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Microsoft is introducing a new anti-malware service called Microsoft Security Essentials. Available free of charge for genuine Windows-based PCs.
Microsoft Security Essentials is designed to help protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software.
The product requires no registration, trials or renewals and is available for download via http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials .
Microsoft Security Essentials is [...]

Dell has announced the Latitude Z. The Z is a 16-inch ultra-thin “preppy” notebook with some firsts for the the industry.
The Latitude Z is the first laptop to offer wireless docking and “inductive charging.” It can be recharged without a power cord just by placing it in a special docking station
The Latitude Z also [...]

Reports indicated that Apple is supporting Intel in its development of Light Peak technology, a fibre optic interface offers speeds of up to 10Gbits/sec and could be used to replace various types of PC connector – USB, FireWire, display – with a single port.
Intel demonstrated a Windows 7 PC connected to a monitor that was [...]

Warner Music Group has signed a deal with Google owned video sharing service YouTube. This deal would now see content from Warner stable appearing on the YouTube service.
Green Day, U2, Madonna are some of the artists who are signed up with Warner Music Group. Music videos of these artists would soon be [...]

Acer has unveiled its 11-inch widescreen Ferrari One Netbook which is powered by an AMD Athlon X2 L310 dual-core processor.
The Ferrari One Netbook, which is based on AMD’s second-generation ultra-thin platform, is equipped with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive and will provide a 1,366 by 768 resolution in addition to Radeon HD [...]

WD introduced its smaller, smarter and more secure My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac ultra-portable external hard drives featuring WD’s new WD SmartWare software and equipped with hardware-based encryption. The new My Passport drives are more than 20 percent smaller than the previous generation My Passport.

The new My Passport Essential and My Passport [...]

Creative recently unveils their new speaker packages – Inspire T3130, the 5.1-channel T6160 and Gigaworks T3.
The Creative Inspire T6160 5.1 speakers. With classic styling and ease of use, this speaker system delivers immersive multi-channel surround sound – cutting-edge technology that is a hallmark of Creative’s renowned audio expertise. With a powerful subwoofer and five [...]

Intel has unveiled its new media processor designed to integrate internet access into digital television receivers, DVD players and set top boxes (STB).
The CE4100 processor, formerly codenamed “Sodaville,” is the first 45nm-manufactured consumer electronics (CE) SoC based on Intel architecture. It supports Internet and broadcast applications on one chip, and has the processing power and [...]

Twitter Inc. confirmed that the closely-held microblogging service has secured a new round of funding from investors including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price.
However, Twitter, in a posting on a company Web site, did not comment on the size of the funding round, which was reportedly $100 million. Reports also said the round valued [...]

Yahoo unveiled a new branding campaign centered around personalization and connecting directly with consumers.
The Web company’s new tagline is, “It’s Y!ou”. Yahoo wants to make the Web personal and it is emphasizing the various ways it does that through the Yahoo home page, search, and individual properties.
Over the next 15 months, Yahoo plans to [...]