The JooJoo wasn’t exactly a hot device when it launched. It was expensive and all it did was surf the web. Unsurprisingly, not many people were willing to fork out $500 for a device that packs a browser and not much else. It’s unfortunate, because the device is actually rather sexy looking, but there just wasn’t enough going on to tempt people. But what if it ran Windows 7?

A member of the JooJoo forums, darkdavy, has hacked his JooJoo to run Windows 7. He admits that it’s running quite hot at the moment but the touchscreen capabilities are in full working order and the battery is lasting up to four hours on one charge. Darkdavy says everything is working fine save for the accelerometers. However, this is easily solved by using display rotation. Engadget points out that other members of the forums have successfully installed Windows 7 Home and Windows Embedded Compact 7 on the Linux-based tablet.

Check out the video below or head on over to the JooJoo forums to see the orignal post for youreself.

The Motorola Droid caused quite a stir with its super-manly commercials and eventual launch. The device sold incredibly well and now it looks like there’s a Droid 2 heading to Verizon in the near future.

The first pictures of the Droid 2 appeared online last night showing a few tweaks and changes but maintaining the same overall design of the first Droid handset. The only real change seems to be the keyboard, which lacks the D-pad of the origianl Droid and sports a slightly spongier looking keyboard.

Droid Life, which was the first to post the images, says the Droid 2 is more about internal changes than external changes. The device is said to pack a 3.7-inch screen, a 750MHz OMAP CPU, WiFi tethering, 8GB of internal storage along with an 8GB SD card, a 5-megapixel camera and a new version of Motoblur. Droid Life reports that the device will ship with Android 2.1 but we’re pretty close to 2.2 so with any luck, the Droid 2 can add that to its resume.

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Apple has done it again. Claiming  innovation and launched the next game-changer? Or maybe not.

Many view the  iPad as an entirely new platform, while others view it as just another version of the iPhone or iPod Touch. There is an intrigue within the gadget and geek world around this new tool. As a game enthusiast and regular old geek, I look at this exciting piece of hardware as a new medium for the delivery of everything from innovative gaming experiences to interactive books to novel takes on productivity software, all on one incredibly well-designed device.

Apps that once didn’t really feel at home on the iPhone “Scrabble” for instance, work well on the iPad. All due to the glorious larger screen size, which has taken it from “just another iPhone” to a new platform and social device. Movies can be watched by multiple viewers, great times and memories of fun with the family.

The huge, high-res screen makes a suitable game board replacement, and there’s no need to pack up the pieces after you’re done. Two players can play Flight Control HD across from each other on the same device. It makes real, live social gaming fun again.

There are rumors that Apple may be working on larger iPads for the future. If the company makes them the size of a typical game board, Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley had better watch out. It is much easier to play Monopoly digitally — the banker doesn’t have to do any math.

While iPhone users witnessed the development of some truly revolutionary games, developers will need to be even more creative on the iPad to steal back the lion’s share of user time spent interacting with these other functions.

At the end of the day, the iPad will be all about the apps, and there will likely be some revolutionary games among them. Thinking back to the early days of iPhone app development, it was clear that developers didn’t hit their stride for several months, if not a year. It won’t take as long for iPad apps to take off. And when they do, sit back and enjoy the show — because that’s when the real potential of this device will become clear.

Early this month, the criminal masterminds behind the widespread Conflicker (Downadup) Worm released a new and more sinister variant, dubbed Conflicker B++, spotted by SRI International researchers, who published the inner workings of this new code last week.  While this new version looks virtually identical to the original bug, the B++ variant employs new techniques to download payloads giving its creators vast power over infected systems.

This new infection has capabilities to hijack susceptible systems — sending SPAM, logging keystrokes or taking part in DOS attacks.  Much of this mayhem has been thwarted by a group calling itself the Confliker Cabal. By cracking the algorithm employed by this very nasty infection, they have managed to detour it’s ability to “phone home” and receive instructions from “mother”.  The crafters of this variant have left no stone unturned in their relentless pursuit to create a very elusive pest and the Cabal’s efforts may be yet in vain.

In December, the original Conflicker was given a facelift and upgrade to the B variant, but the new B++ pest has added another 39 subroutines to the 297 in version B, while 3 of the original subroutines were modified.

As we disclosed last month in this blog, if you have the latest out-of-band Microsoft security update, and current, effective Virus Protection, you are immune to this infection and we have encountered only ONE infected machine with this pest.

However… If you do NOT have the appropriate Microsoft patch and run afoul of this pest you will be HOSED. When your AntiVirus removes the infection your computer will no longer boot into Windows and it is a royal pain to fix.

Be warned: This infection can spread via USB drives, cameras and other plug-in devices.