In the three years since Vista hit the market (and left more than a few people with bad tastes in their mouths), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) developers have been pulling all-nighters and all-weekenders to make sure Windows 7 outperforms on all fronts when it is released late this year.
At the same time, the various Linux distributions have been rigorously pulling their own acts together, and have released major flagship versions of their respective operating systems.

Forget E3 and WWDC, we're getting all the info we need straight from the source: China.

Although struck by the typical blurriness we expect from leaked images from China,UMPC Fever, a Chinese technology blog, has posted what appear to be photos of the new iPhone using new, exclusive features expected in the next model, including autofocus and the built-in compass.