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Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?

Mary Jo Foley: As part of Microsoft's mission to insure that Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3 are joined at the hip, Microsoft is exorcising features that used to be part of Windows from the operating system.

Web Technology

Google Chrome already beating Opera

Garett Rogers: Maybe Google really does have something here--in just two days, they have leapfrogged Opera in market share, and have their eyes set on bigger fish. All coverage

General News

A new method to study origin of life

Roland Piquepaille: An intercontinental team of 30 researchers composed of mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists and plant sciences researchers has developed new explanations about how root plants grow and develop.

Companies

Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?

Mary Jo Foley: The day after it launched the first ad in its $300 consumer-focused make-over campaign, Microsoft is going public with some of the other planned Windows-branding fixes it has in the pipeline.

Product Review Blogs

Dell's Mini packs Ubuntu, XP

Larry Dignan: In a nutshell, Dell's Mini looks like a lot of netbooks such as the Asus eeePC. It'll cost $349 for an Ubuntu Mini and $399 for one with XP.

Security

Facebots recruiting army on Facebook

Enterprise Hardware

Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops

Andrew Nusca: The laptops are being recalled because improperly placed wires near the hinge connecting the body of the laptop and its display could wear quickly, causing a short circuit and overheating.

Communications

Qik streaming service comes to HTC Windows Mobile devices

Matthew Miller: A large number of people using Qik at this time are early adopters who tend to have multiple devices and hope that better support for multiple devices comes in the future.

IT Management

Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'

Joe McKendrick: Google's Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a smoother path to service oriented architecture as well.

Enterprise Software

VMworld is bringing out the vendors

Dan Kusnetzky: Many suppliers often hold their announcements until a major industry event occurs in hope that the event itself will draw everyone's attention. This causes another problem--announcement overload.

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