Work continues on one well-known anti-gravity power source. If you superglue a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back and chuck it in the air, the cat must, by Newton's fourth law, land on its feet, but the toast, by the same law, must land on the butter side.

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In case you hadn't noticed, the massive weight of interest has now almost completely shifted from Microsoft Windows Vista to the largely vaporware Windows 7.

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Wired's annual Vaporware Awards went up yesterday, and because this is the Internet quite a few of the slots went to videogames. But we're not nearly done yet. Perennial winner Duke Nukem Forever got a new teaser trailer just in time for its nth first-place victory.

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It's taken longer to develop than the mapping of the human genome. It's the first Google result for "When it's done." It's birthed the longest running development period in video game history, and the longest running joke in internet history. It's still not out.

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Prepare to hail to the king, baby. George Broussard of 3D Realms has confirmed on his company's official forums that a teaser trailer for the long (long, long) awaited Duke Nukem Forever will be released tomorrow around noon Central time.

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Editor's note: Most of the text below was written from a wireless connection on Blizzard's WWI show floor, where StarCraft 2 was announced. As the event continues there'll be fragmented updates below. Expect more details throughout the weekend. Also, expect typos.

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Pull back the red curtain and dim the lights. It's the 9th annual presentation of the Wired News Vaporware Awards, our ode to the year's top technology products promised, hyped and scheduled, but not delivered.

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Microsoft introduced a new product vision called Cairo in 1991; it ended up disrupting development and marginalizing competition throughout the next decade. The tactic worked so well that Microsoft repeated it in the following decade as Longhorn.

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If anyone is still wondering why Apple does not encourage its internal developers to maintain blogs, here's a good example of how the good intentions behind sharing information can result in unpleasant, unintended consequences.

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Microsoft Corp. today confirmed that Windows Vista, the next generation of the Windows client operating system, is on target to go into broad consumer beta to approximately 2 million users in the second quarter of 2006.

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2005's Top 10 list of Vaporware products as voted on by users. It's an interesting list, but I disagree with Google's beta products...let's face it, those aren't really in a real beta. I also think they are quick to judge some products as vaporware (HD-DVD/Blu-Ray discs).

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Despite the years of lawsuits, vaporware, and executive departures, Infinium Labs keeps coming up with more money. Gamasutra.com is reporting that the maker of the theoretical Phantom Game Service has secured a 5 million dollar funding commitment from Golden Gate Investors.

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