I'd rather just wait for HTML5 WebSockets. I've done a few demos on Google Chrome using node.js, and it's very fast, efficient, and simple to use. Much more practical than "long-polling", since it is a truly persistent bi-directional connection with the server.

Any attempt to do this with HTTP is just hacking the protocol to do something it was never intended to do.

As someone who has owned both an iPhone and an Android phone, I have to say the iPhone is better (in terms of UI and hardware). In terms of software obviously having an open platform is way better.

Though I'd prefer this thread not turn into a giant iPhone vs. Android flame-war. Maybe we need a Nokia fan-boy somewhere to even the playing field.

No Push Notifications = Fail
Basically just a front-end for the web interface. Not worth the money.

I am willing to bet that eventually they'll start loosing more money than they are now. They are probably making a decent amount of money on advertising right now, and they will probably end up making less on paid subscriptions than they currently do on advertising. Will they eventually reverse course in 6months to a year?

I guess we'll see... but for the majority of the internet, this means the death of murdoch's online news dominance. Good Riddance.

At my web development company we officially stopped testing our sites on IE6 last year. However, we do still test sites in IE6 when we know the client is specifically using that browser (so they don't complain). However, IE7 is still pretty common among XP users, so we still have to test all sites on IE7 and IE8.

Though as far as we're concerned, IE6 is dead.

The FCC was blaming AT&T...
AT&T said don't look at us, blame Google Voice!
Google Voice said it's not our fault, it's the use of "traffic pumping" thats causesing high fees
The guys going the traffic pumping are probably blaming the people running the rural telephone systems...
The people running the rural telephone systems are just trying to turn a profit in a rural area with few calls being made...

When everyone is really just trying to make a profit, who is really the bad guy here?

You are not stealing any energy from the car at all. This argument is ludicrous. It is using the force of gravity to push down the plates. The friction on this surface would probably be equal to that of the normal pavement. Meaning your car is going to expend this energy anyway. In no way does this actually take any measurable amount of energy from the car itself. This is a very poorly thought out argument in my opinion.

Besides... how efficient is the car-to-pavement transfer of energy anyway? Combustion engines are inherently inefficient to begin with.

I guess the difference would be their target audience. Are they targeting some random joe who wants to setup a wordpress blog? Or are they targeting server administrator who would be making the decisions about what software to use?

I can't really tell to be honest.

It's not every day you see "Microsoft" and "Free" in the same headline.

You think this is a sign Microsoft is legitimately trying to reach out to the web community? Or is this just another attempt to grab server market share from Apache and the Linux community?

Generally, I think the last thing the web needs is more servers running IIS.

As pointed out, you can get IPv6 Routers using DD-WRT or buy a $300 router. I did say "no consumer-level routers available". The average joe isn't going to shell out a bunch of money, or spend time flashing their router with DD-WRT. If IPv6 is really going to take off, we need a huge initiative with the ISP's and big manufacturers like Cisco and Netgear to bring IPv6 to the consumer level. The closest we've come is Apple's new Airport hub offers IPv6 support; however it isn't very publicized, and the configuration still needs some work.

All the blogs have been just comparing Windows 7 to Vista/XP. I'm sorry, but both of those OS's aren't worth comparing. If we compare Windows 7 to another Windows system, we are comparing a turd with a turd. Polish a turd, and it's still a turd.

The only way Microsoft will absolutely sell me on Windows 7 is if they make some drastic changes to how windows handles security and applications. They should have ditched the Registry with NT, but now it's so much at the heart of how the system work that we will never get rid of it. Microsoft has too much "legacy" garbage that is preventing real innovation in the OS market. They have the deep pockets to really push the envelope of technology, but more and more they are struggling to keep up.

Don't get me wrong, I use Windows frequently for work. It's not that I completely hate it... it just seems pointless to spend money for a OS that is less polished than one I can download for free. As long as this holds true, I don't think Windows has a place in the market.

I sincerely hope Windows 7 is that OS we've been waiting for; but don't see anything in the beta that really stands out.
We'll see...