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Windows Vista screenshots

Found these on TechRepublic today:

Link: Vista screenshot images

"hold your wee for a Wii"

A woman in California died from water-poisoning after entering a contest for a Nintendo Wii.

"A Californian woman died of water poisoning after taking part in a bizarre drinking contest to win a computer games console, according to US authorities.

Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead in her home in Rancho Cordova, California, on Friday after drinking as much water as she could without going to the toilet

A preliminary investigation by the local coroner determined that her death was "consistent with a water intoxication death". It is not yet known how much water she drank."

Link: Water overdose kills woman Wii challenge

Apple and Cisco battle over new iPhone

Cisco is claiming that they have patented the name 'iPhone' since 2000. Both parties are currently in a legal battle over the name...only time will tell.

Link: iPhone

Apple announces iPhone at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007

Well, it's finally been announced - Apple Computer, Inc. ...er..well, now it's Apple Inc. will begin shipping their latest and greatest, the iPhone in 2007.

Some of the more prominent features of the new phone are:

Widescreen iPhone - 3.5-inch widescreen
Cover Flow - browse your music library by album cover artwork
Visual Voicemail - view all your voicemails in a list format - touch the screen to listen to it
One touch calling - simply touch the name of the person you want to call and it dials them for you
Touch Screen / Scrolling Navigation - no external buttons or keypads; scroll through lists using your finger
Portrait or Landscape Viewing - auto adjusts to landscape view when you rotate the iPhone
Google Maps - with satellite views
Store and view images, music, full length movies, podcasts, tv shows.
SMS text messaging
Full scale Safari web browser
Widgets - stocks, weather, etc.
Multi-touch - zoom in and zoom out using 'the pinch'
Runs on OS X
Multicensors throughout iPhone detect ambient light, proximity and iPhone position for landscape veiwing
Quad-band GSM, Cingular's EDGE network, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR

Bill comments on the iPhone:

As a certified Apple User since 1990 and a stock holder since 2000 this one has a few holes. First it uses Cingular which getting any web or email on sucks big time. Verizion and Sprint have much faster data rates almost times 4. So a better wireless data choice would be cool.

2) It should of been able to use IP telephony when a wireless airport etc is found. Would have been much tighter integration with exsisting products would of been nice.

I will have one as an Apple dealer no doubt but I was a bit dissapointed on the features .

Link: Apple iPhone

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Microsoft and Ford collaborate on a networked car line

The Detroit Auto Show is showing off another new line of Ford automobiles that will come with Ford Sync, the new Microsoft-based networking systems for cars.

"Sync is an in-dashboard gadget, controllable via voice recognition or steering-wheel controls, that lets you navigate and listen to audio players (includng iPods as well as Microsoftian models), transfer contact info from a phone to the car via Bluetooth, and listen to phone text messages via text-to-speech audio, among other things. (It also has a USB port that lets you charge your various mobile gizmos on the go.) "

Link: PC World

Hitachi announces 1 TB hard drive

Hitachi this morning was first out of the gate to announce details about a 1 TB hard drive, which the company said will ship during the first quarter of this year. The announcement follows a brief statement by Seagate, which yesterday confirmed that it will also deliver a 1 TB drive within the next three months.

Link: Full article

AValive offers new vendors in 2007

AValive is now selling HHB, Mack Extended Warranty and Sennheiser on the avalive.biz

Link: HHB
Link: Mack Extended Warranty
Link: Sennheiser

AValive Breaks Sales Records in 06

AValive wants to thank their customers for making 2006 the best year ever in sales since their founding in 1992. Making the transition from a small regionally based company to one with world wide presence has been a goal of AValive since 2001. We hope to continue this trend into 2007 by continuing to focus on quality PRO AV products at great pricing combined with excellence in customer service. Again we thank you !