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We welcome Jessica Dolcourt to the cell phone team with a slew of news full of Droids, iPhones, BlackBerrys, and a healthy preview of Windows Phone 7. We also go over the week's reviews and answer a few of your questions.

500 millionth, actually...but one of the press kits had an embarrassing typo in it. Also, everybody who makes slates is dropping Windows (except HP), we now have lasers shooting down airplanes, and a flashlight for the iPhone is actually a secret tethering app.

Microsoft isn't expected to ship Windows Phone 7 devices till the holiday season but CNET has a preview of what to expect from the new OS. Check out our First Look video for more.

We're hearing from more folks that AT&T is giving our free microcells to make up for its lousy service. Oh, and so is Verizon. Plus: Apple's Toyota moment, Windows XP gets a reprieve until 2020, and the undead crash their car.

Use pop-up alerts to find out when you've been poked, tagged, commented on, and more. On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to use FBQuick to stay up-to-date on all your Facebook activity.

Want to rid your MP3 collection of duplicate files? No need to sort through them one by one--just use Similarity! Veronica shows you how to tidy up your music folder on today's Tekzilla Daily.

Looking for more customization for your Windows 7 machine? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica introduces you to EnhanceMySe7en, opening up a world of new options for you!

Need to focus on a task without all those other open windows distracting you? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to use CinemaDrape to close out everything except your most important task.

Looking for some extra oomph for your PC? Check out Preme for Windows 7, and get a ton of new features to boost your productivity.


If Google told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it? And if you did it, would you seriously try to sue Google for telling you to do it? Oh, America. You're so messed up. In other news today, Google unofficially banned Windows from its campus; anonymous sources say the DOJ is expanding its Apple probe; iPad is totally winning; and nobody quit Facebook on Quit Facebook day. Quelle surprise.

Microsoft is updating its Windows Live apps, Google's home page looks a bit more like Bing, and the Kno textbook e-reader is revealed.

The Dell Streak is free with a contract in the U.K., the PS3 3D firmware hits Japan next week, and Google is getting rid of its Windows machines.

The LG Fathom is a well built Windows Mobile phone with plenty of features, but its occasional lapse in performance can be annoying.


Don't hunt for that icon, make any Windows program you want launch at the stroke of a key.

Microsoft Office 2010 launches Wednesday, Windows Mobile phones get free voice-guided GPS, and Playboy goes 3D.

CNET editor Dan Ackerman shows you Windows-based Netbooks and latops, MacBook Pros, and iPads you should be taking a look at.

We may have found the ugliest car ever, wanna' see? A Porsche hybrid goes to Nurburgring, Volvo offers a factory-installed Windows PC, lots of Porsche Cayenne feedback from y'all...And a drive in an American icon that you should really wait before you buy.

Windows takes a hint and changes the name of its upcoming smartphones, why some people are willing to spend an extra $100 on Monster headphones, and the iPad has been officially launched and reviewed, thank goodness!