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Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover the Barnes & Noble Nook, Windows 7, Moto’s Droid, Apple’s latest computers, Dell’s new Adamo XPS, RIM’s new BlackBerry watch, VW’s new iPhone app, and Google’s music service.  Continue Reading »

Amazon states the the latest Windows offering has beaten absolutely any product they have ever had for pre-order in the UK.  Better come up with a new trick Harry Potter, because even you have lost the king of pre-order title and crown. Amazon has sold more copies of Windows 7… Continue Reading »

A public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is being released next month.  This is another way to build momentum for the release of the productivity software after July’s limited preview of the programs.  Features of the new MS Office include screenshot captures, background removal tools, Jump Lists, numerous templates… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 is scheduled to launch this week and different retailers are offering a load of specials on the operating system.  If you are interested in updating since Windows 7 has plenty of changes like Jump Lists, 64 bit support and simple Windows Search feature, you can check out some… Continue Reading »

You’d have to be blind not to see Microsoft trying to shove Windows 7 into the living rooms of America through TV commercials.  The most recent—the gaggy sweet little girl making rainbow and flower pages though, is in my opinion, not their best effort.  But, that effort is now veering… Continue Reading »

Microsoft really seems to enjoy putting out multiple versions of products.  There’s Vista and Windows 7, each with a large number of versions, two SKUs for the Xbox 360 (recently down from three, excluding limited-edition versions).  Not content with those, Microsoft had decided to announce Office Starter 2010.  To be… Continue Reading »

I finally got around to checking out the Zune HD yesterday.  Like everyone else, I hit up my local Walmart’s newly refurbished electronic area; no special press access for me, thanks.  I like to think of it not as a snub from MS, but more along the lines that Ballmer… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover Microsoft’s leaked Courier tablet PC and Pink phones; Netflix’s plans to be on the Wii, PS3, and everywhere else; and the Intel Developer Forum. Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I got on Microsoft’s case regarding using a stylus as the means to input data in their Courier project.  Today, I am still on the job questioning whether Microsoft has gone completely insane or just lost their way.  The purported new Pink phones, leaked by Gizmodo, suggest a road… Continue Reading »

New photos of the Microsoft Pink phone were leaked and appeared online yesterday on the Gizmodo blog.  The design appears similar to the Sidekick with a sliding faceplate covering a full QWERTY keypad.  The Pink is expected to have Windows Mobile 7 installed, the new OS that has been yet… Continue Reading »