A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close  —  IF you’re the owner of a Windows PC who is looking for a replacement computer, the choices are grim.  You can step into the world of hurt that is Vista, the latest version of Microsoft Windows that was released in January.

Source:   New York Times
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iPod touch having display issues?  —  No rest for the weary on the Apple LCD front — hot the heels of reports that the 20-inch iMac’s screen is less than impressive, word on the street (and Apple’s support forums) is the iPod touch is having trouble displaying blacks correctly.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Nilay Patel
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AMD prepares three-core processors  —  Tri and tri again  —  THERE HAVE BEEN back channel stories floating around for weeks about tri-core AMD CPUs, but nothing solid.  The rumours have been picking up more steam, and now they are finally solid: AMD is doing a three-core chip.

Source:   Inquirer
Author:   Charlie Demerjian
Link:   http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42369

Subscriber stats and more  —  We’re unrolling some exciting new features in Webmaster Tools.  —  First of all, subscriber stats are now available.  Webmaster Tools now show feed publishers the number of aggregated subscribers you have from Google services such as Google Reader, iGoogle, and Orkut.

Source:   Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
Author:   Liza Ma
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Apple cuts us off  —  So, it’s finally happened.  Unhappy with other media players being better than iTunes, Apple have apparently decided to stop them from working with the new range of iPods.  —  Who does this affect?  —  This affects Linux users - there’s no iTunes for Linux …

Source:   ipodminusitunes
Author:   Will
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The $100 laptop now the $188 laptop  —  CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — The vaunted “$100 laptop” that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.  —  Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child …

Source:   Associated Press
Link:   http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/09/14/hundred…

Google welcomes ISO decision on OOXML  —  Google welcomes the ISO decision to not approve the fast track of Office Open XML (OOXML) proposed standard DIS 29500 (ECMA 376).  —  Our engineers conducted an independent analysis of the OOXML specification and found several areas of concern …

Source:   Google Code - Updates
Link:   http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/09…