Google launches internet browser - chrome

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox.

The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.

Called Chrome, it will launch as a beta for Windows machines in 100 countries, with Mac and Linux versions to come. Read the story »

PayPal users lose their money

PAYPAL Australia has been accused of reneging on a public commitment to repay all customers affected by the collapse of a major eBay seller.

Thousands of people were caught when EBS International, which traded on eBay as Ebusiness Supplies, went into liquidation in late July. Read the story »

Warez software pirate sentenced to probation

U.S. federal authorities sentenced a prolific illegal trader of software to three years of probation on Thursday, according to the Department of Justice.

Robert Hardick of Gretzville, New York, could have faced up to five years in prison had he gone to trial. Instead, he agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in exchange for a lighter sentence.

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Toshiba Satellite Pro U400-S1001X Review

Choosing a suitable laptop with which to outfit a small business is an important decision if you’re an entrepreneur. If enterprise laptops are way over your budget and consumer laptops are not professional enough, a small-business laptop like the Toshiba Satellite Pro U400-S1001X is a viable, in-between selection. Exceptional qualities such as a bloatware-free configuration and a $1,049 (direct) price point could lower your operating costs down the road.

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Nokia E71 Review

So there’s this phone called the Nokia E71. It magically showed up on our doorstep yesterday (shout out to FedEx Sameday!) and was begging for us to review it. Well, we’re not going to disappoint you. In fact, there will be no disappointment at all as you’ll see in our review. The Nokia E71 has officially entered the ring, and it’s coming out fighting. Spoiler Alert: we love this phone. Full review is after the break!

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Del

New offers from Del

Boasting a new PhysX card and plenty of other perks for gamers, Dell’s latest rig is fast, fun, and ready for the next generation of eye candy.

Dell goes full-throttle with its latest XPS notebook, the M1730, which packs an Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 processor, dual Nvidia graphics processors in an SLI configuration, and Ageia’s PhysX controller, which theoretically makes games look more realistic than before. Although the whole experience is still a work in progress, at $3,824, the XPS M1730 is ready for whatever you can throw at it, and then some. Read the story »