Glance 20091022

• Win7
  • PC Mag Launch center: [link] (via PC Mag)
  • Ballmer’s Launch: [link] (via PC Mag)
  • Saves money and time: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • Availability: [link] (via Hexus.net)
  • Windows Virtual PC and WinXP mode: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • Themes: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • Win7-related round of new hardware: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • MSI Win7 range: [link] (via Hexus.net)
  • The Japanese Win7 Whopper: [link] (via everyone on the web and their grandmothers)
  • [Editorial] Win7: An upgrade story: [link] (via PC Mag)
  • [DMU] Win7 vs Vista VGA game performance: [link] (via Guru3D)
• MS starts selling PCs online: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Vista DirectX 11: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• ATI Catalyst 9.10: [link] (via Hexus.net)
• AMD calls NVIDIA’s marketing bluff: [link] (via Hexus.net)
• Dell Adamo XPS (Slimbook!) peek: [link] (via PC Mag)
• Dell Studio 14z: [link] (via AnandTech)
• Acer AS5738DG 3D Laptop:
  • [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • [link] (via PC Mag)
• HP L2105tm Win7 Multitouch Screen 21.5″ for $299: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Xbox-360 Blu-Ray: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Canesta Project Natal-Killer for PC: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Nokia suing Apple for infrigment of 10 wireless tech patents (all on iPhones): [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Verizon Droid on Nov.9? [link] (via PC Mag)
• Twitter, MS and Google:
  • [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • [link] (via Hexus.net)
• Analyst Kumar says Google’s making its own phone (no operator lock-in, Snapdragon, and Android 2.0): [link] (via Hexus.net)
• Pay-As-You-Go Internet Service “in the works”: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Flip the coin:
  • Hulu may charge fees soon: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
  • Facebook to sell music: [link] (via Tom’s Hardware)
• Amazon cuts $ of Kindle to match Nook: [link] (via PC Mag)
• Kindle-less Kindle: [link] (via Hexus.net)
• NZXT Tempest Midtower Case: [link] (via ThinkComputers)
• Bonus: http://www.pcmag.com/ has been recently redesigned; worth checking out (if you remember the old design and you’re into web design – heck, it’s worth a stop even if you’re not into web design but read this blog)