Long ago they used to do live streaming. It would bring the servers down QUICKLY. So they stopped doing that and put the video up later.

Part of the reason they're upgrading is to stay on Microsoft's support path. They're also getting the upgrade for free on any new machines that they've purchased, assuming the machines they ordered came with Vista and were downgraded to XP under MS' license agreement. My company, as well as others, do that so they have a "free" upgrade when they decide to move to that version. When we upgraded to Office 2003, we purchased Office 2007 licenses. It's a standard business practice, and a decent way to leverage the licensing in your favor.

They will wait for Windows 7 to get "broken in" over the next 2 years, and then we'll see a story about how the Army is moving to Windows 7 and this whole thread will start over.

BTW, thanks to whoever found the page with the NSA security guidelines. One of the few times I've seen useful information come out from our government.

Alltel's plans have MyCircle integrated into them.

$39.99 - 1 MyCircle Number, 500 Minutes, Unlimited N/W, M/M
$49.99 - 5 MyCircle Numbers, 750 Minutes, Unlimited N/W, M/M

I have the 37" Vizio they're talking about in the post. For $499...you really can't beat it. I've had no problems with mine and the picture quality is fantastic. You also have to temper your expectations a bit. I was not expecting the greatest picture ever on the face of the planet. It's a very good picture, but I've also seen better on other TVs.

I have my HD PVR and XBox 360 hooked up to it. The picture for both is very good. There's a whole pile of inputs, and for $499, that's tough to beat.

I work for a very very large company. We investigated moving to Vista, and then realized how much of a support and user hassle Vista is. We are currently at XP and I'd have to see something fantastic to move to Windows 7. I was an early adopter (RCs, RTM) of Vista and used it daily for about 6 months. The stupid Access Control system (the "do you want to do this?" thing) was tremendously annoying and had two settings, on or off. I understand the purpose of the system, and I would have turned it down and had it only ask for certain events (non-requested downloads/installs, etc) but there was no way to do it. XP also ran WORLDS faster than Vista and I have since "down-graded" to XP.

I would love to see what Windows 7 holds, hopefully WinFS or a security system that is not in your face 2/3 of the time. If they combine the "wow" of Vista's graphics with the drivers/stability of XP, then I'm in. Otherwise, just keep the updates for XP coming.

http://supportcingular.atgnow.com/cng/tutorials/KB71847.html

There's the session-free KB article about " Accessing Contacts on a Palm Treo 680 Using Good Mobile Messaging" Has a few screenshots....good times.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006/10/13/blackberry-8800-indigo-crimson-feature-preview-road-map/

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/05/blackberry-8800-specs-leaked/

http://importgsm.com/product.php?productid=254&cat=4&page=1

Apparently ImportGSM has a GSM Motorola Q. It's a quad band unit and costs $700. If you REALLY want one that bad I guess you could buy that one. Ships in 60 days, which is, well, ridiculous.

Is Leopard a Universal Binary? If so, has anyone gotten it running on non-Apple hardware/VMWare?

I've owned a Compaq laptop, a PBG4 (which I still do), and I work at a company that uses HP/Compaq laptops. All 3 of them get very hot. The Compaq one especially. The RAM cover would get to the burning point and basically fry my leg. The Aluminum PB also gets very warm, but I've never found it "too hot" to use. The Ti PBs were VERY hot and were to the burning point as well. The point is that all laptops, regardless of manufacturer, get very hot. You have a processor that is sitting all the more closer to your body and heat will be displaced. All laptops get hot!