links for 2008-03-18

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• Or alternatively, don’t use Windows

  May 11, 2008 in Mobility

  Microsoft to limit the capabilities of cheap laptops:
  “Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit…

• John Gruber is wrong: for some customers, email is more important than the web

  May 9, 2008 in Apple, Uncategorized, iPhone

  John Gruber has posted a really interesting and insightful piece on BlackBerry vs. iPhone, and why he thinks that RIM is, fundamentally, in a very very bad place indeed.

  However, there’s one point that I…

• Mike Arrington has some really ugly fans

  May 9, 2008 in Blogging

  Betsy Schiffman at Wired writes a story about Mike Arrington’s deal with the Washington Post, and mentions that ” it seems crazy-crazy to us that the Washington Post, a paper known for the sort…

• The Brightkite iPhone Version is Out! at Brightkite Blog

  May 8, 2008 in Mobility, iPhone

  I’m really enjoying using Brightkite at the moment (I’m ianbetteridge if you want to friend me), and I’m pleased to see that the iPhone web application has now been released in alpha form.

  But…

• OpenOffice 3.0 beta emerges, with Mac Aqua support

  May 7, 2008 in Macs

  marketing: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Features: “With Version 3.0, OpenOffice.org is now able to run on Mac OS X without the need for X11. Thus, OpenOffice.org behaves like any other Aqua application. The cool thing…