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Word on the street — and by that we mean Reuters — is that Tesla‘s looking to go public with the company “any day.” The luxury electric car make, whose Roadster still goes for a cool $109,000, would be the first US auto company to offer an IPO since Ford way back in 1956, says MSNBC. Quite a notable event, indeed, but earlier comments by Tesla investors (via Autoblog Green) suggest “any day now” might be any time between now and September 2010.

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Tesla Motors IPO coming ‘any day’ now, says report originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It almost seems as though Windows Vista is another Windows ME, the operating system that consumers will forgo until something “better” comes along, and I think Microsoft may be starting to realize this. In a press release yesterday, Microsoft announced that they are extending the date that PC Manufacturers and Retailers are allowed to sell Windows XP.  Originally the deadline was January 31st, 2008, but now they’ve been given the green light to sell XP until June 30th 2008. In developing markets, Windows XP Starter edition will be available until June 30, 2010.

While Microsoft says that over 60 million licenses of Windows Vista have sold since launch (which is impressive), many people have their reasons for sticking with XP whether it’s because they’re comfortable with it, they’ve heard journalists bashing Vista, or they’re waiting for Service Pack 1. XP has remained a rather popular choice among consumers, so it makes sense that Microsoft extends this date. If they can’t win over everybody with Vista, why not continue to sell XP and make money off of it, even if it’s not their latest operating system?

According to Mike Nash, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, the reason for the XP extension was: “While we’ve been pleased with the positive response we’ve seen and heard from customers using Windows Vista, there are some customers who need a little more time to make the switch to Windows Vista.” Some of the main reasons consumers are unwilling to adopt Vista include:

• Driver issues
• Software compatibility
• Cost
• Performance

Even with these issues that consumers have pointed out, Microsoft is still very positive and optimistic about Vista.  Mike Nash said “It’s early days still, but if things continue as we’re expecting, Windows Vista will be the fastest selling operating system in our history. And while that’s gratifying on one level when you consider all the architectural changes we introduced, it also suggests we’ve done a lot of things right in delivering value to our customers.”

Nash may be right. In terms of the big picture, it is still pretty early on, especially for big companies that have a system lifecycle for all of their equipment and haven’t been able to adopt right away.  It takes time for these companies to make changes to their infrastructure to handle a new operating system, so perhaps Vista isn’t another Windows ME after all?

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You read that right. Sony’s PlayStation 2, which the great majority of the world has been enjoying since 2000, is just now officially touching ground in Brazil. We’re pretty sure it’s been making its way into the country for many years by not-so-official means, but if you’ve gone the legit route, last-generation’s game console king can be yours for just 799 Brazilian Real, which we’re sad to say translates to about $461 in US currency. Yeah, we’re expecting this to just fly off the shelves.

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PlayStation 2 finally launches in Brazil for the bargain price of around US $462 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s a funny thing, the CLIQ. When it was introduced at a low-key press conference, the world gasped as the flagging handset maker finally made its first really bold move since the RAZR by ushering in its first-ever Android handset. Here we a few months later, and the only Android-based Moto that anyone’s talking about is the Droid. That said, we’re confident that a few of you T-Mobile loyalists are sticking to your guns (wouldn’t want to get caught up in that whole Verizon / AT&T scuffle, now would you?), but moreover, we’re certain that early CLIQ adopters have quite a bit to say now that the Droid is on the market. Is the CLIQ still living up to the hype? Are you still impressed with what it offers? What recommendations would you have for improving the next-generation? Feel free to spout off below, and hey, don’t try to hide any lingering bitterness — we won’t look down on you for it.

How would you change Motorola’s CLIQ? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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