Windows 7 pre Beta- A Detailed Preview on The Revealed and Proposed Features

One of the main focus points of Microsoft while developing Windows Vista was to make it a visual delight. Though Windows was successful in doing that, Vista had a very weak and perhaps the worst reviews from all over the world. A bug-prone and almost half finished project that it was, Windows had to come up with an OS who is here to stay. Windows 7 (codenamed Windows Vienna) dreams of that lost market of Windows to recover again. While the PDC (Professional Developers Conference) didn't reveal much about Windows 7, I am here to take you through the probable features that might come with Windows 7 along with many more still kept secret (I mean almost all of them are set to privacy unless you sit and go through Windows 7 news keenly. Not to mention, I had a horrid time discovering the following points)

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iPhone 3G Launch Dismal Failure in India (a small nation with 1.2 billion people)

Apple launched iPhone in India, a country with only 1.2 billion people and overall not considered rich like their counterparts in USA. In USA Apple launched iPhone for $199 only. Steve Jobbs also promised that it will be similalry priced across all markets. So how did they target a market of 1.2 B with a very high mobile pernetration and nowhere as rich as USA? By pricing iPhone 3G at 4 times the US price at Rs. 31, 000 only (and lockdown for a year to the service provider) and without 3G. Imagine how the market reacted…

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Blogs Not Safe for Work? Company bans 42 Million Pages

Wired News reports about a company which bans all sites containing the word "blog" in a juvenile attempt to prevent employees from accessing blogs.

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