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Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
Microsoft puts a price on IM features "The Redmond, Wash.-based company plans to release the new instant messaging client, MSN Messenger 5, simultaneously with the launch of MSN 8. That launch could happen as early as October, which should also see the release of version 8 of online service software from AOL Time Warner's America Online unit. AOL unveiled the latest update to its popular AOL Instant Messenger product, version 5, last week."
I'd pay a small fee for a version of Windows Messenger with audio and video that worked across firewalls, but overall suspect the MSN 8 cajoling will not be well received.
8:51:34 PM 
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So... I get my laptop all set up for Radio Weblog (as well as my home desktop), and I have my third HP laptop catastrophic hardware failure in 2 weeks. I'm starting to suspect that I emit some kind of electromagnetic pulse that burns out lightbulbs, destroys HP hard disks, etc. In fairness to Microsoft, in any case, I need to point out that today's disaster was similar to the one I had last week and attributed to Windows XP SP1; I have a hunch it was a hard disk controller issue and just unlucky timing for my SP1 update.
I miss my ThinkPad...
7:40:01 PM
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I've decided it's time to start exploring other blogging tools. I've been using Blogger for a couple years, almost exclusively for sharing links to news stories (my Blogger blog), and I continue to believe Blogger is simpler for some basic weblog purposes, but I also want to explore some of the more advanced capabilities available in tools such as Radio UserLand. For now, I'll continue to post links to news stories via Blogger and post other musings here.
10:35:54 AM
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