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Microsoft, possibly expecting some computers with Windows Vista to be delivered by Santa, has unveiled Microsoft Answers (beta). Don’t worry Yahoo! Answers or Mahalo Answers, this is not a general answers site. It’s strictly for questions about Windows Vista, at least for now.
Some might wonder (I do) why Microsoft took [...]

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You’ll recall that earlier this year AP took a hardline stance on linking to their stories and including short excerpts, a practice generally accepted as “fair use.” On Monday, in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, GateHouse Media, which publishes 100+ local newspapers, sued the New York Times for copyright infringement, [...]

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Despite having only a 2-megapixel camera, Apple’s iPhone ranks in the top 5 cameras (overall) used on Flickr, based on the site’s Camera Finder (click above image to enlarge). Quite obviously, given that overall ranking, when looking only at camera phones, the iPhone is #1.
The top 5 cameras overall are:

Canon [...]

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A report by research analyst firm The Gartner Group says what many consumers have know for some time: the age of the CD is over. The report states that the music industry, by continuing to rely on CDs as their main revenue generator, is limiting its ability to embrace digital distribution.
Further, Gartner [...]

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Earlier I wrote about an image of a purported iPhone nano case emerging, pointing to an upcoming nano version of the iPhone, which has been rumored since the first iPhone was released. The case in question was an XSKN case, and now XSKN itself has references to the iPhone nano on [...]

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I wrote earlier about a highly speculative rumor about the T-Mobile G2, but it looks like we more “confirmation” of a possible new Android device.
Howwever, it’s still pretty much in the rumor category, as even BGR states.
The specs of the G2 are very close to those that Cellphone Signal noted (in my [...]

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Warner Music Group (WMG) was the first major label to make a deal with YouTube, way back in Sept. 2006, before YouTube was acquired by Google. Now it’s also the first one out, following the expiration of the deal and the failure to reach a new agreement.
WMG released the following statement:
“We [...]

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Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad W700ds is impressive in many ways, but the laptop is attracting attention for one very unusual feature: a second, integrated screen. The displays and graphics cards are as follows:

Displays

17″ WUXGA with CCFL backlight and 1920 x 1200 resolution
10.6″ WXGA with white LED backlight second display and 768 x [...]