This Week's Rumor Roundup: iPod, Windows 7, World of Warcraft, more

• Micropayments in World of Warcraft?
  Would you pay 99 cents to buy a Sword of Infinite Smiting?
  Actually ... that IS a great deal! Where can I get one? Do you know what the street value of a smiting sword is?!
• Microsoft Office to go online on Monday?
  "Online" as in "available on the web" not "online" as in "gaining SkyNet-like intelligence". No, that happens in a couple of years ... but I've said too much already.
• PSP2 to outperform the Xbox?
  Um. Since they're refering to the ORIGINAL Xbox, wouldn't that be like saying, "Dude, my Swatch is TOTALLY more accurate at time-keeping than an hourglass!" You see, this is how tech progresses: Things get smaller and faster.
• Next iPods to have a camera?
  With Apple buying up every cellphone-quality camera they can get their mits on, it's all but surely happening ... OR IS IT?! Maybe Apple is finally working to install a spycam in every home in America! Did you ever think of that?!
• Windows 7 3-licence family packs for $137?
  Let's do the math: Windows 7 x 3 = 21 windows. $137 / 21 = $6.52! You only pay $6.52 per window! Now THAT'S savings!
• Palm is going to do more stuff?
  With Palm already doing stuff, it's a sure thing that they'll continue to do stuff. I mean, if a company's not doing stuff and exploring new stuff, then they are stagnating, right?
• Sony Ericsson's "Rachael" another Android phone?
  To be co-released with their "Ross" model, even though incompatibilities will exist between the two, for about 10 years. Then, one day, on a flight to Paris, the Rachael phone decides to finally try and make it work. Sigh.

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