A sad moment and one I tried to stop. Origamiproject.com, along with all our links, tips and content, is gone forever.

I had a number of emails with people at Microsoft to try and get the content moved somewhere else but it seems that they simply wanted to remove it from their portfolio. Spam management won’t have helped the situation but I’m wondering if they wanted to remove it from their history too.

Along with UMPC.com (which Intel let lapse into a spam-fest and then into the hands of someone that’s obviously waiting for a re-sale; We tried to secure that domain too!) it was an important part of the online history of the UMPC that has faded away along with many of the other blogs that were around in 2006.

Another UMPC-related site that is closing its doors to consumers is BuildYourUMPC.com. These guys were very active in promoting the UMPC in the early days and I remember the effort they put into a good set of overview videos. We heard today that BuildYourUMPC will be focusing on commercial projects in the near future and that the current site will be switched off soon. They have some stock left though so check it for bargains.

It’s a sad day for UMPC’s but the future is looking better. This month has been one of the best months in a long long time for UMPCPortal. More products, more buzz, more advertisers and more enquiries than ever before so we have no problem with carrying the flag. We can see the light, people!