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Windows 7 has crashed Microsoft's servers. Have you been anticipating the public launch of Windows 7 beta? You're far from alone. At the Microsoft CES keynote two days ago, Steve Ballmer announced the upcoming OS would be made available in beta form to the general populace today, but the high demand has temporarily knocked out both the Windows 7 download page and Microsoft's homepage, TGDaily reports.
Have you seen Dell's new laptop? Today Dell officially confirmed that they will be releasing a new ultrathin laptop called the Adamo. The Adamo is a sleek laptop with an aluminum chassis, with a strikingly similar appearance the HP Voodoo Envy 133. Dell has not revealed any final specifications, and we are unable to discuss what we saw in the current version, but we did get a chance to handle and use the current Adamo prototype.
Google has released Chrome 2.0 alpha. The unpolished Chrome 2.0 rocked up in the early hours of today and comes loaded with the latest WebKit release that adds support for various CSS functions and speed improvements. Spell checking can now be enabled or disabled in a text field with a simple click of the mouse. More language support has been added for the function too. The browser also comes with the form autocomplete feature which remains missing in action in Chrome 1.0.
The 1UP Network has been purchased. Sure, the rumor has been kicking around for awhile now. Times are hard for the publishing industry, it’s hardly surprising that Ziff-Davis would look into selling off its videogame division. Sure enough, they have. Media giant Hearst (publishers of several magazines and the owners of UGO) has picked up the 1Up website network. Things quickly went downhill from there.
Google Street View has been used to find a missing child. A nine-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother, has been found using a mobile phone signal and Google Street View. A police officer and a firefighter in Athol, Massachusetts, joined forces after authorities were alerted that Natalie Maltais had been taken. Officers used GPS in the girl's mobile phone to find her approximate location. They fed the co-ordinates into Google Street View, pinpointing a hotel where the child was subsequently found.
You may soon be able to create your own 3D movies. At CES, two firms have been showing off ways for home users to make and share their own 3D films. One is a webcam with two lenses that mimics human sight and turns the images it captures into 3D footage. Another firm is producing software that it hopes will make it far easier for home users to show 3D movies on many different types of screen.
The future in telephones has arrived. Hey, cube dwellers -- call your manager over and give him / her a look at this, because starting today, conference calling will never be the same. From what we can tell, this is the world's first Atom-powered telephone, and also the first telephone we've seen in years that we would joyously park in our own living rooms.
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