Not even a month ago, we reported laptops equipped with an HD-DVD drive would hit $1,000 or under and it’s happened but to the chagrin of other companies, the laptop is offered by Acer.

The Mac user community raises hell every time someone even thinks a nasty or negative thought about a single Apple product, so lets see what kind of reaction this statement will elicit: the normal Apple MacBook is Apple’s mediocre product designed to hook new users on the Apple “experience” so they will later buy a machine that encapsulates both the experience and Apple design quality.

Zinio, a digital publishing company for magazines and books, announced a new service, which will allow Mobile OSX users to read a variety of free magazines on their iPod Touch and iPhone units.

If you were a software giant looking to expand your reaches to the furthest corners of the earth, where would be the best place to plant your resources? Apparently Microsoft has voted Siberia the ideal location for a new data center.

A year in and Nintendo is still having problems meeting demand for its popular console.  After Amazon received a shipment of 1400 Wiis, the units sold out in just 10 minutes.  There is also a limit on how many Wiis one can purchase from Amazon.

If Skype was a celebrity, it would be the tech equivalent of Britney Spears, minus the hit album. What with eBay’s declaration that it ‘paid too much’ for the VOIP solution and the bizarre decisions that Skype’s made in the past few months, not to mention the disappointment that is Skype’s latest version, drama on the horizon is as predictable as Kevin Federline obtaining custody.

If you’re a Google Checkout user or you’ve been thinking about diving into Google’s PayPal alternative, I have good news for you. Google is offering fequent flier miles and generous discounts for using the company’s service, although the offer only lasts until December 31.

America’s youth are an untapped source of political strength; what better way to muster the young troops than to hit them at their source? Facebook and ABC have teamed up to harness the potent young adult voting demographic for the upcoming presidential elections.

While Myspace has been playing its role to curb the threat of Facebook, Web traffic statistics now show Facebook has finally overtaken Myspace in daily page views and reach.

The Alexa’s new traffic statistics has made Facebook the sixth most viewed website worldwide, the spot previously held by Myspace.

There have been rumours abound for the past week about the possibility of a new service pack coming for Windows XP, and now Microsoft has confirmed that beta testing is underway for a release early next year. There are also claims already emerging of the possible speed and performance boost that SP3 will provide for those of us sticking with XP.

I know reviews about the Asus EeePC have been cropping up all over the place but most of them revolve around the base install of Linux but we’ve got something different for you.  When I received my Asus EeePC the first thing I did was replace the distro of Xandros with Windows XP.  How does the Asus EeePC handle Windows XP, read on to find out.

Since the Apple iPhone went on sale on November 9, it has sold surprisingly well, despite reservations over it’s limitations, and forcing buyers to choose 02 as their service provider. However, a big problem has emerged with some users complaining of terrible reception. The only question is: Are Apple or 02 to blame for this?

I’m sure there are several utilities out there that allow you to batch rename files but how many of them look similar to iTunes or have that “just so” functionality that iTunes users enjoy.  Look no further than TvTaggr.

You finally decided to jump on the Vista bandwagon and after a few weeks or months using it, your PC has become slow and unresponsive to the point that you are about ready to trash it and buy a new one.  Wait, don’t do it, let Iobit come to the rescue with Advanced Windows Care.

It’s been said that you need a “super computer” to run Vista and now that some new information has come to light, that may not be too far from the truth.