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June 07, 2005
Sticking Behind the Tablet PC
Microsoft seems intent on rescuing the Tablet PC from it's not-so-popular reputation, and is backing up this intent with the new IBM/Lenovo X41T Tablet Series. Steve (Ballmer not Jobs) was trying to build excitement for this new line at the TechED conference earlier this week during his keynote. The new Thinkpad re-thought will come with Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005, a 12-inch rotatable screen, up to 8.5 hours of battery life, and 802.11 a, b, and g wireless support.
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WWDC 2005: Steve Jobs Keynote
Well, it's finally been announced, Apple is really switching over to Intel processors, and podcasting is really going to be a big part of iTunes 4.9. I haven't had time to watch the keynote myself yet, but Engadget's got a full report on the minutia of the speech if you want to see what was said without watching the whole thing yourself.
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Microsoft's VoIP Plans
Speaking of last-minute entries, Microsoft has just signed a deal with AT&T with plans to enter the already-saturated internet telephony market. Looks like the features of this new VoIP service should be pretty standard, with no big surprises. The service should integrate directly with Microsoft software and be available soon, although no exact time has been released.
Posted by Alan Joyce at 09:14 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
AOL To Offer Up Free Email to AIM Users
AOL has introduced an odd last-minute entry into the 1GB+ email competition. Whether AOL intends to attempt to compete head-to-head with Gmail and Yahoo! has yet to be determined, but as of yesterday users of AIM 5.9 will have access to 2GB webmail inboxes, dubbed AIM Mail. It should be interesting to see how AOL stacks up in the free webmail industry, now that they are reaching out beyond their subscription base, but one thing's for sure, since this is AOL you can expect plenty of ads to go along with those 2GB.
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