Let’s try an exercise in restraint: put down the fanboy flamethrowers for long enough to take a constructive look at one of the most significant issues in the console battle — price. You’ve got PS3s coming in at different prices, 3 completely different 360 setups at varying price points; at which price point are you getting the best product available?

Armed robots called MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) and hi-tech soldier gear called "Land Warrior" are being used in Iraq and Afghanistan in an effort to decrease the allied casualties and increase allied effectiveness.

Google is taking a step deeper into Microsoft’s turf by designing web applications that are functional in the offline world. Though with this initial launch, only the word processor in Google Docs will work offline, more is sure to follow.

The new Playstation Network Store will ditch the slow PS3 browser for a sleeker, faster user-interface, says Sony.

In the latest case of pointless legal battles, T-Mobile hand delivered a letter to a popular tech site focused around mobile gadgets. The letter asks the site to site to stop using the color magenta because — as explained with too many sentences in the letter — it belongs to T-Mobile.

It doesn’t come as any surprise that the telco you love to hate is going to extremes in order to add channels to its line-up.  Comcast has decided that three HD channels can fit in the bandwidth previously allocated for two.  The image quality which used to be perfect HD is now full of static and noise.

There are already enough individual users unhappy with Vista but so is the corporate world.  It’s now looking like that Windows XP may have been Microsoft’s final good push before completely going down the tubes; so to speak.  More corporate users are happy with Mac OSX Leopard than they are with Vista.

Adobe’s been busy lately - not only launching Adobe Photoshop Express but announcing its joining the Linux Foundation. Another surprise: Adobe AIR for Linux.

The crackdown on illegal file sharers in the UK which has been rumoured for months is soon going to begin in earnest, with Virgin Media the first ISP to trial the “three strikes and you’re out” regime.

Apple recently released an update for Apple TV which is Apple TV 2.0.1. The first change I noticed, after downloading the update was the option to remove podcasts from your favorites that aren’t available.

A few of the issues addressed in this update are…

A popular tech site discovered the iPhone 2.0 firmware recently seeded to developers includes a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app, but this plugin may not give us the in-browser YouTube support many have been waiting for.

The problem with game ratings set up for all games/systems/consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) is not that the package is clearly labeled by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) as to who and who can’t purchase a game but that it is up to the retailer to enforce them.  Most retailers like Best Buy, Gamespot and similar are only concerned with one thing; making a sale which breaks the whole system.

Those crazy Japanese are at it again.  Microsoft’s subsidiary in Japan decided to release a copy of Vista Home Premium bundled with Windows Live OneCare but with a twist; it comes in a nice pretty pink box ala Hello Kitty.

HD DVD is long dead, but we shouldn’t assume that means Blu-ray is the ultimate winner. In fact, it could already be nearing its end, being beaten by a combination of DVDs and digital downloads.

Ethical hackers - a term that seems like an oxymoron of sorts. A self-styled group of them have a mission to work against those who would seek to hide security flaws with spin.