MS Touch Pack for Win 7 released for download

Microsoft announced the Windows 7 Touch Pack back in May 2009 but originally it was meant for OEMs only. Today the company released the Touch Pack download for the masses. Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc confirmed the release in a company blog posting. LeBlanc said that Microsoft tookRead more »

Blizzard kicked over 320,000 hackers

Blizzard posted an official annoucement on their forums that they have kicked over 320,000 accounts from Battle.net they found were violating the terms of service. We’ve recently banned over 320,000 Warcraft III and Diablo II accounts that were found to be violating the Battle.net

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YouTube rolls out rental service

YouTube has quietly rolled out a rentals service that offers both movies and tv shows. Costing between $.99 and $3.99 for 48 hours, the fee is paid with Google Checkout. By entering the 'pay for rental' market, Google is now in competitions with Netflix, Apple (iTunes) and Microsoft..
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White House spokesman: Twitter an 'amazing tool'

Washington – President Barack Obama's spokesman says the Internet's Twitter site is an "amazing tool" and a "fabulous medium." For me it is amazing after the Issue of  25 year old Frenchman successfully hacked into President Obama and Britney Spears' Twitter accounts.
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Gmail gets two new features

On The Official Gmail Blog, Google has posted two new features that have been added to their popular Gmail webmail service. These are fully functional, hard coded features, baked right into Gmail. The new features are drag and drop attachments, and insert calendar invitation.
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iPhone OS 4.0 event announced for April 8

A mere two days after the release of the iPad, Apple has already announced a preview of the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 which will be shown at an event on April 8th at 10AM PT. While details of the OS are non-existent right now, previous reports have hinted

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Sony: No to 3D games

Footage shown of 3D gaming on titles such as Gran Turismo 5 in the latest episode of Qore, a subscription show on PlayStation Network, are not confirmation of 3D support being added to these games, according to a clarification issued by Sony

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Apple releases iTunes 9.1

Just in time for the launch of the company's new product, the iPad, Apple has launched version 9.1 of its media management software

, iTunes. Earlier, it had been rumored that the Audiobooks category would be scrapped in favor of a new 'Books' section  and it seems that those murmurs held true.

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Acer launches four laptops

Headlining the event was the firm's Timeline X machine, which seems like a jack of all trades coming in three SKUs with screen sizes varying from 13.3-inch up to 15.6-inch. Acer also confirmed that an 11-inch version will show up eventually.
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Sony kill PlayStation 3 Linux support

Sony has announced that it is going to remove the PlayStation 3's "OtherOS" feature in the console's next firmware update on 1st April. Anyone wanting to keep OtherOS can opt not to install the update but will lose access to PSN and therefore, online gaming.

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