eWEEK Newsbreak Oct 28 2010

Ray Ozzie, the outgoing Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, released a goodbye memo in the form of a blog post this week. In the nearly three-page post, Ozzie looks back at his past five years at Microsoft, and both praises and criticizes the progress the company has made. We have all of the juicy details; MySpace is getting a make-over, and we give you a sneak peek at the site’s new features; Barnes and Noble is releasing an e-reader, named the Nook Color. The device will be launching November 19. We have all the details and product specs; Apple has twice delayed the release of the white iPhone 4 and according to a new report, Apple fans who have been holding out for the white smartphone will have to keep waiting until Spring 2011; Yahoo mail is getting its biggest redesign since 2005 to make it a message hub for its 279 million users. At the center of the revamp is a plan to make communication systems much more compatible with social media such as Facebook and Twitter; Apple has released two new versions of its Mac Book Air laptops and lowered the price tag for the devices. eWEEK Labs editors recently reviewed the new devices. We’ll let you in on what they said.