Windows 7 Beta Set to Begin Auto-Rebooting on Wednesday Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta will start to spontaneously reboot every two hours beginning on Wednesday, the company has warned users. The move is part of Microsoft's usual effort to push users into upgrading by shutting down, then restarting, PCs equipped with previews. It's also a less-than-subtle reminder that Windows 7 Beta will expire Aug. 1, when the operating system will stop, well, operating. Read more | Mozilla Launches Firefox 3.5, Starts Kill Clock for Older 3.0 Mozilla launched Firefox 3.5 today, ending six months of delays to wrap up its newest browser almost exactly a year after its last major upgrade. Firefox 3.5 was posted to Mozilla's servers early Tuesday. Read more | Internet Cafe Company Offers $7.8M for The Pirate Bay The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor ($7.8 million), the company said on Tuesday. Read more | | | Buzz | Sony May Finally be Revving up a PlayStation Phone The Sony rumor that just won't die has reared its potentially beautiful head again: a PSP phone may be in the works. The latest back room rumblings come courtesy of Japan's Nikkei Business Daily, which says Sony is about to open up a new department that will explore a "cell phone-game gear hybrid," according to Reuters.
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