When good demos go (very, very) bad

At Micrsoft
�s annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday, Vista product manager Shanen Boettcher set out to show just how easy to use the speech recognition technology built into upcoming Windows Vista software will be. But something went very wrong...(Various versions of the video in the coments.)

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bootable copy of windows on a USB flash drive

ever have a problem with the windows registry, or a pesky virus? have no fear, fix it with a bootable copy of windows no further away than your pocket or key chain

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Dreamlinux OS-X look liveCD

Georgeous XFCE based distro Dreamlinux 2.0. Includes all the apps you'd expect OO, Firefox and more. It's so polished it shines!

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Negroponte: $100 laptops due next year

...One Laptop Per Child initiative -- which
aims to produce a $100 laptop computer for distribution to children in
developing countries -- features a hand crank that generates the two
watts of power the machine needs to operate. It uses a Wi-Fi mesh to
connect to the Internet, and runs open-source software (Linux).

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Older people 'missing out' online

The research also found that more than half of all people over 65 voluntarily excluded themselves from internet access because they see no benefit to the net. However, more than two thirds of pensioners who are currently not connected said they would get online if they had the right support.

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