The ACSI study for the second quarter of this year indicates an increasing frustration of users with Windows Vista. Users mostly complain about poor usability, compatibility problems, slower performance compared to Windows XP and substantial hardware requirements. The dissatisfaction with Vista also affected most major Windows-PC vendors. Apple continues to improve its reputation while Google and Yahoo lead the e-business satisfaction index.

GraphOn, a software company that offers remote application access software, said it has filed a patent infringement suit against Google. If GraphOn is right, the Google’s Google Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites and YouTube services could be colliding with four patents, forcing the search giant to pay GraphOn damages as well as license fees for past and future usage. 

Application development for Google’s Android cellphone platform is entering a more serious stage as the company releases version 0.9 beta to its developer community. Scheduled for a September or October release, the final version appears to be on scheduled and perfectly aligned with HTC Dream smartphone, which also made a first showing yesterday. Android carries the hopes to become an iPhone like platform that is not tied to just one company, but we already know that the platform will not be complete when it launches and lack key features – such as Bluetooth.

A new service offered by Google enables publishers to inject contextual text or image ads into individual feeds distributed by FeedBurner, the world's largest RSS distribution service that was acquired by Google more than two years ago. Content creators will certainly welcome this new revenue source, but RSS subscribers have to realize that the era of ad-free feeds is coming to an end.

Apple’s iPhone will see its first serious competitor soon: T-Mobile preps HTC "Dream" for an October release and is expected to launch its own application store alongside the handset. However, the Dream faces an uphill battle, since first reports claim that the device lacks Apple's appealing design and, if we believe these sources, the operating system is not as elegantly integrated with the handset as Apple’s OS X-based OS with the iPhone.

Google's online translation service is one of the most valuable free translation tools available today. However, it did not work very well on mobile platforms until recently, forcing travelers to bring their pocket translators along. That scenario, however, could change with a Google Translate version that is optimized for the iPhone.