This Week in Tech 76

Why the Zune will fail, bye bye Mac Guy, and in defense of multi-core...

• Windows Vista has gone RTM
• The 64-bit version of Windows Vista will be much more secure than the 32-bit version.
• Jim Allchin claims that Windows Vista is good enough for his 7-year old without an antivirus.
• President Bush has given a plug to Dell televisions.
• Microsoft's review agreement for the Zune is rather restrictive.
• Forbes says that the Zune stinks.
• Microsoft is going to give Universal a fee for every Zune sold.
• Office 2007 has gone RTM.
• A judge has approved a challenge to the RIAA's $750-per-song claim.
• Apple has ditched the "Mac Guy" from its ads.
• Apple has released Macbooks with the Intel Core 2 Duo.
• CNet News and CNet have gotten Web 2.0 redesigns.
• A 43-year old software developer is now suing NTP.
• Google has accidentally sent the "Kama Sutra" worm to 50,000 people on one of its mailing lists.
• Bit-Tech has an article defending multi-core processors.