Windows 7 pricing?; BlackBerry Tour; Iran tweets; Pentagon kills missile project [TECH UPDATE]

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Top Editors Picks Windows 7 OEM pricing: What could and should Microsoft do? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft still has yet to go public with its Windows 7 price list. But that hasn't stopped customers and partners from publicly hoping for the best (cheaper than Vista) and fearing the worst (any kind of increase). What should Microsoft do? READ FULL STORY Larry Dignan: XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC sales Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much! Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in Europe Microsoft's fancy footwork around netbooks continues Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 announced for Verizon, Sprint Andrew Nusca: Research in Motion has unveiled its newest device, the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, a long-rumored 3G-enabled, QWERTY, dual-mode world phone with a 2.44-in. display, slim profile and GPS. It will be available from both Sprint and Verizon Wireless later this summer. READ FULL STORY Matthew Miller: RIM announces BlackBerry Tour with CDMA/GSM support, no WiFi Ed Burnette: Mobile megahertz madness heats up Review: Documents To Go raises the bar for iPhone word processing Larry Dignan: IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone Smartphones have become a necessity; more growth expected Iranian protesters take to the tweets Richard Koman: With Iranian authorities essentially locking foreign journalists in their hotels, shutting down websites and blocking text messaging, Iranian protesters have taken to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook with a passion ? both to get the word out about what's happening in the country and to communicate logistics. READ FULL STORY US State Department reschedules Twitter maintenance during Iran primetime Seagate uses social media to 'humanize' storage devices Would you 'TweetPsych' a prospective employee? Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice? Larry Dignan: Opera on Tuesday unveiled technology it calls Opera Unite, which turns your plain old PC into a Web content server. Overall, the effort is quite innovative, but with Opera's browser market share, it's possible that no one will notice. READ FULL STORY Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign Will you be joining the Opera boycott? Opera Mobile 9.7 beta now available for WM devices Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. Pentagon kills $6.3 billion missile technology project Michael Krigsman: The Pentagon canceled Northrop Grumman's Kinetic Energy Interceptor program amid accusations by Defense Secretary William Gates that the system's design would not accomplish key military objectives. READ FULL STORY TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not? Senate IT oversight bill: Detailed analysis Field guide to interpreting CIO-speak Featured TalkBack Blog Will touchscreen Windows 7 netbooks be hot or not? Mary Jo Foley: I am not among the true believers who are convinced that adding multi-touch support to Windows 7 PCs is going to spur sales. To me, touch still seems more like a novelty than a must-have when it comes to PCs. But what about netbooks? READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Do companies own work-related data on your own personal computer? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts' "Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery." -- Loverock Davidson What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much! 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The iPhone 3G S features a 3-megapixel camera and can shoot video at 30 frames per second. The phone is available next week in the U.S and some other countries. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple previews Safari 4 At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's VP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, shows off improved features of Safari 4, including faster display speeds and full history search. PLAY VIDEO A look at high-speed autonomous driving At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Volkswagen's Marcial Hernandez and Sun's Greg Bollella detail Project Bixby, an Audi TTS programmed by Volkswagen and using a Java runtime environment. The vehicle will then be raced on a Rally course against other automated vehicles. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. For current Leopard users, the new OS--due in September--will be upgradable for $29. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: New 15-inch MacBook Pro revealed At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's vice president of product marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off the company's latest MacBook Pro. The new notebook has a 3.06GHz processor, a unibody architecture, and a built-in lithium polymer battery. Schiller adds that customers shouldn't need to change battery in a notebook at all in five years. PLAY VIDEO Play more video and audio New Technologies Sponsored White papers How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. 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