Windows 7 officially will be released to the public on Thursday, and judging by our poll, most CNET readers have already decided to upgrade. For those who haven’t, or for those who want a bit …

500GB Per Platter Available At 7,200 RPM
The hard drive industry’s next major node is the prized 2TB capacity point for 7,200 RPM models. Samsung sent us the first ambassador of such upcoming drives, and WD …

Earlier this month we saw the launch of a new Mercedes-Benz application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch called Silver Star, which is essentially a program outlining the automaker’s Museum highlights back in Germany. …

The first Windows Mobile phone with a capacitive screen
By Gareth Beavis

HTC has shown off its latest phone, the HD2, and it’s a groundbreaker for a number of reasons.
Firstly, it’s got a pretty massive screen (among …

ABC
The Federal Court has heard almost 100,000 illegal downloads of video and music files were detected during a 59-week investigation of the internet service provider iiNet.
A group of 34 film, television and music companies is …

AAP

Microsoft has blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online.
Cyber-crooks evidently used “phishing” tactics to dupe users of Microsoft’s free web-based email service into revealing …

AMD unveiled its next-gen GPU, and secretive networked gaming company OTOY used it to power a demo of Crysis running on an iPhone. Believe it or not, it really worked.
By Jon Stokes

AMD unveiled its next-generation …

A Microsoft Software Engineer has posted the results of tests the company performed to the upgrade time of Windows 7. Worst case scenario is that it will take a bit over 20 hours. But a …

The iPod touch may be nearly the same on the outside, but inside, it still got a few updates from Apple. The 32GB iPod touch now sports hardware to support 802.11n and even leaves room …

Seven Zune HD videos were posted early and one of them shows a glipse of the device running a 3D racing game.
By Emil Protalinski

The Zune HD release is two days away, and yet there are …

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Web TV firm Joost, owned by the founders of Skype, removed its high-profile chairman Mike Volpi by shareholder vote, it said in a statement late on Friday.
Volpi, who continued as Joost chairman …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorola Inc shares rose 6.5 percent on Friday on hopes the company could turn around its loss-making handset business with the new cellphone it developed with Google Inc.
The market’s initial response …

AAP
Twitter, the micro-blogging platform which has attracted tens of millions of users but has yet to make money, has changed its terms to potentially open up the free service to advertisers.
“In the Terms, we leave …

Reuters

* Thin-looking Jobs takes stage for first time since leave
* Unveils new iPods including nano with video camera
* Cuts prices on some iPods
By Gabriel Madway and Sinead Carew
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A gaunt-looking Steve Jobs …

ABC

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the majority of cyber crime committed in Australia is driven by organised crime gangs in Russia.
AFP Commander Neil Gaughan has told a parliamentary inquiry it is hard to estimate …

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By Jesus Diaz

This weird thing is a 1.2kW electric motor powered, carbon fiber foldable bike called the YikeBike. It’s real, unfolds in 15 seconds, and aims to solve the eternal problem of urban mobility, and …

One of the iPhone’s main selling points is its ability to play music. But we don’t always want to listen to music from our iTunes libraries, do we? Here are five ways to listen to …

Internet Explorer 8 has been released via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for all supported versions of Windows.
By Emil Protalinski

Microsoft has started pushing out Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) as an …

Microsoft has unveiled the pricing of the Windows 7 Family Pack in eight European countries and confirmed that it would be available on October 22, 2009.
By Emil Protalinski

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 7 Family …