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From what I am reading, USB 3.0 is getting closer. The implementers forum have set the end June to ratify their test specs. Testing will continue and you should see consumer devices with USB 3.0 in 2010. You should see 500Mbps external USB hard drives and new power features, which include the elimination of device polling to enable an energy-saving "virtual sleep" mode, more juice for bus-powered devices, and the ability to charge a completely dead device, which USB 2.0 can't do.

This means we… Continue

It's off to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. The trip was exciting. I was routed through Chicago and got to see snow on the ground. It was the first time in about 20 years. Usually I have to ask for an extension for the seat belt on the plane, but this is the first time I have flown since I lost weight. I was able to forgo the extension. Yeah.

I got to the hotel where I am staying and waited for Mike to arrive. I am sharing a room and it was in his name. United had us flying in diff… Continue

The BBC reported Monday that Microsoft has extended the deadline for smaller PC builders and resellers to obtain licenses for the discontinued operating system from the previous deadline of January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009.

Plus, big PC makers plan to offer PCs with Vista Ultimate and Vista Business that have been factory downgraded at customers' request until July 30 next year.

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Find answers to your Windows Vista questions by going to a new Microsoft site.

You can get your Answers now, which searches existing answers. You can browse specific category pages under Find Answers. You can tap into the expertise and enthusiasm of Windows Vista customers and Microsoft support professionals worldwide. If the needed information is not already on the site, your question should get answered there.

There are three ways to know when your question has been answered. You can come ba… Continue

The Windows SIG pages were gone. What a surprise. I was checking the Windows SIG site and it was in the middle of the setup mode. I freaked. The site has been growing. The discussions and blogs have been getting popular.

I was afraid that we lost all of the information, pages, and member pages. However, I went to the Ning help page and they said that they were having a problem since they completed a software update. I went to the help form to report my problem. When submitting the report, I got… Continue