By JR Raphael, Oct 28, 2009
Well, gang, it's official: Verizon's Motorola Droid smartphone is on its way into the world. The Droid, unveiled Wednesday, will hit store shelves on November 6 with a $199.99 price tag, after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract. The phone is the first to run Google's brand new Android 2.0 operating system, and it packs plenty of punch not previously seen on the smartphone market. Not surprisingly, plenty of people are already speculating whether it'll put a dent in the sales of that other high-profile device (you know, the one whose manufacturer is occasionally compared to a communist regime). Regardless of whether you like your phones with a lowercase "i" or a giant red eye, the Verizon Droid has some undeniably interesting features. Here are five that stand out the most to me.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Microsoft Exec Warns On Windows 7 Upgrade Hack
By Kevin McLaughlin, Oct. 28, 2009
Just because something is technically possible doesn't mean it's legal. That's the message Eric Ligman, global partner experience lead in Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, is sending this week to bloggers who claim to have found a way to circumvent Microsoft's rules and perform a clean install of Windows 7 using upgrade media. Cost savings is the motivating factor here: The Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade sells for $80 less than the full version, and the Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate upgrades are $100 less than full price. However, Microsoft's EULA only allows Windows 7 upgrades to be installed on PCs that have a previous version of Windows already installed. Ligman, whose knowledge of Microsoft's complex licensing terms is nearly as vast as the lawyers who drew them up, often warns of the dangers of violating Microsoft's EULA, which include potential Business Software Alliance audits and a host of other costly legal hassles. "For those of you without an existing Windows license to upgrade from, you should be aware that an upgrade license by itself is not a license to install and run Windows on your computer," Ligman wrote in a Tuesday blog post.
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Just because something is technically possible doesn't mean it's legal. That's the message Eric Ligman, global partner experience lead in Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, is sending this week to bloggers who claim to have found a way to circumvent Microsoft's rules and perform a clean install of Windows 7 using upgrade media. Cost savings is the motivating factor here: The Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade sells for $80 less than the full version, and the Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate upgrades are $100 less than full price. However, Microsoft's EULA only allows Windows 7 upgrades to be installed on PCs that have a previous version of Windows already installed. Ligman, whose knowledge of Microsoft's complex licensing terms is nearly as vast as the lawyers who drew them up, often warns of the dangers of violating Microsoft's EULA, which include potential Business Software Alliance audits and a host of other costly legal hassles. "For those of you without an existing Windows license to upgrade from, you should be aware that an upgrade license by itself is not a license to install and run Windows on your computer," Ligman wrote in a Tuesday blog post.
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Sony Recalls 69,000 Vaio Notebook Adapters
by Mark Hachman 10.28.09
Sony has recalled about 69,000 AC adapters sold with its Vaio notebook products, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. No injuries have been reported, although Sony said that it has received four reports of the adapters short-circuiting, due to insulation that can fail over time, Sony said. No incidents took place in the U.S., either. The adapter number is the Sony VGP-AC19V17. The adapters were sold between from September 2005 through October 2009, and included the Sony Vaio VGC-LT series and VGC-JS2 series notebooks as well as the VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 docking stations.
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Sony has recalled about 69,000 AC adapters sold with its Vaio notebook products, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. No injuries have been reported, although Sony said that it has received four reports of the adapters short-circuiting, due to insulation that can fail over time, Sony said. No incidents took place in the U.S., either. The adapter number is the Sony VGP-AC19V17. The adapters were sold between from September 2005 through October 2009, and included the Sony Vaio VGC-LT series and VGC-JS2 series notebooks as well as the VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 docking stations.
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 to update nearly 150 Snow Leopard components
By AppleInsider Staff October 28, 2009
Apple this week is equipping developers with a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6.2, the second maintenance and security update to the company's new Snow Leopard operating system that will perform upgrades to nearly 150 components. The latest beta, labeled Mac OS X 10.6.2 build 10C535, comes one week after the Mac maker issued build 10C531 to address issues with Snow Leopard's Dock, ColorSync, QuartzCore and graphic driver components. This week, Apple has asked developers to continue to provide feedback on graphics drivers while also tasking them with focusing their evaluation efforts on TrackPad preferences and the ability to create virtual machines, people familiar with the matter say. As was the case with last week's beta, documentation accompanying build 10C535 reportedly lists no known issues. And while Apple has temporarily ceased its practice of providing a running list of bug fixes that will come baked into the impending release, it did identify 148 components that have seen tweaks.
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Apple this week is equipping developers with a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6.2, the second maintenance and security update to the company's new Snow Leopard operating system that will perform upgrades to nearly 150 components. The latest beta, labeled Mac OS X 10.6.2 build 10C535, comes one week after the Mac maker issued build 10C531 to address issues with Snow Leopard's Dock, ColorSync, QuartzCore and graphic driver components. This week, Apple has asked developers to continue to provide feedback on graphics drivers while also tasking them with focusing their evaluation efforts on TrackPad preferences and the ability to create virtual machines, people familiar with the matter say. As was the case with last week's beta, documentation accompanying build 10C535 reportedly lists no known issues. And while Apple has temporarily ceased its practice of providing a running list of bug fixes that will come baked into the impending release, it did identify 148 components that have seen tweaks.
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