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How to get a Windows tax refund

If you buy a computer, you often pay for Microsoft Windows even if you didn’t ask for it and aren’t going to use it. This article shows you how to return your unused Windows license and get your money back, freeing yourself from the Windows tax.
by Serge Wroclawski.

Wireless power gets recharged

At the Consumer Electronics Show next week, two companies–Arizona-based start-up WildCharge and Michigan-based Fulton Innovation––will demonstrate what are expected to be very different ways to give gadgets juice, sans wires.
by Erica Ogg.

Bill Joy‘s greatest gift to man — the vi editor

Joy leaves a lasting legacy of work both in the general technology domain and at Sun Microsystems. The Sun co-founder announced this week that he is leaving the company. Among Joy’s list of achievements are BSD Unix, NFS, UltraSPARC designs and some work on Java. But it’s vi, created in 1976, that really captured Reg readers’ hearts.
by Ashlee Vance.

Xbox 360 v2 rumours surface

Engadget have a report, with photos, of an Xbox 360 v2 dubbed ‘Zephyr‘ which appears to have a newly added HDMI output on the rear of the console.
by Dean Pullen.