Post 282 -- What Has More Leaks than a Washington Newspaper?

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Post 282 -- What Has More Leaks than a Washington Newspaper?

Answer: Windows 7.
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The Stories:
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Was It an Inside JOB?

Link: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/windows_7/who_leaked_windows_7.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Joe Wilcox (eWeek's Microsoft Watch, seems to think so.)

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Early Adopters Seem Impressed.

Link: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20081230112140_IN_BRIEF_Microsoft_Windows_7_Impresses_Early_Adopters.html

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The Problem:

Link: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2337712,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

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This kind of possible Marketing Salvos will hit the back burners once MacWorld Expo hits later next Week.

Macworld Expo (Jan. 5-9) and the
Consumer Electronics Show (Jan. 8-11).

Wingman, watching the Watchers...

Post 281 - Windows 7 Beta 1 Just Can't Wait...

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Windows 7 Beta 1, Just Can't Wait...
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Slated to be released in Time for the Holiday's 2009.
A version, Beta 1, has been found on a Torrent site as a ISO File.

ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has a copy and reports his first impressions

Posted Here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3223&tag=mncol;txt

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Gallery: Windows 7 beta 1
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914.html
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Did you get a Virus/Worm Infected Photo Frame for Christmas?

Walmart Photo Keychain Comes Preloaded with MALWARE.
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Link: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F29%2F0155249&from=rss

Also, Samsung's SPF-85H 8-inch digital photo frame, sold by Amazon and others comes with "W32
Sality AE Worm on the Installation Disc.

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Now isn't That a Nice way to start the New Year?
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Wingman

Post 280 - The 10,000 Apps AppStore:

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The 10,000 Apps AppStore:
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The App Store is only 5 months Old, and there are now over 10,000 apps.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5116433/the-best-iphone-apps-of-2008?skyline=true&s=x

Gizmodo has picked 30 for the iPhone They Think are Must-Have.

Of the 30, some also work on the
iPod Touch,
are Free and reside
on MY iPod Touch!

They have a page that Shows you what each App Icon stands for Here:

http://gizmodo.com/tag/app-directory/

Of the 30, here are my favorite Freebies: AOL Radio, Fring, Google Earth, Pandora, and VNC Lite.


Wingman

WIRED Magazine
has a Top-Ten
Gadgets of 2008 Too!

Here's the Multimedia
Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/12/YE8_gadgets

Remember, this is Wired Magazine,

one of the 10 is the 2010 Honda Insight, priced at $18,500.

Post 279-- It's about Numbers: Open Source: 2.6.28

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Post 179-- It's about Numbers: Open Source: 2.6.28
Newest Version of the Linux Kernel
Is Released to the
Wild.
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Link: http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-Higher-and-Further-The-innovations-of-Linux-2-6-28--/features/112299/0
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Last Week's Tentative Console Numbers...
Xbox 360 535,806 units
Playstation 3 had 239,576 units
and Nintendo Wii, drum-roll please,
sold 1.7 million Wii's in the Week.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/
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Counting Down 2008
Wingman

Post 278--Google Guy Gets Grinchy...

Post 278--Google Guy Gets Grinchy...
A Google Watch Blogger Points out

the Failings of Google for the Year.

Need I Say it's easy to hit someone who Down,
like the Economy.

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Link: http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/crystal_ball/android_aside_google_proves_frugal_for_this_whos_christmas.html

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Upcoming Blogs:

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Post 279-- It's About NUMBERS

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Post 280-- 10,000 Apps AppStore

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Wingman, getting ready for some NOG...

Remember "We're going to need a bigger Boat." from Jaws.

The Shark is Coming.

Link: http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F23%2F1320217&from=rss

Citrix To Bring Millions of Window Apps to iPhone

And:

What's the coolest app that doesn't work on the iPhone...yet ?

Link: http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51937665

On the Surface, this "Sounds Great", but listen to the sinister music in the background.

My take on this:

Here Comes the Shark to bloody the Waters...

Look how well things worked on Vista.

You do remember Vista Don't You.
It's the weak effort from Microsoft
that keeps giving XP a reprieves. (see last Post)

And things were going so swimmingly for the iPhone...

Here come the (left-over)
monkey wrench gadgets...

That Apple has been avoiding...

Wingman.

XP Gets ANOTHER Stay of Execution

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XP Gets ANOTHER Stay of Execution
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Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/130/1050130/xp-gets-another-stay-of-excecution

In a Deal that Sounds a lot like Buying XP on Consignment, MS pushes the Cut-Off from January 31, 2009 to May 30, that's another 4 months.

Very Interesting. The Shiny Penny just won't go away, eh?

In other interesting stories at The Inquirer:

Microsoft releases Emergency Patch
(for IE, Internet Explorer)
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/077/1050077/microsoft-releases-emergency-patch

Linux Runs Java Faster than Windows
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/112/1050112/linux-runs-java-faster-than-windows

And Microsoft Signs up for the iPhone App store.
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/031/1050031/microsoft-signs-up-for-iphone-app-store

Wingman always inquisitive.

My iPod Touch Gadgets count is now 9 pages long...

Lenovo Thinks: Two Heads Are Better Than One.

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Lenovo Thinks: Two Heads Are Better Than One.
link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10127700-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Photos plus Additional Story at Engadget.com:
http://www.engadget.com/
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Should be easy Pitch for an "Inside Slider" (second screen) but the price may make you drool from the Upper Deck Cheap Seats.

Price around: $3,600 for this Beauty.

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Wingman drooling, as usual...

Prez Bush Bails Out Auto Industry

Fri 19 Dec 2008 06:25:58 AM PST
Auto_Bail_Out_BLOG.txt

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Prez Bush Bails Out Auto Industry
Link to Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHrcSXzA83iw&refer=home
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Screen captures from CNBC TV
Economy Snapshots
By The Numbers
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By the Numbers

Wingman

And The Snow Came Down in the Desert

Looking Across the Street

Just the Beginning of the Honda Cover-Up

Additional Photos will be on my Photobucket Album at :

http://s731.photobucket.com/albums/ww315/thebigbopper/

Wingman says: Check it Out!

Sorry Jared, sent you to the wrong Site (mediacircus2.com)
instead of Here:

http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com

Over on the Right is my Twitter Updates.
Use the Link there to go to
my Photobucket Album about the Snow.

Cajon No Pass Winter, December 15 2008

Tough Sledding (pun Intended)

Yesterday on the Cajon Pass

The Cajon Pass was closed for 4 hours yesterday due to Heavy Snow conditions and low visibility.

Because of the Heavy Traffic that makes the drive from the High Desert to the Flatlands below, it created a Traffic Nightmare as motorists spent hours in the tie-up.

Wingman Reporting

An Old XP and a Seadragon

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Buying a DELL
With Vista,
This Christmas?
Give Me The
Old Horse Instead, thank you.

I'll Pay the Surcharge...
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For the New Price of $150 bucks surcharge,
DELL will switch the

"Nobody-Loves-Me" Vista

to the still preferable XP.

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This Move makes it easier to consider a competing OS like Apple, or "Heaven Forbid" Linux.

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Link: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F14%2F2111225&from=rss
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Check Out the New Sweet Apple
iPhone, iPod Touch
Gadget from ????

Microsoft.

It Shows off some

High Resolution Live
Updating Pictures

that only-work on
the faster graphics

of the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Yeah, it's pretty Cool
(for Microsoft)

(Think of it as
The GoogleEarth Zoom
on Steroids
working with
Hi-Rez Photos)

and Free.

Link: http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/14/seadragon-mobile-for-iphone-from-microsoft-live-labs.html

Wingman

The Digital Screens of My Life...

My New iPod Touch

Old Windows XP
running iTunes

The Sony PSP
Game Console

The New HDTV Flat Panel
TV

My Linux Desktop Running
Fedora 8

Laptop Running

Windows 7 Beta

I've been waxing "fanboy" for some time now (a couple of months), since the acquisition of an iPod Touch.

Apple has to get a firm pat on the back and an "at-a-boy" for this device, and its upscale twin, the iPhone (which is full of the same goodies:plus camera and Phone).

It is without a doubt a technological marvel, and a very high-bar to reach for wannabe competitors.

Even Obama's Fav Blackberry.

So in no real order,

here are a few pictures of my

New Digital Fortress.

Wingman

Blogging from the Bucket

MediaCircus2.com Is Back!

Just an announcement to say that mediacircus2.com is back up.

Using Wordpress to Post to it (I can do it with my iPod Touch).

Stay tuned.

The Voyeur with the Nikon Super-Secret Spy Lens

The Voyeur with the
Nikon Super-Secret Spy Lens

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Link: http://gizmodo.com/5103704/unleash-your-inner-voyeur-with-a-super%20secret-spy-lens
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I remember an Old Joke that the local college was a offering a "Peeping-Tom" class, you didn't have to attend any classes, you just peeked in the windows!

Well has Nikon got a camera adapter for you?

Check out the SPY-LENS at Gizmodo.com, just peek around the corner for a quick look, wink wink.

Wingman

A New MC2 is in Town!

The Story of Media Circus 1 and 2

by Wingman

Media Circus has been around since the early 90's.  That is why I called it Media Circus 2 Now.  Because it evolved when it went to the Bloggosphere. 

Well now Media Circus has come full circle, and returned as a WEB PAGE.

 Remember those things?

Also known as Home Pages.

So now, in addition to my Blogger Page called MediaCircus2.Blogspot.com (and the twelve plus other blogs that I filter my thoughts through),

I announce (fanfare)

http://mediacircus2.com

Short and sweet.

And I can post to my webpage using WordPress on my iPod Touch running Wordpress.

It seems the Naysayers were wrong.

You can go back Home again.

And You definitely can Take-It-with-You.

Wingman, on the Web page with the same name.

Nokia"s NEW N97 to Rival iPhone..What Are The Chances???

Nokia"s NEW N97 to Rival iPhone..

What Are The Chances???

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AppleInsider LINK:
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/02/nokia_leans_on_new_n97_as_best_hope_for_an_iphone_rival.html
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Will be out in the Middle of '09, but NOT in the States.

And NO AT&T G3 Network....Yet!

Oh, but it does have "Cut and Paste!".

Take that Apple!

Wingman....Big Deal!

Simpson's Show Microsoft: How To UnPolish Apple

Simpson's Show Microsoft:
How To UnPolish Apple

Link at GIZMODO.COM:
http://gizmodo.com/5100217/the-simpsons-gets-20-years-of-apple-jokes-out-of-the-way-at-once

A great Video is at the site,
if missed yesterday's Episode of the Simpsons.

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Numbers were in the Black on Black Friday, but look weak going into Today's "CYBER MONDAY".
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Gizmodo also has a feature on:
How to Buy an HDTV Today.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5099489/how-to-buy-an-hdtv-today-or-any-day?skyline=true&s=x
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Wingman, Flying low on FRING! (a New iPod APP)