General Tech Headlines

If you use Outlook Express to manage your Hotmail account, Microsoft wants you to download Windows Live Mail instead. Come June 30th, Microsoft will be shutting off Hotmail support for Outlook Express.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sells 9 Million copies world-wide.

Analysis says there may be 9.5 million units in potential first-week global sales (already expected to out sale COD4:MW) and $400 million in reported preorders have already been noted for GTA IV (Grand Theft Auto).

Microsoft has purchased Farecast for $115 Million. Farecast is a travel pricing/comparison/booking service that competes with similar web services like Travelocity, Orbitz, and Kayak. What sets Farecast apart from other services is the site’s focus on predictions. Based on trends over time, Farecast can help users predict whether prices will go up or down in the future.

COMCAST ARE NAZI’s. Comcast make surprising and bold move by slashing one of their subscribers service due to “excessive bandwith useage”. Who is it of all subscribers? Tech analyst, pioneer and RSS God Dave Winer.