News for Friday, October 13 2006

Industry News

Microsoft restructures its Windows Core OS division

I guess they had nothing else to do. Like *ship* anything.
Source: eWeek

Nintendo Wii preorders begin on Friday

Let the games begin! (Well, the "Standing in line to play the games" games.)
Source: Extreme Tech

'Certified for Windows Vista' products to ship by holidays

Vista won't be out, but at least you'll be able to buy software and hardware for it.
Source: ComputerWorld

Got a question? Microsoft's newly acquired software may have the answers

Microsoft acquires natural language query company for Xbox (and other) support.
Source: Information Week

Developer News

Sophisticated toy robot to get mind-altering software

LabView to provide software to make the Lego MindStorms Robot even cooler.
Source: Live Science

Eudora goes open source

Greatest email client to merge with Thunderbird.
Source: TechWorld

Virtual PC 2007 Beta now available

Virtual is really the way to go for testing, so why not test virtual software?
Source: Beta News

Domain-Specific Language Tools Version 1

Microsoft tools for creating "small languages" goes gold.
Source: MSDN

Hot Threads

Progging to Music!

What tunage helps your codage?
Source: The Code Project

Geekiest License Plates

LV2 COD?
Source: The Code Project