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Windows 7 on a Netbook Review to be Posted Tomorrow
Tomorrow, I will post my First Look at the Windows 7 Release Candidate running on a netbook. The review will also be promoted in the PC Pitstop newsletter (circ. 900k!) that goes out Tuesday so it should get great exposure.
Verizon Wireless Friends & Family Update
Verizon pitched me recently on doing a post on its Friends & Family calling program launched in February. That's where qualifying customers can exclude five or ten numbers
Dell 10v Fills Entry Netbook Gap.
Dell today introduced the Mini 10v netbook line this morning on its Direct2Dell blog as an entry level netbook to its Mini 10. I watched the
Netbook-Mobile Broadband Rumors a Plenty, but Nothing Yet
The Boy Genius Report claims it has received "firm confirmation" that the HP Mini 1151NR netbook has started arriving in stores and will sell for the discounted
Kindle DX Business Model for Newspapers Misses Mark
Marketer Lynn Kettelson sent me an insightful article arguing that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has the Kindle DX business model back asswards. The article claims Bezos wants
App Developer Hints at Android-based Netbooks from Dell
FierceWireless blurbed earlier today that a Seattle company issued a news release saying it was porting Adobe Flash Lite 3.17 technology (Flash for mobile phones and
Netbooks or Kindle DX for Newspaper Readers?
For the past three days, the Boston Globe has failed to deliver my paper which I have sorely missed given my newspaper lifelong habit. So I curled up
Windows 7 Release Candidate: Here goes!
Ahhh, it's Windows 7 installation day. No, I don't have a orgasmically-equipped lab that will get me up and running in a 30 minutes. Rather, like you, I
Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives Tuesday
The Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate becomes available tomorrow as the second major phase to allow the public phase to try it out. I have signed up
Verizon Live Chat Uninformed
You know those "live chat" support and sales folks at humongous companies like Comcast and Verizon? Ever wonder how informed they are? My one live chat support experience




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