Microsoft sells 90 million copies of Windows 7

Microsoft has announced that it has sold over 90 million copies of Windows 7 since its launch to manufacturers in July. The operating system, which went on sale to consumers in October, had sold 60 million copies by the end of January.
Publication date: 2010-03-05

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Visual display of alternative text

The fact that web browsers have different ways of displaying alternative text when images are missing or disabled is something that I talked about in Safari, WebKit and alt text for missing images and Steve Faulkner expanded on in alt and title content display in popular browsers. In How should Web browsers render alternative text?, Vlad Alexander asks (and answers) a few questions on this topic.Read full postPosted in Accessibility, Browsers.
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Apple could be prepping an App Store for the Mac software

Apple has lowered the entry to develop Mac apps to just $99, matching the annual cost of creating iPhone apps. The move could signal Apple’s intentions to change the way desktop apps are organized, distributed, and downloaded. When Apple took down its developer site for nearly two hours late today, Apple enthusiasts suspected a major change [...]
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MySpace founders acquire MindJolt to create online social games

After leaving the chief executive post at MySpace, the social network co-founder Chris DeWolfe has re-surfaced as CEO of Mindjolt, an online social gaming start-up. Together with fellow MySpace founders Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, DeWolfe announced the team's partnership with Austin Ventures and the acquisition in a press release on Thursday.
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