Friday, August 03, 2007

Microsoft cuts Vista price to $66 in China ... Man sentenced to two years on copyright violations

HIGHLIGHTS
News: Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price to $66 in China
News: Open source going mainstream
News: U.S. man sentenced to two years on copyright violations
News: Nissan turns to high-tech to stop drink driving
News: Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack
Opinion: Vista Update
ITwhirled: Washingtonians' spirits lifted by 'compliment machine'


NEWS UPDATES

Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price to $66 in China
Microsoft Corp. has dramatically cut the price of Windows Vista in China in a bid to boost sales of its new operating system. The new prices, which were introduced Wednesday and outlined in a statement from the company on Friday, represent a steep discount compared to what users in the U.S. and elsewhere are charged for the software.

LINUXWORLD SF: Open source going mainstream
As more than 11,000 attendees prepare to converge on San Francisco for the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo next week, one industry analyst says customers are evaluating open-source software the same way they evaluate proprietary software: It has to be priced right and work well.

U.S. man sentenced to two years on copyright violations
An Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison for violating copyright law through the unauthorized sale of video games on his Web site, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Thursday.

Nissan turns to high-tech to stop drink driving
As part of its drive to reduce road deaths and injuries, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has installed in a car three prototype high-tech systems designed to stop drink driving.

Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack
Diebold Election Systems Inc. voting machines are not secure enough to guarantee a trustworthy election, and an attacker with access to a single machine could disrupt or change the outcome of an election using viruses, according to a review of Diebold's source code.


OPINION

Vista Update
By James Gaskin, ITworld.com

How goes your Vista upgrade? Many people who called me stupid for my Vista Budget Vacuum column in October now need to find a new reason to call me stupid, because no one counts Vista as a bell- ringing success.

Read the full article here


ITWHIRLED

Self-loathing Washingtonians have spirits lifted by soulless machine
Thousands of residents of the United States capital were expected to have their self-esteem boosted by the "Compliment Machine", a new piece of public art that will soon hit Washington's streets. The device includes an iPod Nano loaded up with a number of affirmations and compliments, which it will chirp out at random at passersby. Experts expect the inanimate collection of electronics to make listeners feel better about themselves than they have in years.

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