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Gates and Ballmer Show off Windows 7

Although short on details, an early demonstration of Windows 7 showed multi-touch features that closely resembled the iPhone's.

Via OpenBook Brings 3G Web, Bigger Screen

Via's second crack at a mini notebook looks significantly more promising than its first, with a handful of features that haven't yet appeared on Asus' class-leading Eee.

Yahoo Aims to Hunt Down Lottery Spammers

Twenty five con artists who used a fictional "Yahoo Lottery" to extract personal information and money from victims could be facing legal repercussions, if Yahoo ever finds them.

Adobe Slips Out Three Creative Suite Betas

The latest versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth are all available for testing, but you'll have to act fast to finish up that Web page in the 48-hour testing period.

The $10 Cell Phone

The Hop1800 does away with almost every single modern cell phone feature to simply make calls, and manages to hit an absurdly low price as a result.

Pentax Optio W60 Swims with the Fishes

Pentax's newest waterproof cam offers a respectable blend of toughness and size, without sacrificing camera specs, either.

Guitar Hero World Tour to Add Drums, Voice

Looking suspiciously similar to Rock Band, the next Guitar Hero title will give players a full band experience along with many new gameplay options.

Rescue Charger Ressurects Dead Phones

Iogear's latest GearJuice model, the Rescue Charger, fits in a pocket and uses a single AA battery to give phones and other devices one last gasp in an emergency.

Sony Bundles up Metal-Blue PSP for Madden

Madden 09 will get its own PSP bundle, including a metallic blue PSP, when it's released late this summer.

Logitech Speakers Blast Music, Conversation

Logitech's new Pure-Fi portable wireless speaker system lets owners crank up their music and personal phone conversations anywhere, to questionable effect.

LG Shows Off Flexible OLED Prototype

LG Display and its U.S. partner Universal Display Corporation have cooked up improved flexible OLED screens for this year's SID exhibition, demonstrating rapid advances in the technology.

Napster Offers 6 Million DRM-Free MP3s

The music service's massive new DRM-free catalog puts it leagues ahead of both AmazonMP3 and iTunes, the former leaders in DRM-free music.

JVC Offers Full-Featured YouTube Camcorder

The GZ-MS100 strips the hard drive out of JVC's higher end G-Series camcorders, and adds features that cater you YouTubers.

Navteq Updates Its Traffic Database

The data provider that powers Yahoo Maps, MapQuest and countless GPS devices has further sharpened its traffic database to provide better drive-time estimates.

Conceiving Fun: Where Game Ideas Come From

Players Only looks at the conception of video games to find out where the crazy ideas that make the best games actually come from.

Asus Eee 901 Gets Bluetooth, Atom Processor

The next generation of the Eee will get a range of updates to set it apart from competitors, but unfortunately, price will follow suit.

EU Chafes at Google Street View

The European Union's Data Protection Supervisor sees potential legal concerns with bringing Street View there, and has warned Google to act accordingly.

Sony Reveals This Year’s PlayStation Lineup

Sony gave PlayStation 3 and PSP owners a view all the way into early 2009, with a list of more than 15 titles on the brink of release.

Aliph Refines its Signature Jawbone Headset

The "new Jawbone" sports a more compact form factor and noise reduction algorithms that Aliph claims boost voice quality 10 times over competing headsets.

Adobe Unveils Flash Player 10 Beta

Flash 10 brings native 3D effects, video streaming, and text layout options to the table, along with other developer-centric additions.

Ikea Furniture for Your Sims to Cost $19.99

Perfecting the art of product placement as Hollywood can only dream of, EA will release an entire Sims 2 expansion pack devoted to Ikea furniture.

The Sims Get Medieval with MySims Kingdom

Players will be able to do everything from tending pigs to populating the town zoo in the latest MySims title.

Sony Commits to Real-Life Currency in Games

No longer sheepish about allowing players to buy their way to success in online games, Sony has announced that two of its new titles will support real-money transactions.

Canon Brings its Bucket Printer Stateside

The rather odd CP770 and its smaller twin, the CP760, are headed to the United States from Europe.

HBO Brings a la Carte Programming to iTunes

The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire and more are now available on an episode-by-episode basis through iTunes.

Creative Flips Out Vado Compact Camcorder

With a larger screen, internal rechargeable battery, and lower price, the Creative Vado may just outflip the Flip.

Nintendo Launches WiiWare with Six Games

Nintendo's new channel for online game distribution should allow smaller developers to get their titles into players hands without big-time distributors.

Google Friend Connect Harnesses OpenSocial

Google's attempt at social networking will allow all sites to add social networking easily, and tie together disparate social networks like MySpace and Facebook with OpenSocial and other standards.

DrEats.com Serves Library of Digital Menus

Removing the city-centric approach to other menu-listing sites, Dr. Eats offers 20,000 menus from across the United States.

Law Would Enforce ESRB Game Ratings

The newly introduced Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act would create $5,000 fines for retailers who failed to check ID with M- and AO-rated video game sales.

WWTelescope Headed for Late May Launch

Microsoft's Google Sky competitor, dubbed WorldWide Telescope, is almost ready for release, according to Bill Gates.

MWg Raises Its Profile with Zinc II, Atom V

The start-up from Singapore may not be a household name just yet, but its generously equipped new smart phones may help change that if the price doesn't hold them down.

Media Alchemists Perfect Convergence Games

In this week's Players Only, Scott Steinberg explains why video games based on movies, music, comic books and other media are finally getting better, and earning respect.

DuPont Takes a Crack at Large-Scale OLEDs

DuPont and a Japanese manufacturer have been working together for the last three years to develop technology they now hope will open the door to cheaper, larger OLED screens.

TorrentSpy Slapped with $111 Million Fine

The MPAA's case against the infamous BitTorrent search engine has finally wrapped up, leaving the site with a $111 million fine and perhaps, empty pockets.

Samsung Glydes out 3G Touch Screen Slider

Samsung's new Glyde for Verizon features an external touch screen with slide-out QWERTY keyboard, along with a high-res camera and GPS.

GTA IV Shatters Records As Expected

With $500 million in first-week sales, GTA IV has trampled every previous record in games, movies, and music, on the dollar level.

Sprint Partners with Clearwire on WiMax

Both companies will combine to form a new company, also dubbed Clearwire, that will roll out WiMax nationwide.