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Gates on Longhorn:

Either MS does not know when Longhorn will be ready or they simply ain't telling. I know one thing for sure though, it will take a lot to pry my fingers off of WindowsXP. Thanks William Herbert.

There's a lot of ambitious work in Longhorn. We don't even know exactly when we'll have that.

Net Hopes:

You know, dagnabbit, we hears all sorts of good thangs about that thar Enturnet. You git Enturnet in your 'puter?

A study released Sunday finds that most Americans who do not use the Internet still have high expectations for getting information online - with those online having even greater expectations.

Yeah, but after you get over the free pr0n, it just has a different luster to it.

DigitTimes Notables:

Samsung develops 54-inch TFT LCD for DTVs

UMC increases SiS stake to 4.46%

Notebook industry headed for overcapacity

Stuff That Rocks:

Silicon Strategies has composed their list of the Top 10 Stories for 2002. If these give you a chubby, you are allowed to go get the words "Geek 4 Life" tattooed on your forehead. Don't worry, nobody will argue with you.

3.The 'Year of Alignment' between foundries and IDMs

Performing Without a Net:

No, these are not the high flying Chinese guys you saw under the bigtop last summer. These Chinese guys are flying higher than any Chinese before them. Except maybe for Yoko Ono...or Tommy Chong. (Yes, Yoko was Japanese and Chong was born in Canada, but they still fit the joke.)

Never mind, it was unmanned again. You would think they could fit four or five of them in there.

BEIJING -- China's fourth unmanned space capsule blasted into orbit early today in a test launch that soon could lead to a manned flight, the official Xinhua News Agency said.