While there are several reasons that people refrain from purchasing software, one of the biggest is the price.  Some just aren’t willing to spend money for expensive software like Windows or Office.

It’s been known that students are able to get decent discounts on software which makes the prices much more affordable.  When you think of student discounts, typically you think of college students. 

Did you know that there are

Sony has made the ultimate decision to discontinue the 20GB version of their Playstation 3 in North America.  While it was the cheaper model, consumers so far have shown that they prefer the 60GB model.

The price for the 20GB version was $500 which made it $100 cheaper than the larger version which also included Wi-Fi.  This really comes as no surprise because the 20GB model wasn’t selling very well in North America,

Apple iTunes which launched in 2003, has managed to turn themselves into an extremely successful media store.  Up until this point, Apple has always said that they would never consider turning to a subscription service.  Now rumor has it that they may be changing their tune.

Other music services on the web like Yahoo’s Music Unlimited have taken the subscription route, but yet none of these services have become too popular. Why

I just got done reading a pretty interesting article that aims to bust the myth of Macs only being secure because of their lower market share. The article focuses on Mac OS X being built off of BSD Unix, which inherently makes the OS more secure. Here is a quote from the article:

The key is the foundation of the OS. If the OS is designed on a shaky

Google continues to add new features to their map service, and the latest is a “3D” buildings feature which you can find in some of the major cities around the United States and Tokyo, Japan. It’s really more like 2.5D buildings as Google Earth Blog is calling it.

When you go to Google Maps, select a big city like San Francisco, Chicago, New York, etc., and then zoom in. I found that the “2.5D” looks best

Nintendo just announced that the Internet Channel browser (powered by Opera) has reached its final form. This browser is optimized for the Wii and contains several improvements over the last Beta release, including better search support for Yahoo! and Google.

According to Wikipedia here is what’s new since the preview release:

• Improved zooming and scrolling.
• An improved zoomed font.
• Shortened startup times.
• Quicker access to "favorites". Up to 48
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Google Talk is by far my favorite instant messenger to use, but for some reason I never quite understood why they restrict you from starting a conference call. This is a feature I’m sure a lot of people would appreciate, and being able to talk to multiple people simultaneously would be a great addition to the software.

In the meantime however, there is a hack that you can