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Windows 7 Beta Leaked on BitTorrent
Tech Observer — ... a good sign -- especially if Microsoft can continue to optimize Windows 7 as the beta testing period progresses. Windows 7 beta 1 may be available via BitTorrent, but we don't recommend spending the time to download it. Still, if you just can't help yourself and you've already grabbed a copy and installed it, be sure to let us know what you think of beta 1. by Scott Gilbertson for Wired.com Also on Wired.com: Six Web Technologies You Need to Use Now Video-on-Demand Coming to Wii in 2009 ...

Linkpost | 1.1.2009
TechBlog — ... - "The Other Steve" will be pimping Axiotron, maker of the Modbook, MacBooks modded into tablets. • Viacom and Time Warner Cable Reach Accord - Fear not, TWC subscribers: Jon Stewart and Spongebob are safe. • The Best Computer Mice in Every Category - I agree with most of these choices. I love mice! • Hollywood's Digital Dawdling - You still can't buy The African Queen on DVD. • Top Social Media Sites of 2008 (Facebook Still Rising) and 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now • Evite fails on the year's biggest party ...

Reflections on 2008: The Year of Cloud Computing
Webmonkey — ... applications. Google introduced the open-source Chrome browser with the V8 JavaScript-rendering engine and Firefox squeaked out its answer, dubbed Tracemonkey, in beta builds before the year’s end. Webmonkey would like to thank everyone in the industry who rose above the cruft to make 2008 a prosperous year for the web. Now, can someone please fix the banks so we can get back to upgrading our sheep-throwing applications? [For more gritty details, check out Michael Calore’s year-end take on Epicenter]