With Windows 7, I have decided to break one of my longstanding personal policies of never installing a new operating system before it has been in public use long enough to prove its stability.  Of course, I didn’t break my policy because of Microsoft’s marketing or computer industry reports, which are often bias.  I broke from my policy following my own testing to verify the stability of Windows 7.  Now, that I’m an early adopter, I thought I would share my experiences to benefit anyone who may be considering a move to Windows 7.

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Multiple screen setups have been available on desktop computers for some time.  The convenience of additional screen real estate is now available on a laptop by Lenovo and other multi-screen laptop options from Intel and gScreen are in the works.

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Last month when Cerulean Studios launched Trillian Astra, they also submitted Trillian for iPhone to the Apple App Store for approval.  Fast forward thirty days and they are still waiting for a response from Apple.

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Sprint announced their new Any Mobile, Anytime within a day of AT&T’s announcement of A-List.  It has been a while since any of the major U.S. mobile carriers have added new customer perks.  Maybe this is a sign that the competition may be heating up.

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Apple just couldn’t resist breaking the Palm Pre’s ability to synchronize directly with the new iTunes 9.  I wrote in late July about Apple’s obsession with breaking iTunes on the Palm Pre and things are not likely to change.

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A worm affecting older versions of WordPress has been getting lots attention in recent days.  The worm takes advantage of a security flaw that allows it to register a new user, grant itself administrator privileges and wreak havoc with your permalink structure.

The good news is that, if you are running one of the two most recent releases of Wordpress (2.8.4 is the most current), your site is not susceptible to this problem.  As such, there is no specific patch for this vulnerability other than to upgrade to the most current release.

The WordPress Blog has additional details on this worm, as well as an FAQ if you believe your site has been affected.

Regardless of your political views, these seven websites can help you track the actions of your elected officials.  Most of the sites included in this article can be used to perform wide ranging research and others can monitor the legislation introduced and votes cast by Members of Congress.  Two of the sites also track in great detail the political contributions made to elected officials.

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eBay announced that a group of venture capital funds and investors will buy Skype in a deal that values the company at $2.75 billion (US).  The investor group will buy approximately 65% of Skype with eBay retaining 35% ownership.  Skype was acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion plus payouts totaling an estimated $3.1 billion in a transaction The New York Times calls “one of the worst technology transactions of the decade.”

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TechCrunch reported that a group of venture capital and private equity firms are joining forces in an effort to acquire Skype, a software application and service that enables video and voice calls, instant messaging and file sharing.

In 2005, eBay purchased Skype, but made a huge mistake in the terms of the deal by failing to acquire ownership of the software that defines Skype.  Instead, eBay licensed the software from Joltid Limited, a company owned by Skype’s founders.  This mistake continues to haunt eBay, who now finds itself in a legal battle over the software licensing, which I covered earlier this month.

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RIM’s BlackBerry continues to grow market share in spite of iPhone’s success.  While some say RIM has multiple BlackBerry models competing against a single iPhone model, the BlackBerry Curve outsold the iPhone by itself in the first quarter of 2009.

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