TechByter Worldwide 2009.08.30: Windows 7: Right Operating System, Wrong Price; How About Another Media Player for Your Computer? Say Goodbye to Spam from Web Forms; Short Circuits.

Windows 7 will be avaialable in less than 2 months. Microsoft still has pricing and packaging wrong, but the operating system will be worth the upgrade, particularly if you're running Vista. We'll take a look at the free VLC media player, which is hard to beat for viewing video. I'll explain how I've squished spam from Web forms. And in Short Circuits, reports from correspondents, stolen copies of Snow Leopard, and "free" computers for governors.