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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.