Daily Friction #327
Welcome to yet another weekend edition of the daily friction. Get the new ‘Labs Edition’ Google Talk, learn of Windows 7 release date, read about network administrators difficulties with Apples new Safari strategy, find many bargain and much much more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
- Google Talk ‘Labs Edition’ Is Launched - Google has launched a new version of Google Talk, dubbed “Labs Edition“, but it’s not clear if it’s a successor to the original, or a new branch of development.
Information
- Windows 7 may come ‘in the next year’ - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule previously indicated by the software maker.
- Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks - Network administrators are complaining that Apple’s recent decision to offer users its Safari Web browser as part of an iTunes and QuickTime update has made their lives harder as they struggle to remove the software from PCs on their networks.
- NYC Not Entitled To An Apple, Apple Says - The ‘apple theory’ is the topic in the latest federal application against the GreenNYC campaign logo. Several newspapers reported that Apple Inc. doesn’t like the idea of New York City officials using an apple as a logo for their eco-friendly campaign due to a resemblance to the electronics and software producer’s own logo.
- Qualcomm Aims to Expand TV Service - Qualcomm will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts. The spectrum will give its MediaFLO USA service the ability to double offerings from Orange County, Calif., to Northern California on the West coast and from New Hampshire to Maryland on the East coast.
Wed Development
- Drupal Backward compatibility (or lack there of - The issue of breaking backward compatibility comes up every once in a while, more and more in the form of a heated discussion.
Bargains
- Remember: Many of these bargains may be discontinued hours or less after they are announced, check the specified price to see if you arrived on time.
- Panasonic DMP-BD30K 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player ($499.00).
- HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC ($899.99).
- Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i, DivX ($50.00).
- Jabra SP5050 Bt Speakerphone ($63.59).
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker ($18.90).
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