Bill Gates kills mouse

It has been a week since Windows 7 was leaked and Microsoft are determined to regain the PR upper hand with news of the new OS’s touchscreen capabilities.

In lieu of the success seen by platforms like Apple’s iPhone, Nintendo’s DS and (often atrocious) me-too efforts from LG and Samsung it’s a natural progression for Microsoft to throw their oar in.

If successful, the endeavour may spell the end of the traditional mouse and keyboard setup, just don’t hold your breath.

Here’s a rather good wobble-cam sneak preview of the Windows 7 interface:

Playing out of Zune

Owners of the 30GB model of Microsoft’s Zune have been suffering through a bout of millennium bug lite as the mp3 player locked up during the transition to 2009.

The glitch came about as a result of a programming oversight in the Zune’s onboard calendar which was unable to process 2008 as a leap year.

Unable to account for the 366^th day of the year the gadgets didn’t go insane and slay all of humanity, much to the disappointment of some Battlestar Galactica fans.

As with many technological problems the glitch is remedied by turning the unit off then turning it on again, possibly while swearing.

One Microsoft insider told The Times:

“It worked for me and it seems like it’s working for customers.”

Turning it on and off again that is. He didn’t mention swearing (unfortunately).

The Magpie has never been a fan of the clunky Zune and advocates the Creative Zen as a viable alternative to funding the operations of a man who lives in a mountain lair called Xanadu.