Windows 7 RC details came first, then we had Motorola CEO stating that Windows Mobile 7 will not be ready until 2010. And now we have Mary-Jo Foley predicting the possible Windows Mobile roadmap. Even... More...

Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7. However, customers need to do a clean installation of Windows... More...

Google is apparently close to unveiling its phone platform within the next two weeks, but still has the considerable hurdle of convincing carriers to sign over some of the control of the phone itself. While... More...

A drop in reputation scores for hundreds of prominent Web sites this week has bloggers buzzing that Google has tweaked its PageRank algorithm. Although Google hasn't admitted to tweaking PR (PageRank), which appears in the... More...

After the RIAA finished sending out a new batch of 503 "pre-litigation letters" to 58 different universities around the USA, offering to let students settle copyright infringement claims "at a discounted rate" before those claims... More...

HTC Corporation has announced the global launch of the HTC Touch: a mobile phone that makes use of touch screen navigation and Windows Mobile 6 Professional. HTC says that its Touch phone represents extensive research... More...

Microsoft is looking for people committed and interested in beta testing a future version of Windows Media Center. Microsoft will select beta testers by May 31, 2007 based on answers to a 64-question survey. ... More...

Is the Gphone really in the works? A recent job opening posted on Google Jobs seems to confirm the U.S. search-engine giant is researching and considering a mobile device: "Google is experimenting with a few... More...

European Union antitrust regulators last week confirmed that Microsoft had met the Thanksgiving Day deadline for submitting revisions to the technical documentation the American developer was ordered to produce by a March 2004 ruling. The... More...

First off, a big thanks to Phillip Colmer for sending this tip our way. This is an ad on YouTube, although it does not directly point at the Zune it does give hints towards it... More...

*Thanks to Roadwarrior for the heads up!!!* In a recent Apple WWDC email advertisement, Apple apparently lets on that John Penn II, Senior/Lead Computer Scientist for Adobe Photoshop, is going to be a highlight of... More...

Earlier today, a Digg member, SimonGP, reported seeing a supposed link to an "iMac 30" on the Belgium Apple's hardware support page. The link was supposedly quickly taken down by Apple, but not before... More...

Issues with mass production of Blu-ray drives could be to blame if spring system launch is pushed back to fall. In recent weeks, speculation that Sony would not make its previously announced... More...

Earlier today, images of a supposed full video dedicated iPod were leaked and have spread on forums and Mac rumor sites everywhere. Though this has yet to be confirmed or proven a fake, the... More...

Thanks to OrangeSoul for the heads up in BPN. Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We... More...

Radio-frequency identification technology from VeriChip Corp., a provider of security and identification technology, prevented the abduction of a baby late last week from the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. VeriChip's "Hugs" Infant Protection... More...

Microsoft may try to strike a deal with Japan's Sony in an effort to compete with Apple in the digital music arena, the Wall Street Journal repors. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told the newspaper in... More...

Speaking during the recent European Games Network trade show in London, Bioware joint CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka revealed that forthcoming Xbox title Jade Empire is intended as the first game in a new franchise. ... More...

Thanks to neostyle who gave me the heads up in BPN about this news. Microsoft has posted a list of programs with possible issues in Service Pack 2. This is not a... More...

After reporting a $25.4 million loss in its last quarter, the troubled publisher reveals it must find new financing by August. Today, Acclaim released its earnings for the financial year ending March 31,... More...

Patriot Scientific, a semiconductor designer with about eight employees, sent letters to 150 companies alleging that they might be infringing one of Patriot's patents. The San Diego-based company, which is already involved... More...

Microsoft is investigating a potential security issue with Exchange Server 2003, which would be the first since the e-mail server was launched last month. The potential flaw lies in the Outlook Web Access... More...

A number of reports are claiming that Activision, in a recent Earnings Call conference, has announced that another title in the Jedi Knight first-person shooter series is in the pipeline. The as-yet-unnamed game is apparently... More...

Toshiba is cooperating with Sony and IBM on a chip that might be used in the PlayStation 3. Production of "Cell", the name the chip bears, will begin as early as 2004. It is capable... More...

Thanks Josh for this one. "It was bound to happen, and it did. As I suspected in my previous column, video games have been brought up as a possible "motive" for sniper suspects... More...

Sales of chips have given a strong indication that things could be looking up for semiconductor businesses. In August there was a 14% increase in sales on the previous year as they totalled $11.9bn. ... More...

Music sharing operation KaZaA has responded to a Dutch court's order to cease infringing copyright by stating that it is impossible for it to do so. The company was yesterday given two... More...