Sony has announced that it will launch a video-sharing site in Japan as part of its “quiet software revolution”.

Faster, more reliable, and more durable notebooks is what Dell is promising, with the announcment that it is offering a 1.8-inch SanDisk 32GB solid state drive (SSD) on Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG semi-rugged notebooks.

When Sony released it’s very first digital audio portable players (DAP) the only supported format was ATRAC and then ATRAC3, after miserable sales, Sony finally decided to support MP3 but that was many years too late. ATRAC3 is a superior audio format, allowing for lower bit-rates but still maintaining the same audio quality of higher bit-rate MP3 files.

A simple Google search may not always return peaches n’ cream; in fact, even clicking one of Google’s own sponsored ads may result in malicious code being installed on your machine and stolen e-mail and bank account passwords, according to a recent heads up on the Exploit Prevention Labs Blog.

The Acer America Corporation and US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have announced a voluntary recall of approximately 27,000 notebook computer batteries. Those batteries eligible for the free replacement program are the rechargeable lithium ion batteries containing battery cells manufactured by Sony Energy Devices Corporation.

The era of traditional games is on its way out the door: what’s hot are all the games you can barely escape your pride to play, like Wii bowling, or Guitar Hero. Are the classic games dead?

Users of Wi-Fi access points in cafes, airports and other public venues have been warned that “Evil Twin” attacks are on the rise by the president of the UK branch of the Information Systems Security Association, Phil Cracknell.

Sony today announced it will be releasing an application update for the Folding@home program on the Playstation 3; arriving tomorrow, this update will significantly improve folding performance beyond the PS3’s current capability.

Microsoft announced that the company has submitted a response to the EC’s Statement of Objections (SO) regarding the pricing of the Workgroup Server Protocol Program, which would allow rival makers of workgroup servers to make their product work smoothly with Windows.

MySpace has annouced the beta launch of “MySpace en Español“, a new Spanish-language version of MySpace for US-based Hispanics.  MySpace also revealed a new pan-regional site in Spanish for Latin American residents, as well as further development plans for localized communities in Mexico and Brazil.

Google has a launched a new service, Google Web History that makes it easy for Google users to view and search previously visited web pages.

MySpace users can again post Photobucket videos and slideshows on their profiles, with the head of Photobucket, Alex Welsh, promising to respect MySpace’s terms of service in the future. 

Apple’s iTunes may be faced with some competition in the coming months as Amazon.com plans to launch a similar online music store in May, and is aiming to achieve a DRM-free music catalog, according to Billboard.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has filed a lawsuit for a second time in a month against rival PC manufacturer, Acer, as the battle for global market share in the PC industry continues to heat up.

The chairman of the UK Health Protection Agency, Sir William Stewart, is calling for an investigation into the health affects of WiFi networks in schools, amid fears that WiFi may cause cancer and early senility.

I have a dream: a dream that one day the internet will be considered as important and reliable a source of news as print or television media venues. We are close to seeing that dream come to fruition as some debates for the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential election are slated to be held exclusively on websites including Slate, Yahoo, and The Huffington Post.

Samsung Electronics today announced its development of the first all-DRAM stacked memory, which will soon result in memory packages that are faster, smaller, and energy efficient.