Hmm, it appears that the anouncement of the LS800 was a bit premature. It seems they haven’t gotten FCC approval for the optional a/b/g wireless card yet. Not sure why this precludes them from shipping units with the base b/g card though. From their site:
“* The LS800 has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased until authorization is obtained.
I just finished Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card. This was the latest book in the Ender series and it wraps up the questions of what happened to the kids of Battle School after end of the Bugger war. I really liked the book. It has been so long since I had read Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow that I forgot several of the Battle Schoolers, and even some from Ender’s Jeesh.
This is a cool idea. They have posted a VPC image to the MSDN Subscribers downloads. The VPC image has everything you need to start playing with Whidbey and Yukon. The contents:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (expires September 16, 2006) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 (expires May 1, 2006) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Redistributable Package Beta 2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Community Technology Preview Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Live Communication Server 2003 The download looks to be 2.