Ever since Vista was released to the market many have said that it used too much memory and hard drive space.  Some of you may be familiar with nLite which was used to reduce the footprint of XP.  Now, vLite does the same thing for Vista.  It can be used to remove features and slipstream Vista with installed drivers and hotfixes to (another) disc.

It seems that the HD DVD camp is looking to Super Bowl XLII to help save the sinking ship that their format has become.

MIT just announced that it will offer a new class focused on building mobile applications for the Linux-based Google Android. The class is already full and is a small example of how students believe open source is making progress in the mobile industry.

Paul McGuinness, the manager and so called fifth member of Irish rock band U2, has called for people who download music illegally, to have their ISP connections severed, and be effectively banned from the Internet.

Until recently I thought Linux was just the domain of enthusiasts and cost-conscious corporates, who for whatever reason, wanted an alternative to Windows. I never thought Linux had a contribution to make to mainstream computing. However, after purchasing a ASUS EeePC, a Linux based subnotebook, I’ve realised that I was wrong, very wrong.

For those of you who aren’t fortunate enough to have experienced Target, the huge retailer is a favorite of many for being a vast upgrade to Walmart in quality and products. However, you bloggers should know that your favorite retailer isn’t too keen on you, as Target straight up refuses to speak with bloggers in a professional manner.

Google services are usually rock solid reliable, but earlier today some Gmail users lost service for a couple of hours. That begs the question, are we relying on Google too much?

As mobile phones continue their progress toward becoming a utility, companies are scrambling to compete in a marketplace threatened by open source initiatives like Google Android. Looking to broaden scope, Nokia is buying its way into the open source and Linux communities with a major acquisition.

There has been widespread debate and guessing games about when Microsoft would choose to release Windows 7. Rumours from a week ago suggested that 2009 release was being targeted, but now it seems 2011 is more than likely instead.

Wow, what a mess of a launch this has been over the last few days. The Qtrax site, which claimed to have signed all four major record labels are now backtracking, and the whole venture has been thrown in to turmoil.

Though many Apple computers’ graphical units are based on Radeon technology, a rumor is circulating that Nvidia, another well-respected graphical powerhouse, is working on a new GPU for Apple computers. Not only that, the new GPUs, or GPGPUs, will be able to function for both graphical purposes as well as lending a hand to the main CPU.

Apple may have just updated its AppleTV by lowering the price of both the 40GB and 160GB model.  By doing so, it has also forced companies that make competing products to lower their prices as well.  Specifically, the Vudu media box.  How does it stack up against the AppleTV feature wise?  Read on to find out!

The next update to Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard, number 10.5.2, is rumored to have support for World of Warcraft. Anyone who has ever gamed on a Mac knows that this is a big deal. World of Warcraft worked great for us running Tiger on an Emac with some updated hardware, but hasn’t worked well since upgrading to Leopard.

Information coming from a “reliable inside source” has said that Sony will replace the phased out 80GB PS3 with one containing a 120GB to 160GB hard drive.  The company will supposedly still offer two versions of the PS3 and keep the same pricing scheme.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the HD DVD vs Blu-ray is actually a global one, but the HD DVD supporters are painfully aware of it today.