Microsoft has begun offering the final pre-release version of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system.

On Tuesday the company pushed the Release Candidate build of the new Windows live for widespread user download.
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Anyone expecting to see an Apple netbook at the WWDC in June is going to be disappointed. This news was dropped by Tim Cook, the Apple COO.

According to him, people who want to surf the web can use an iPod or iPhone, which are portable enough. He also said that today’s netbooks are compromising products.
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Currently, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s senior VP of marketing, Peter Dille, has admitted that the PlayStation Portable has been hit hard by piracy – with as many as 50 million units in the marketplace potentially having been compromised.

“I’m convinced and we’re convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP,” Dille told Gamasutra. “It’s been a problem that the industry has to address together; it’s one that I think the industry takes very seriously, but we need to do something to address this because it’s criminal what’s going on, quite frankly.
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Recently, Oracle gobbled up Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion Monday, boldly swooping in to take advantage after IBM dropped its bid to buy one of high-tech’s best-known — and most-troubled — companies.

The startling deal, Oracle’s first hardware acquisition, steps up Oracle’s bid to become a one-stop technology shop for more than 300,000 corporate, government and academic customers. It also effectively ends Sun’s 27-year history as Silicon Valley’s maverick independent.
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Currently, i don’t cover Mac or Windows news on the site, even though most people who have an iPhone will at some point plug it into a laptop or desktop. And we almost never cover software that isn’t directly involved with that plug in connection. Why the exception? Tweetie for Mac began as Tweetie for iPhone, one of the most popular and robust iPhone Twitter clients in the App Store, and as much as the iPhone version set the foundation for Tweetie for Mac, it looks like Tweetie for Mac rebuilt that foundation for the next iPhone release.
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Just a little note if you were thinking about picking up a brand new HTC Touch Pro2 off contract when it hits the US Shore. Off contract Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 HTC’s have been spotted unlocked in Singapore for S$1,328 ($887) and S$1,088 ($726) respectively. And yes, those are about the same unlock prices that are coming to a North American retailer near you.

Corporation, a global designer of mobile phones, today unveiled two new flagship devices, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. Integrating innovative simplicity with unique style and an intuitive interface, the device balances function, form and cutting-edge technology to personalize the communication and mobile Internet experience.
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T-Mobile is reportedly readying a new crop of devices based on Google’s Android operating system. According to a New York Times report citing confidential documents, the company is planning a home telephone device and tablet PC device which will utilize versions of Android.
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Recently, last month Apple posted a listing for a Camera Project manager. The aim of the position was the “development and of integration of camera modules across iPhone and iPod.

“The former is not especially exciting, but the latter is certainly interesting, seeing as how current versions of Apple’s flagship MP3 player don’t yet offer the feature.
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HTC has introduced its new sleek and slim QWERTY smartphone, named as HTC Snap (HTC S522), which features HTC’s innovative Inner Circle to automatically prioritize email from a preselected group of important people.

“Recognizing that people are being overwhelmed by an avalanche of email, the HTC Snap introduces Inner Circle, an HTC innovation that makes it easy for people to prioritize messages from the most important people in their lives at the press of a button,” said John Wang, Chief Marketing Officer of HTC Corporation. “The HTC Snap represents the latest step in HTC’s mission to create a range of innovative smartphones, each with specific benefits designed to both surprise and delight our customers.”
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In an attempt to shore up even more subscribers to their broadband package, carrier AT&T has decided to throw in a netbook into the entire bundle to make it irresistable to most save for the select few with an iron will to resist against temptation. These new netbooks will start from as low as $49.99, depending on the type of package you’re looking for.
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