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The fortune blog says that AT&T is going to sell iPhone for as low as $199.As seen on AT&T store, it says its right now giving it away at $399 for 8GB iPhone and $499 for 16GB iPhone.

There have been lots of posts and responses about AT&T giving away iPhone at $199. Fortune's blog lead to this story everywhere, till now its not been confirmed , as its still not being reflected on the AT&T store. All you people get ready to grab one for yourself !!

Lets wait and see.. 

Have a look at the AT&T online store screenshot(taken by me,just today):

[ AT&T ] [ AT&T Store ]

Google introduces artist themes for iGoogle. Make your iGoogle homepage look cool. Select any of the artist themes for iGoogle.

Check out Google's logo today and its changed. Google has featured a theme by Jeff Koons. 

About the artist : ( from iGoogle page)

American artist Jeff Koons burst onto the international art scene in the 1980s. He creates iconic work such as Michael Jackson and Bubbles, Rabbit, and Puppy. He is exhibited throughout the world. 

Themes totally change the look and feel of the page. It looks more lively. Not that I use iGoogle regularly. I always use classic page of Google, as its clean and elegant, but these themes will certainly make me use iGoogle rather than the classic homepage. Start using iGoogle and you will certainly change from the classic homepage of Google to iGoogle(with lovely artistic themes).

Here are some screenshots :

[ Google Classic ] [ iGoogle ]

Last week Ubuntu released Hardy Heron. Before upgrading I was on Ubuntu 7.10. Last week, there was an update notification to upgrade to 8.04. I have also used Mac4Lin theme with Ubuntu.There is some problem with the latest kernel on Ubuntu, some crashes and Mac4Lin dosen't work nicely on Hardy Heron.

Good thing about the upgrade is , you can still select the old kernel i.e 2.6.22-14 during boot.And for Windows users, Ubuntu 8.04 has Wubi which allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows OS application.

Below are some screenshots and reviews: 

Some of the sites which reviewed the latest Ubuntu release.

eWeek's review:

Canonical has marshaled the best of what the open-source world has to offer in Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux-based operating system that's capable of mounting a serious challenge to Microsoft Windows on mainstream desktops and notebooks. During my tests of Ubuntu 8.04, both in its final form and in a series of test releases that led up to the official launch April 24, I've been impressed enough with the distribution to award it the eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice designation.

LifeHacker's review:

If you've flirted with the idea of switching your desktop operating system to Linux but never took the leap, the time is now. This week's release of Hardy Heron, an Ubuntu release that will be supported until 2011, offers a freer, more productive space for work and play than ever before.

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