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In case you hadn’t noticed, the massive weight of interest has now almost completely shifted from Microsoft Windows Vista to the largely vaporware Windows 7.

This is testament to how royally screwed up Microsoft’s Vista go-to-market plan has become. On the one hand, it insists that Vista is a huge success, with tons of sold licenses and happy customers. On the other, the company recently offered Windows XP Home as a low-cost PC OS. Clearly, there’s a disconnect. Now, even more damaging to Vista, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer just used an important tech conference to preview major innovations on Windows 7.

If Windows Vista were a child, it would surely feel hurt, neglected, and stunned by the fact that its parents are favoring its still-unborn sibling, Windows 7.

Online movie service Netflix has released a new set-top box that allows users to watch streaming videos on a standard television.The company developed the device with streaming media hardware vendor Roku, giving it the name The Netflix Player by Roku.The box features a Wi-Fi antenna and Ethernet connection which links the box to the PC. Movies from Netflix are then streamed from the PC to the set-top box.The device also sports RCA, HDMI and component outputs, as well as S-video and optical audio jacks.

Have you heard the website Who Just Called Here? This site allows you to run reverse phone number search. They have a huge database of phone numbers to make you sure that there isn’t a number that calles you. Yes, you can get information about the phone numbers using their search bar. As you search they will do the rest and they provide you the most relevant results. They have also the No Call List, so their website provides you a lot of information.

Consumers have been feeling they have no control over rising gas prices, however, fleet owners are able to take control of their fuel and maintenance costs through the use of fleet cards. Fuel cards offer the convenience, security and control for owners and employees when using various forms of transportation.

The advantages of using fuel cards for business owners, besides of savings, are the ability to control and minimize fraudulent transactions and track all the fuel and maintenance costs. Another benefit is the monitoring of the vehicle, and how it is being used. Definitely gas cards are asset for business owners.

Though the advantages for drivers differ from those for owners they can still be summarized in two words – convenience and security. The security of not having to carry cash or a credit card and the convenience of not having to concern themselves with running out of money or having to wait to be reimbursed later on.

If you feel like transportation costs for your fleet are accelerating and passing you by, then perhaps fleet fuel cards will provide you with the peace of mind that comes from being able to watch your bottom dollar not get away on you.

File-sharing site TorrentSpy has been ordered to pay $110m (£56m) in damages to the Motion Picture Association of America for copyright infringement.

The ruling from a court in the United States comes just weeks after the website shut down.

TorrentSpy facilitated the illegal sharing of copyright files by hosting a collection of links to films and music.