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Verizon Levels Guns At Apple, Not AT&T, With Droid Phone Blitz

2:50AM Jack Loftus | This 30-second Droid spot started airing last night during the ALCS. Dan may not like it, but even so there’s no denying that Verizon, in the words of Matt Buchanan, has gone totally balls in with an Android phone. More »
Software

Concept Windows 7 Ads Shot With 5D Mark II Set The Bar High

2:50AM Sean Fallon
Microsoft is set to bombard us all with Windows 7 ads around the October 22nd launch—and director Marty Martin’s concept spots are setting the bar high. More »
Software

Official Windows 7 Upgrade Chart Is Officially Confusing

5:17AM Sean Fallon | Not sure how this whole Windows 7 upgrade thing will work for you? Well, this official Microsoft chart probably won’t help one damn bit. More »
Software

Windows 7 RTM Cracked (What Took So Long?)

5:18AM Sean Fallon | I mean, it’s been six days since the RTM first leaked on BitTorrent. SIx days! That’s like an eternity. At any rate, it is true—Windows 7 RTM Ultimate has already been cracked using a Lenovo OEM product key. More »
Software

Android Donut Might Not Have Multitouch After All

8:01AM Jack Loftus | We thought Android Donut sounded a bit too good to be true yesterday when we saw the latest code, and today that educated guess appears to be correct. According to one Android developer, multitouch is not in the cards. More »
Software

Microsoft Outlines The Rules For Windows 7 RC Upgrading

1:53AM Sean Fallon | The bottom line is this: if you want to upgrade to Windows 7 from RC, you are going to deal with some crap. More »
Software

Live Android Lets You Run Android On Your PC

10:50PM Matt Buchanan | Live Android is a LiveCD image for running Android on your x86-based PC, so you check it out without blowing up everything else on your hard drive. It’ll run it inside of virtualisation apps too. [Live-Android via DownloadSquad]
Software

Windows 7 Released To Manufacturing

4:45AM Jack Loftus | Microsoft is expected to officially announce the Windows 7 RTM this week at their Worldwide Partner Conference, but a few users are reporting the OS is actually available today with build 7600. More »
Software

Failed Mobile And Desktop OSes That Time Forgot

3:45AM Dan Nosowitz | In the wake of the Google Chrome OS news, it’s worth taking a look back at those other OSes that just didn’t quite make it. Not to say that Chrome OS is doomed, but these are murky, unforgiving waters. More »
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Giz Explains: What The Hell’s Google Chrome OS?

7:50AM Matt Buchanan | Google. Chrome. OS. Just reading that makes my pants tingle. But, uh, what is it exactly? More »