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Gizmo goodies, the Windows Vista edition

• Freezing Our Eyeballs Off At The Windows Vista Launch
  "It’s 26 degrees outside.The line for the Windows Vista launch event at the Nokia Theatre in NYC goes from the corner of 44th street all the way down and around the block to 45th street."
• Microsoft Vista Launch Deals
  "Tomorrow is Vista’s official launch date and if you’re one of the brave few souls who’s looking to upgrade, DailyTech has rounded up a few deals that’ll make the process a little easier on your wallet."
• Anti-DRM Group Boycotting Vista Launch
  "Today marks a big day for Microsoft Vista, but the new OS has barely walked out the front door and already it’s being hit with protests"
• No Clean Installs With Upgrade Versions of Vista
  "Planning on formatting your hard drive to lay down a nice, clean install of Vista Ultimate Home Premium where you had XP? Well then you had better plan on spending $80 more than you originally intended."
• Windows Vista Now Available On Dell Systems
  "Starting as of around twelve hours ago, Dell’s made Windows Vista available on most of their desktop and laptop machines."
• Windows Mobile Editions Get Less Confusing Names: Professional, Standard and Classic
  "Trying to explain the difference between Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Edition and Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone edition is like Paris Hilton trying to explain what she does for a living."

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