The daily roundup: Windows 7 launch edition

Windows 7 launches

Microsoft opens retail stores

Everything Else

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The daily roundup: Windows 7 launch edition originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed

Windows 7 multitouch: it’s a gimmick (for now)
It’s not that they don’t work, at least on occasion, it’s that they don’t really provide a comprehensive or pleasurable method for using a computer.
BlackBerry Blowout: Storm vs. Bold vs. Curve 8900
We decided to take the most recent ‘Berrys — the Curve 8900, Bold, and Storm — and toss them into a big pile. What would happen? Do they get along? What kind of bruised egos would we see?

Recompute: a closer look at the sustainable, cardboard PC
Cardboard-housed Recompute designer Recompute Brendan Macaluso was kind enough to contact us with some more detail, including a few specs.
Other news of import

    HD 101: Discrete IR codes
    Anyone that has ever tried to use a programmable remote knows what is so great about discrete IR commands, but just by the name the concept seems foreign.
    Samsung Memoir officially brings 8 megapixels to T-Mobile
    At some point, T-Mobile decided it wanted to play in the megapixel big leagues by rolling out the Motorola ZN5 and Samsung Behold, but why stop at a measly little 5 megapixels?

    The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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