Monday, October 18, 2010

Catching You (and Me) Up

I am back from two great weeks in Chicago. In many ways sad to come home, but it’s a good thing I like Tucson.  So, here now are a few things we missed while I was away:

Windows Phone 7 Offers the Best of Apple and Android

Microsoft appears to have taken the best from rivals Apple and Android in its new Windows Phone 7 operating system. Its innovative approach to Windows Phone 7 uses Qualcomm hardware for iPhone reliability and offers Android's development flexibility. The initial Windows Phone 7 launch is limited to the GSM networks of AT&T and T-Mobile.

Facebook Groups: Hands On

Last week, Facebook held a press conference to announce even bigger changes to the site: the ability to download your Facebook data, a new app control panel, and - of the most far reaching importance - a new Groups capability.

Mission interface image - Google Earth tackles the universe

Google announced it is partnering with Slooh, a service popular with astronomy buffs that lets its users view live events through its global network of observatories, and take photographs of what they see. The Internet giant will integrate data from Slooh into its Google Sky service.

Borders launches e-book publishing platform with BookBrewer

Want to write a book and get it published? Well, now it’s getting even easier for aspiring and independent authors to get their work to the masses these days. Borders has now launched an e-book publishing platform of its own.

10 great free desktop productivity tools that aren't OpenOffice.org

These free and open source applications for Windows, Linux, and Mac desktops put power into the hands of users without taking from their wallets

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