Google CEO bullish on mobile Web advertising

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 04:26 PM CST

The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a “huge revolution,” Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said.

“It’s the re-creation of the Internet, it’s the re-creation of the PC (personal computer) story, and it is before us–and it is very likely it will happen in the next year,” he told a panel at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland.

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Windows 7 coming out next year?

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 04:26 PM CST

A recently-release roadmap for the next major Window release – Windows 7 – indicates that Microsoft is planning to release the new operating system in the second half of 2009, rather than the anticipated release date of some time in 2010.

There are apparently three “milestone” builds planned for 2008, and the first one – M1 – has already shipped to key partners for code validation. M1 is for the English language build only, but is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will most likely be the last Windows operating system available in 32-bit, and given the rapid advances Windows Vista is making in the 64-bit computing market, this seems a sensible decision.

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Lotus Notes for iPhone not ready yet

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 04:26 PM CST

Despite reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent, IBM says it is not quite ready to release the software.

A formal announcement of Lotus Notes for Apple’s portable devices was to occur at IBM’s Lotusphere conference this week, with the software available free for users with a Lotus Web-access license or on a yearly subscription basis for new users.