The Pirate Bay Trial Update: Judge Was Not Biased, TPB to Sue Sweden
After a verdict in The Pirate Bay (TPB) trial was handed, stating that each of the 4 defendants have to pay a hefty fine and spend 1 year behind bars, it came to light that Judge Tomas Norström might have been biased. And we had very good reason to believe him to be biased because he...

Preparing for the Windows Live Messenger Anniversary: Interesting Stories, Facts, Emoticons
Less than a month from now, on the 22nd of July to be more precise, Windows Live Messenger will celebrate its 10th anniversary. The team behind Microsoft’s IM client has already announced that with this joyous occasion, all it cares about is hearing from...

Microsoft Hohm: Be Eco Friendly by Understanding Energy Usage
Cutting back on the energy you use in your day-to-day life is good for your budget and is especially good for the environment as less CO2 is freed into the atmosphere. In a move that to me brings back memories of Google PowerMeter, Microsoft has announced Hohm...

Microsoft Pushes Windows Updates without User Permission
One of the things I always preach when it comes to security, is keeping your operating system and the software running on it up-to-date. In Windows XP and Windows Vista, you can set your OS to update itself automatically, update only after asking you, and never...

Win a Zune, Test Drive MAP 4.0 Beta
Microsoft has recently released Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) 4.0 Beta to customers and partners as a means to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in their IT environment and thus better prepare to...

Discover Shiretoko, Download Firefox 3.5 RC3
The Mozilla Foundation has rolled out a third version of the next iteration of its web browser, Firefox 3.5 codename Shiretoko. And speaking of the browser’s codename, Mozilla Japan has pulled the covers off the Discover Shiretoko campaign...

Linux Mint 7 x64 Final Available for Download
Linux Mint 7 for 64-bit processor machines, the final and stable version has finally been released and is available for download to users from all over the world that want to make good use of a feature-rich, open-source operating system...

Windows 7 Upgrade Option Web Page: Come Back Tomorrow
Official word from Microsoft so far is that it will allow customers to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, but the Redmond-based company has yet to provide any clear details into how its Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program will work and when it will kick off. To add fuel to our curiosity...

Facebook Launches Privacy Enhanced Publisher in Beta
Social networking site Facebook has announced the release of an improved Beta version of Publisher, the feature that lets you share links, photos, videos, notes with other Facebook users. The...

Approaching Opera 10 Final, Desktop Team Announces
At the start of the month the development team behind Opera 10 released the first Beta version of the browser, marking the move out of Alpha and closer to a final, stable version of Opera 10. The Opera team has now come out to announce...

Twitter Used to Serve The Pirate Bay, Fix Microsoft Outlook 2010
BREIN is the local anti-piracy organization that has made a reputation by getting torrent sites to move their content hosting to other countries, or by getting them to shut down altogether. BREIN is the outfit that is currently suing Netherlands-based torrent tracker...

Digsby Beta Update Reduces CPU Usage, Adds Other New Features
The development team behind Digsby, the multiprotocol instant messaging application that comes with support for popular IM clients such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, and Facebook Chat, has announced the release of Digsby Build 60. This...

Boxee Alpha for Windows Now, Boxee Beta This Autumn
The development team behind Boxee, the cross-platform, open-source media center with social networking features, has finally announced the release of a public Alpha version for Windows. Boxee for Windows...

Mozilla Service Week: Here's How You Can Play Your Part
Last week the Mozilla Foundation announced to the world that it plans to launch its first ever Service Week (September 14-21, 2009) which asks the Mozilla community to use the web in an attempt to better their community. If you want to get a head start on...

Apple Releases Firmware Update for Time Capsule and Airport Base Station
The firmware updates keep on coming from the Cupertino-based software developer; this time Apple has released a firmware update for Time Capsule and Airport Base Station to address several bugs affecting the software...

Windows 7 Packaging: Simple and Environmentally Friendly
We knew about this since early May, when the first Windows 7 retail box images were leaked online, and then again from early June when they made an appearance on the official Microsoft Store web page, but the Redmond-based software giant has just now acknowledged...

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