October. Based on the hugely popular and widely acclaimed Windows Vista, the new operating system promises end users even more software and hardware incompatibilities, longer boot-up and shutdown times, and a new colour—neon pink—for the much-loved ‘blue screen of death’ that has been an integral component of Windows since the very beginning.

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

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O2 telling porkies over iPhone pre-order deliveries today


O2 has said, in an official statement, that ‘customers that were successful in the pre-order will receive their iPhone 3G on Friday. The only exception is customers who live in certain postcodes, north from Aberdeen who will receive on Monday’–but I’m not the only one who’s been told by the telecoms company that I won’t get mine until ’some time’ after today. It’s more than irritating when O2 stores have had stock delivered to them for today’s grand unveiling, albeit at the very most 24 units each.

Friday, July 11th, 2008

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