Information Week reported today that Microsoft has released a release candidate for what they are calling “XP Mode”. XP Mode allows users to run applications within a virtual Windows XP installation so that it runs without any compatibility problems whatsoever.
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Google Voice is an amazing service. It completely changes the way its users think about phone service. One can dial a Google Voice phone number and without their knowledge, your cell phone and home phone both ring. If they choose not to answer the call, they go to voicemail where the caller’s message is transcribed and sent via a text message to the receivers phone. I have had the service now for 2 weeks and I could not be happier with this free service.
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PaidContent.org is reporting that MySpace is going to be launching an email service July 22 (tomorrow) and rolling out through the end of the year. So all users would receive an email address @myspace.com
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It looks like YouTube may be ready to officially drop support for Internet Explorer 6. Those out there that are still on Internet Explorer 6 will start getting a message saying that they should upgrade to a more modern browser. Honestly, I feel that this should be Microsoft’s job to force people to upgrade but it is nice to see websites encouraging its users to upgrade. Really Microsoft should just force it as the same type of upgrade that a high priority security update so that the world wakes up one day to IE 8. It may be a small PR problem for a few days, but the world will be much better off in the long run.
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Microsoft was very close to making Windows 7 nearly perfect in every single way. It was going to be Vista, but a more polished version that would run faster. It’s going to run on netbooks without any troubles. They made it super affordable to upgrade (if you pre-ordered it). Heck, they were even giving it away free for a year if you wanted to be apart of the release candidate.
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