The comparison site Become.com will take on Japan’s Transcosmos Corp as a partner in the battle for search and shopping Internet users.
Microsoft: Windows Vista Coming Online
Microsoft announced on Friday the name of its newest version of Windows best known as Longhorn. The new name, Vista, is the official name of Microsoft’s newest operating system, due out in late 2006, probably around the holidays and a server version will be out in 2007.
MSN Search Team Coming On Strong
You know, I give MSN Search a lot of crap. We all know it’s behind Google, right? And it’s even behind Yahoo too.
MP3 Phones Are Coming
Back in May, I posted an item here agreeing with Bill Gates’ assessment that cell phones will eventually displace digital media players like the iPod.
Your Videos Coming To Google Today
John Battelle has the scoop: Google Video will finally get some video today, as user-uploaded free videos will be made available to the general public through an open source Google media player.
Deep Content Coming To The Surface
Yahoo, AOL, and MSN all have taken steps to make more of the subscription-based world available to others.
Next Xbox Coming To MTV
With the help of LOTR’s Master Frodo or Elijah Wood, MTV will be the first to provide a sneak peak at Microsoft’s perhaps most anticipated product ever, the next generation Xbox. So far, the console’s title has not been announced, but there are rumors that indicate the next Xbox will be called the Xbox 360.
MySQL Users Conference Coming Up
The 2005 MySQL Users Conference isn’t far off. It runs from April 18th – 21st at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Halo 2 Expansion Pack Coming To An Xbox Near You
On June 28th, the multitudes of Halo 2 owners will have reason to rejoice. The reason? Microsoft Game Studios have announced the incredibly popular game will be receiving an expansion pack containing nine new multiplayer maps.
Coming soon – Skype voice messaging rollout, SkypeIn numbers
More interesting developments with Skype. Stuart Henshall reports in the new Skype Journal that Skype’s voice messaging service currently in beta trial could be rolled out soon.