By Preston Gralla, Apr 3, 2009
Microsoft for some time has been wanting to kill off XP --- and when Windows 7 hits, the company will finally be able to do it. Here's why Windows 7 will let Microsoft pull the plug. First off, it's no secret that Vista hasn't been embraced by enterprises, many of whom have treated it like the plague. That's unlikely to be the case with Windows 7. One reason: Vista wouldn't run properly on a fair number of PCs in enterprises when it was initially launched because the hardware wasn't high-powered enough. Today that's no longer the case. Enterprises have gone through at least one round of hardware refresh since the Vista launch, and so now virtually all of their PCs will run Windows 7. The same thing holds for printers and other peripherals. One of Vista's biggest problems was that too many peripherals wouldn't run with it. Again, though, that's no longer true. Enterprises have newer peripherals now than they had years ago. Newer peripherals will work with Windows 7, because it was designed to work with Vista-compatible hardware.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Outcry and complaints come after carriers threaten to block Skype on the iPhone
Should wireless operators have a right to ban VoIP applications from their data networks, or even public hotspots?
By Nate Mook April 3, 2009
Consumer and technology advocacy groups in both the United States and Europe are asking for governmental intervention to stop wireless carriers from selectively blocking applications from running on phones. The moves came after carriers in the US prevented Skype from running on 3G data networks, and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit in Germany said it may even ban Skype usage over Wi-Fi. T-Mobile claims that allowing consumers to make voice over IP calls would lead to high bandwidth usage and slow down the network, an assertion that many reject. Skype responded to news that DT would block its application on the iPhone and BlackBerry devices earlier this week by saying there is no technical justification for the move. "They pretend that their action has to do with technical concerns: this is baseless. Skype works perfectly well on iPhone, as hundreds of thousands of people globally can already readily attest. But their announcement also demonstrates that some operators do not fear the customer or regulatory consequences of their bad behaviour," said Skype general counsel Robert Miller.
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By Nate Mook April 3, 2009
Consumer and technology advocacy groups in both the United States and Europe are asking for governmental intervention to stop wireless carriers from selectively blocking applications from running on phones. The moves came after carriers in the US prevented Skype from running on 3G data networks, and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit in Germany said it may even ban Skype usage over Wi-Fi. T-Mobile claims that allowing consumers to make voice over IP calls would lead to high bandwidth usage and slow down the network, an assertion that many reject. Skype responded to news that DT would block its application on the iPhone and BlackBerry devices earlier this week by saying there is no technical justification for the move. "They pretend that their action has to do with technical concerns: this is baseless. Skype works perfectly well on iPhone, as hundreds of thousands of people globally can already readily attest. But their announcement also demonstrates that some operators do not fear the customer or regulatory consequences of their bad behaviour," said Skype general counsel Robert Miller.
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Angry Brits Chase Away Google Street View Car
By Jason Mick - April 3, 2009
Launched in 2007, Google Street View was Google's most ambitious mapping effort yet. The program aimed to provide 3D views of city streets. In order to do this, Google sent out a fleet of automobiles and bikes across different countries mapping out regions, street by street. The result was a resounding success; to date it has provided 3D views in many countries -- United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. However, as Google recently discovered, not every is a fan of its unique web application. When Google's Street View car rolled into the little UK village of Broughton, north of London, they were greeted by angry locals. Apparently, the residents of the affluent town feared that the Street View images of their community would give burglars the ideal tool to scout out the neighborhood for robberies.
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Launched in 2007, Google Street View was Google's most ambitious mapping effort yet. The program aimed to provide 3D views of city streets. In order to do this, Google sent out a fleet of automobiles and bikes across different countries mapping out regions, street by street. The result was a resounding success; to date it has provided 3D views in many countries -- United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. However, as Google recently discovered, not every is a fan of its unique web application. When Google's Street View car rolled into the little UK village of Broughton, north of London, they were greeted by angry locals. Apparently, the residents of the affluent town feared that the Street View images of their community would give burglars the ideal tool to scout out the neighborhood for robberies.
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