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Updated on Oct 10, 2009 by Red Panda

Somehow, order was maintained at a College bookstore when the rules were broken. According to a tipster at Engadget, a full blown, Legit version of Windows 7 was sold at an eager College -- while it didn't come in an actual retail box, this does indeed appear to be a legitimate education copy of the OS and, according to our tipster, it has been successfully activated.

Looking through the history of big OS releases, this won't be the last copy that drops before the big October 22nd date -- Heck, there is already a copy up on the interwebz!

[via Engadget]

Oct 10, 2009

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Youtube wants us to use our Google passwords from now on - Why?

I was making a new podcast, as I usally do every wednesday and I finished editong it, so I went to go upload it to Youtube. So I sign in and then I see this message:

Please start signing in with your Google password from now on. Pretty soon we will be phasing out support for signing in with your old YouTube password.

and I was wondering, why the hell would they do this? It makes no sense. Why just start "phasing out" our own passwords that we have made for our Youtube accounts.

How to fix this, and our rant on the situation after the break [...]

Oct 7, 2009

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Microsoft Inches Towards Settlement With EU

Oct 7, 2009

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Microsoft are extremely close to settling there differences with the EU. The EU is expected to give the browser ballot screen of EU editions of Windows 7 the okay.

The browser ballot was proposed after Microsoft dropped the Windows 7 E edition that wouldn't include a browser. The browser ballot is a screen that pops up when you first install Windows 7 asking you what browser you would like to install.

This settlement could mark the end of years of battlement with EU anti-trust regulators.

Your Thoughts?

Oct 7, 2009

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CONFIRMED: Samsung Moment - Coming to Sprint, and running Android

Oct 7, 2009

Gadgets,

And here you have it, another Android phone, and one of the 9,974 coming out this year.

Previusly, Samsung accidentally leaked a Sprint-bound Android QWERTY slider called the Moment in an otherwise totally boring press release about its OLED handset lineup -- it'll have an 800MHz processor, a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen, optical trackpad and a 3.2 megapixel camera.

Today, Sprint just posted its PR ahead of the event as well, along with a pre-registration page. Yep, the Moment is indeed the InstinctQ. Pricing will be $179 on a two-year contract after $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in rebate.

The cool part is, you will be supporting the Open Source community, and you can have a tactile Keyboard, Two things the iPhone does not have!

Oh, and did I mention Flash? Earlier this week, we posted about flash 10.1 being released for the Web OS system and we are sure it will be coming to android handsets this year.

[via Engadget]

Oct 7, 2009

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LEAK: Apple Tablet coming in Q1 of 2010 - Manufactured by Foxconn?

Oct 7, 2009

It has been about a week and now, again the pot has been stirred by digitimes.com -- They have some very exciting news! -- Here are the yummy details!

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, with initial shipments from Foxconn being in the 300,000-400,000 range, the sources said.

The device will have a 10.6-inch display, and the sources speculated that perhaps Foxconn could secure panels from its subsidiary Innolux Display.

So in summary there will be a-lot of tablets manufactured and their will be alot of tablets gobbled up by Apple Fanboys. They are going to launch it in Q1 according to sources -- that means they are launching it around the time of Mac World -- maybe they will announce it at macworld!

Oct 7, 2009

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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta Due Next Week

Oct 7, 2009

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Mozilla is prepared to release the latest beta version of its Firefox browser next Friday, October 16, with a few added enhancements to whet the palate of those eager to get their hands on the upcoming Firefox 4.0. The updates will be "minor," according to sources, so don't expect mind-blowing changes that'll transform your browser experience. You will have to wait for Firefox 4.0, expected to launch in 2010, for the big update.

Some of the key updates in Firefox 3.6:

Lightweight themes
Faster JavaScript handling
Improved form completion tools
Bookmark synchronization
Page load enhancements
Optimized session restore
A few additions to the CSS tech
Outdated plug-ins check

News mavens at The Register claim that version 3.7, which does not have a release date, will cop a feel from Windows Vista and feature the "Aero Glass design ... taking on the same translucent appearance as the OS itself." Sexy!

Oct 7, 2009

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Skype Working Over 3G?

Nick Mahar

Oct 7, 2009

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Not sure how exactly but somehow the FCC is making AT&T allow Voip(Voice Over IP) enabled so that means eventually, Skype over 3G. This basically means i can call my friends on their computers from my cell without paying a cent more than i do now.

AT&T today announced it has taken the steps necessary so that Apple can enable VoIP applications on iPhone to run on AT&T's wireless network. Previously, VoIP applications on iPhone were enabled for Wi-Fi connectivity. For some time, AT&T has offered a variety of other wireless devices that enable VoIP applications on 3G, 2G and Wi-Fi networks. AT&T this afternoon informed Apple Inc. and the FCC of its decision.

AT&T won't be making much money from this but we can all agree this can't be bad for consumers.

-NM

Nick Mahar

Oct 7, 2009

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