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Microsoft first came up with the Zune to go up against the Apple iPod, but their initial outing wasn’t spectacular in any way, and was by far a failure in terms of sales comparison figures. The iPod has been established for quite some time already, and it doesn’t look too easy to knock it off its perch anytime soon – just ask the slew of manufacturers who churn out portable media players and they’ll agree with you. Funny to see so many people slugging it out for second spot. Well, Microsoft is not one
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| It wasn't exactly a surprise, given that Microsoft told us last month exactly when they would be available, but sure enough you can now get yourself a Zune HD with some funky wallpaper on the front and a fresh etching on the back. The artistic designs are just as interesting as the earlier ones applied to the dearly departed models, and as before you can get custom inscriptions added to the top, like the example above we created to mark the budding romance between our own Joshua Topolsky and his Zune. Best of all, custom designs and inscriptions are totally free --
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| A mere eight years in the making, the Haiku Project has announced the release of Haiku R1/Alpha 1, the first official development release of the low footprint open source OS formerly known as OpenBeOS. Since it's an alpha release, you'll be expected to do your part identifying bugs and reporting glitches and the like -- but here's hoping that they at least got Firefox to run in relative stability this time 'round. We know you're too damned giddy at the prospect of installing this thing on your netbook for any more of our prattle, so why don't you just hit the read
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| Apple just announced iPhone OS 3.1, which includes Genius recommendations for the App Store. The update also brings a ringtone store, with over 30,000 ringtones at $1.29 a pop. 3.1 is available today for free to iPhone users and iPod touch users with 3.0.
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| There are a few things worth noting about this particular product. First, it’s a $5.69 USB mosquito repellent stick. Second, the product description says that it “can provide clean living or office environments to its user.” Finally, it’s on backorder. So just to recap: a USB-powered mosquito repellent that keeps mosquitos from swarming you inside your home or office is so popular it’s on backorder. Here’s more: “No need to wear harmful chemicals and toxic sprays when you’ve got this
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For those people proficient enough to install their own satellite dish – Metronic are now offering the first DIY Freesat kit. On sale at retailer Maplin, for £180, you can now get your mitts on a high-definition enabled Metronics set-top box, a 48cm Freesat mesh antenna and various accoutrements. As WotSat points out – you will still need a drill and a spirit level (not to mention a ladder) to get yourself on the Freesat bandwagon, but there is a helping hand with the signal. Hot and cold "The Sat HD 100 has an
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Microsoft has announced that the three version family pack of Windows 7 will not be available in the UK for the moment because we have Windows 7 E. According to the corporation, it's "because the Family Pack is designed as an upgrade SKU, and upgrade SKUs of Windows 7 E will not be available in the UK until at least 2010." So there we have it, no upgrade version of Windows 7 until at least 2010. However, Microsoft says it is "currently working on the best solutions for its UK consumers, and will be in touch if there are any further
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T-Mobile will release the HTC Hero today (re-branded as the G2 Touch) online, and in stores over the coming weeks. The information was broken via the company's official Twitter account, which confirmed the phone would make it into the shops by the promised August deadline. Orange was the first network to carry the HTC Hero, releasing it last week, but T-Mobile has been hot on its heels. Branding snafu This news follows the earlier decision to rename the G1 Touch (as the Hero was going to be rebranded, according to the press
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It seems the Windows 7 pre-sale has been a lot better than even Microsoft expected - which prompted PC World to declare it the "fastest selling software ever." Amazon is no longer taking pre-orders of any of the versions. PC World's parent company DSGi said that demand in the first 12 hours of pre-order launch saw sales of Windows 7 exceed 25 per cent of DSGi's total annual sales of Windows Vista. That's some figures. DSGi says the operating system is still available from PC World online as well as Currys with a free PC Health Check worth
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