Mac OSX Snow Leopard: Ahead of schedule?. Slide shows Snow Leopard will ship in the first quarter of 2009

Apple first announced Mac OS X Snow Leopard in June and said it would ship in about year. However, a slide presented by an Apple employee at a recent conference suggests Snow Leopard may be ahead of schedule.

Major League Baseball dumps Microsoft for Adobe. While Adobe Max announce 64-bit Linux version of Flash Player 10

Microsoft will no longer play under the bright lights of US Major League Baseball, which has decided to throw out the vendor's Silverlight browser add-on in favour of Adobe's Flash.

Toshiba sets high storage capacity for small drives. Mini-drive is targeted for inclusion in mobile devices by OEM

Toshiba Storage Division announced a breakthrough half-terabyte hard disk drive in a 2.5-inch form factor on Wednesday.

Adobe pushes Flash platform for business apps. Adobe encourage using Flex and FlashPlayer to liven up business software

Adobe Systems, whose roots are in the media and publishing industries, is pushing deeper into the enterprise by promoting its Flash platform as a way to improve the stodgy user interfaces that come with most business applications.

ScreenFlow update fixes bugs, conflict with WireTap. Bugs and improvements update free to registered users

Mac OS X screen recording application, ScreenFlow, has been updated fixing several issues with the application.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Ahead of schedule?. Slide shows Snow Leopard will ship in the first quarter of 2009

Apple first announced Mac OS X Snow Leopard in June and said it would ship in about year. However, a slide presented by an Apple employee at a recent conference suggests Snow Leopard may be ahead of schedule.

Google search deal produces 91% of Mozilla's revenue. Mozilla's revenue up 13 per cent on previous year

Mozilla's revenues were up 13 per cent in 2007 over the year before, as the organization continued to profit from its partnership with search giant Google, Mozilla 's chairman said on Wednesday.

Microsoft Zune Pass drops DRM, allows users to keep some tracks. Changes to the terms of Microsoft Zune Pass subscription service

Microsoft announced today changes to the terms of its Zune Pass subscription service, allowing subscribers to keep some tracks each month as part of their permanent collections.

Yahoo rolls out Glue search pages in the US. Yahoo's internet search method aggregates text, images, and video results on a single results page

Yahoo rolled out a beta version of its new Glue search concept for the first time in the US on Wednesday.

Rumours suggest Wal-Mart to sell iPhone 3G. Wal-Mart could offer Apple iPhone 3G from end of December

US customers can already buy their iPhone 3G from Apple stores, AT&T stores, Best Buy stores and now possibly Wal-Mart according to a report.

IBM looks to bring the brain's processing power to computers. Add brain-related senses like perception and interaction to hardware and software

IBM Research is today expected to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time.

NASA test deep space communications network modelled on the Internet. Google plays a role in NASA's new space communications capability

Scientists have successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet, claimed the American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Apple shines spotlight on third-party iPhone apps. Games and apps galore from EA, Gameloft, Ngmoco, Handmark Software, AKQA, Loopt

Third-party applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have increasingly become part of Apple's promotional push on behalf of its mobile devices.

Adobe accommodates Visual Studio, Eclipse. Interactive design tool Flash Catalyst also announced at Adobe Max 2008 conference

Adobe Systems at its Adobe Max 2008 conference on Tuesday heralded a slew of new technologies, including links between its Flex application development platform and Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform.

AM Micro brings Rain Design Apple laptop accessories to the UK. Apple MacBook, PowerBook compatible stands and turntables come to the UK

AM Micro has announced UK distribution for Rain Design products. Rain Design, a San Francisco based company makes products that enhance and support personal computers. Originally their products were designed specifically to compliment Apple computers, though now the range extends to other laptops.

Adobe Releases Configurator for Photoshop CS4. Free Photoshop automation tool offers drag and drop simplicity

Adobe has released the first full version of Configurator, an application that lets people create customized Photoshop CS4 control panels and share them with others.

Google to shut down Lively, virtual world alternative to Second Life. Google's alternative to Second Life to shut down at end of December

Google will shut down Lively, its browser-based virtual world environment, by the end of December.

Frenzic game comes to iPhone and iPod touch. Fast-paced action puzzle game for Apple iPhone and iPod touch

The Iconfactory and Artis Software has announced the release of Frenzic for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs £2.99.

Free European online library launches, crashes. High demand for two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents

Europeana, a new multilingual pan-European resource offering over two million digitised books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents, paintings and films has crashed due to high demand.

BBC seek family to swap iPod for 8-Track for 70's flash back. Who Do You Think You Are makers plan new BBC show

The BBC is seeking a family willing to give up modern comforts like the internet and iPod to travel temporarily back to the 1970’s. Independent TV company Wall to Wall, makers of Who Do You Think You Are?, New Tricks and Edwardian Country House, are working on a new documentary series for BBC FOUR.

Wolfgang's Vault proving a hit with iPhone owners. Concert Vault brought to you by famed Wolfgang's Vault

A recent iPhone and iPod touch service offering live and rare classic rock recordings is proving a hit with music fans following a launch earlier this month.

Get four free Mac programs with Macworld. The latest edition of Macworld comes with £82 of free software and photo prints

The latest print edition of Macworld has gone on sale in the UK, and comes with a DVD containing four superb full Mac programs and free Photoshop CS4 video tutorials worth £82 in total.

Apple TV update adds several new features. Adds ability to stream music to Airport Express

Apple last night released an update to its Apple TV set top box software.

New HP TouchSmart offers Apple MacBook Air like touch-screen technology. HP Gets Touchy with New TouchSmart tx2

Building on the growing consumer trend for touch-screen technology, including Apple iPhones, iPod and laptops, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has introduced its new TouchSmart tx2 Notebook, a laptop that features multi-touch functionality.

BT ban dirty Phorm talk as forum threads get deleted. Change in policy over controversial targeted ads

Telecoms giant BT, has banned members of its support forums from discussing its Phorm webwise trials after a change in policy over controversial targeted ads system.