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With six separate versions of Windows Vista on the way, Microsoft has a marketing challenge on its hands. How will the company properly inform users as to which versions support which features? One part of the plan is now becoming clear: all four “consumer” versions of the OS will be available to users even after installation. How? They’ll all be available for “instant online upgrade” once Windows Vista is installed.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060301-6295.html

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Google GDrive is not a rumor by ZDNet’s Garett Rogers — An interesting article by Greg Lindon points to some slide comments from Google’s Analyst Day Power Point presentation last week. The presentation was removed from Google’s website but the text is still available in Greg’s post. These notes clearly state efforts have been put towards “infinite storage” in terms of GDrive. In September I ran across compelling evidence that suggests a product [...]

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Link: http://www.longhornblogs.com.aspx

The product is to be announced as early as March 9th.

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This is a Video Overview of the new Office user interface by Microsoft’s UK Product Manager for Office (Darren Strange)
The video quality of this clip can be a bit ropey, but you get the general gist. The quality issues are based on the compression used to make the video file size small.

Video Link: http://darren.sts.winisp.net/officerocker/blog/UI%20demo%20blogcast.wmv

This clip is under 10mb in size.

Article Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/officerocker/

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Apple announced at today’s event was a revamped Mac mini. And while the updated diminutive computer may not be the Mac media center many had hoped for, it does have Apple’s Front Row media management software, and comes in both Core Solo and Core Duo versions, which Apple says makes the machine anywhere from 2.5 to 3 times faster than the G4 version. Although the machine has the familiar mini form factor, new additions include an IR port for Apple’s remote control, two more USB ports (for a total of four), SPDIF, Gigabit Ethernet, standard Bluetooth and WiFi.

The new mini also comes with an updated version of Apple’s Bonjour networking technology, which allows sharing and streaming of media, including audio, video and photos, among all Macs on a local network. The Core Solo version, at 1.5 GHz, and including a CD burner, 512MB RAM and a 60GB drive, is $599; the Core Duo at 1.67 GHz includes an 80GB drive and a dual-layer DVD burner, and sells for $799. Both models are available immediately.

Link: http://www.apple.com/store