Apple has created a new experience in navigating through your computers with its newest Mouse. They have brought the power of multi-touch technology in a different surface. Multi-touch has dominantly facilitated such devices as iPhones as well as iPods and Apple has stretched it out with their Magic Mouse.

The Magic Mouse remarkably operates on Multi-Touch technology that will mainly allow gestures for navigation. It sports a simple design and a seamless top shell that can be enabled wirelessly through a Bluetooth with a maximum distance capacity of 33 feet. The integrated chip on the mouse can distinctively identify a scroll and a swipe and its powerful laser tracking facilitates more precision with any surface. The Magic Mouse can automatically detect periods of inactivity for efficient power usage.
It eludes constraints of a customary mouse like clicking and scrolling on any part and any direction of the mouse surface. It adds up other functions like executing a screen zoom through the mouse and doing a two finger swipe to advance through pages. Modifying functions is also viable with the Magic Mouse. Left handed users may re-assign the left and right input plus it has a Magic Mouse Preference pane that enables or disables features.

Electronic Art (EA) has officially announced its intention of expanding its focus on social network games that was initiated by their acquisition of Playfish. It will particularly operate within EA Interaction which is their division on web and wireless. With the growing industry of Social Networks, it is inevitable for EA to recognize an opportunity on it.

It has been cited that EA has acquired Playfish for approximately US$275 million in cash and approximately $US25 million in equity retention arrangements. Playfish is worth the price for being recognized as the world’s largest social gaming company with over 150 million games installed and played on different platforms like Facebook, MySpace, Google, Bebo, iPhone and Android. Playfish stated that they currently have 60 million monthly active players on its different game titles – like Pet Society, Restaurant City and Country Story – which brings more than 1 billion games sessions every month .

Microsoft has announced the Beta release of Office 2010 at Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. Other office related products were made available such as the SharePoint Server 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, and Office Web Apps for businesses and Office Mobile 2010. The Office Mobile 2010 is tailored for Windows Mobile 6.5 devices and no plans were mentioned on backward compatibility for other devices.

The limelight for the Beta release was fixed on the Office 2010 where in major revisions and other inclusion were created. Some of the notable modifications made were the Outlook interface and SkyDrive integration. The SkyDrive will serve as Microsoft’s online storage device with a 25GB capacity. The Outlook will have added features like the SharePoint and Outlook Social Connector which will facilitate real time interaction and social (or business) networking feeds. Watch the video below for a glance of the Office 2010. It will follow a four-month technical preview and is scheduled for official launch on the first half of 2010.

With the budding advocacy of saving the environment, efforts from the Technology industry perseveres to adhere that deed into their operations. Sony lived up with that vision at the CES 2010. They have displayed a netbook that claims to be an eco-friendly device and branded it as the Sony Vaio W series. The Sony Vaio W series is enclosed with a plastic chassis which is 23 percent recycled CDS. It also has a carrying case manufactured from PET bottles that eliminates the need of utilizing cardboards. Other features include a 10.1 inch LED backlit widescreen with 1333×768 resolution, a 250 GB hard drive, Microsoft 7, 1.66 Ghz Intel Atom Processor N450, 1GB RAM and a battery life of up to 7 hours. Sony tags being eco-friendly with being stylish as shown on the pictured white model of the Vaio W which blaze a glistening glow on its framework. It is currently available at Sony’s online store for $499.99.

Dell will soon propel its own brand of tablet to the market. The Dell Mini 5 Tablet had its first appearance at the CES 2010. Furthermore, the company’s CEO, Michael Dell, made a quick walk through on the product while he was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Dell Mini 5 Tablet sports a 5-inch touchscreen display which will be powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and will run on Android 1.6. It also features WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity plus a 5 megapixel camera. Mr. Dell quoted that the tablet will be coming in a few months though the market should financially brace themselves for it will be priced at approximately US$1000.

Google held a press conference today in Mountain View, California at 10AM PST (6PM British Time) to announce their very own Android Smartphone: the Nexus One, which was developed “in very close partnership with HTC”. Erick Tseng, Senior Product Manager, went as far to say that the Nexus One “belongs in a new category of devices we call Superphones”. Owning a Superphone may sound impressive, but does it live up to all the hype we’ve seen over the past few weeks about Google’s Nexus One mobile phone?
As previously reported, the announcement confirmed that the Google Phone, the Nexus One comes packed with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Processor and 512MB RAM and ROM to match. Also packed in to the sleek design is a 3.7” AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (480×800), a MicroSD slot which is expandable to 32GB, not forgetting the trackball, which also acts as a multi-colour notification LED.

You’ll also find a 5MP camera with an LED flash at the back of the device. Behind the scenes, the Nexus One also comes packed with a few goodies, including light and proximity sensors, a compass, GPS and an accelerometer.
Prior to the event, there were many rumours about a specially modified version of Android designed to run on Google’s device. You’ll find the N1 running Android 2.1, and all applications found on Motorola’s Droid are also present in the N1 out of the box. Google has made some changes to what we’ve seen of Android before. You’ll be able to utilise five screens for home screen panels so that you can add more widgets to your phone. Another nice touch is location aware weather, thanks to the GPS unit in the N1.
If you want to customise things more, you can use some of Google’s ‘Live Wallpapers’ which are animated, with some responding to your touch. Google are keen on mentioning how the Nexus One uses 3D frameworks for their improved interface.
When launching applications, you won’t find the drag and pull menu at the bottom of the screen like you’re used to – instead it’s been replaced by a button which shows all your applications in a 3D scroll interface. It’s a nice touch, and I think I’ll prefer it over the old menu. There’s also a new look photo gallery with more 3D effects in place. You’ll be shown all your albums, ordered by time, data and location. If you tap on one, all the photos will snap in to place, allowing you to flick between them using a 3D interface. It certainly looks great, so I hope it’s functional too!
Voice control was introduced to Android, and implemented on the Droid, allowing you to say a place you wish to go and have directions given to you. On the Nexus One, Google have taken this technology even further by allowing enabling voice on each text field on the device. This means that you can text people by dictating to the phone, or dictate a destination in Google maps.

During the announcement, Erick Tseng also announced another application that will run on Android in the near future… Google Earth! Like its desktop counterpart, Google Earth on Android will allow you to spin around the Earth and zoom in to wherever you want to see. Again, this utilises the 3D framework on the N1, allowing you to zoom through your surroundings just like on the desktop. Helping to tie everything in, you can use the voice control to search for locations in Google Earth, just like on other applications.
Talking about applications… At the moment, you can only install applications on the internal storage, which is limited to 512MB ROM, and not the SD card. Google said that this is for piracy reasons, although an upgrade for installing applications on the SD card is on the way!
So, the phone is great – or at least it seems so – but how are you going to get hold of it? Described as a “new way to purchase a consumer phone”, Google are introducing their web store. The concentration of Google’s store is simplicity, and you can purchase a Nexus One in USA from today. As well as the Nexus One, Google plan to include devices from other manufacturers, like Motorola’s Droid, to the web store. As previously rumoured, you can purchase the Nexus One without a service for $529.00. If you buy with T-Mobile (USA) the phone is available for $179.00 with a two year contract. If you’re not a fan of T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone are also getting the N1 in Spring.
To purchase the phone using Google’s web store, you’ll need a Google account with a Google Checkout account too. If you want to customise your phone more, you can engrave the back of it – this is limited to two lines of text. The store is launching today in the US, and is also shipping to test markets in the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong, which is great news for us eager Brits, however you’ll have to wait until Spring if you’d like to buy the Nexus One on contract in the UK when it’ll be appearing on the Vodafone network.
Overall, I can’t wait to get my hands on the Nexus One; with the 1GHz Snapdragon in tow, this thing will fly! Let’s hope it lives up to expectations, which is harder to do amongst all the hype surrounding every new product coming on the market…

Microsoft Vista was the blunder which the company had made and launched Windows 7 to fix the disaster. The company developed Windows 7, which is arguably the best Operating system from Microsoft.

However, Raimund Genes, CTO of security firm Trend Micro claims that there is still much to like about Vista, and that he actually prefers the older Operating System.

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According to Genes, Microsoft sacrificed security in order to make the OS more user friendly. “I’m not saying Windows 7 is insecure, but out of the box Vista is better,” Genes told.

“Windows 7 may be an improvement in terms of usability but in terms of security it’s a mistake, though one that isn’t that surprising. When Microsoft’s developers choose between usability and security, they will always choose usability,” Genes argued.

This week Google launched browser extensions for Chrome for users that have devices based on Windows and Linux operating system. It is expected that Google will bring extensions for Mac developer channel by the end of this week and as for beta users, they will have to wait for extensions till the first months of 2010.

Chrome extensions are considered to be little gadgets that are found on your toolbar and extend the functionality of your browser. Nowadays more than hundreds of extensions can be found for Chrome, such as a Gmail notifier, ad blocker, Google Wave notifier, ChromeMilk (Remember the Milk widget), and Chromed Bird (the Chrome equivalent of Echofon, aka TwitterFox). Also check out some of Online Money Making In Chrome . .

If you want to try Chrome extensions but do not want to wait for them when they become available, you have to know that you can sign up for the developer version of Chrome for Mac but in this case you will need to remount the browser. Chromium includes bookmark syncing but it is unavailable at the moment in Chrome for Mac beta.

But due to extensions the working process of browsing can become slower. Nowadays one can find a big number of Chrome extensions that are available. It is expected that Google Goggles that was recently launched will soon be available for users.

Acer’s first Android smartphone has begun shipping in the UK, interestingly this sleek Android handset is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. Acer Liquid A1 is now available and in stock with retailers like Expansys at £339.99 ($556) and Clove at £328.99 ($538) price tag.

Meanwhile, Acer Liquid A1 will packed a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and triband (900/1900/2100) HSDPA, along with WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a 5-megapixel camera. It’s a classic 12mm thick black and while color theme.

Although it is hype with Snapdragon which is capable of running 1GHz speed, Acer down-clock the processor to 768MHz to utilized the capability of 1,350mAh battery and mainly not draining it with a couple hour of usage. Its UI remains simple without further customization as done with HTC and Motorola. Likely, you would only be seeing a standard Android 1.6 donut.

Let’s just see if Acer will fit the new product line as it makes its line with its economical yet high-quality computers. Other features including WiFi b/g, a 5-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. While the processor is capable of 1GHz speeds, but Acer has underclock it to 768MHz, probably to anticipate the over warming and maintain longer battery life.

The Acer Liquid A1 has 12.5mm thick, and comes in black & white color scheme, and an Android 1.6 OS. This is the first Android smartphone for Acer. The Liquid A1 Cell Phone has begun shipping in the UK.

Acer Extensa 5230E-2913 is a 15.4-inch laptop equipped with an Intel Celeron 900 2.20GHz Processor, 3 GB Installed RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, and SuperMulti DVDR/RW Drive. It sports a 15.4-inch widescreen LCD display that supports a 1280 x 800 resolution and an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 64MB of dedicated system memory. It runs on Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1) Operating System. Such a configuration is good enough for our daily use, so just enjoy it.
As a 15.4? laptop, the Acer Extensa 5230E-2913 is great for people who don’t move quite often, it’s ideal for gamers and entertainment fans, you’ll have wonderful experience with it.
The Acer Extensa 5230E-2913 laptop brings you with increased productivity and the enhanced reliability you need at work. Combined with indispensable Acer technologies and broad wireless connectivity, this product is a just right choice to professional users.
For your home office the Acer Extensa 5230E-2913 laptop provides the features you need while still being highly affordable. You get wireless connectivity, a built-in webcam and a 15.4” display. There’s also a Type II PC Card slot. So I think you will love this laptop too.
Features & Specs:

• Processor Type: Celeron
• Processor Model: 900
• Processor Speed: 2.20 GHz
• Standard Memory: 3 GB
• Maximum Memory: 4 GB
• Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM
• Memory Standard: DDR2-667/PC2-5300
• Hard Drive Capacity: 250 GB
• Solid State Drive Capacity: Not Included
• Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
• Optical Media Support: DVD-RAM/±R/±RW
• Screen Size: 15.40?
• Graphic Mode: WXGA

• Display Screen Type: Active Matrix TFT Color LCD
• Widescreen: Yes
• Graphics Controller Manufacturer: Intel
• Graphics Controller Model: GMA 4500M
• Graphics Memory Capacity: 1.65 GB
• Network Technology: Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi
• Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
• Maximum Battery Run Time: 2.50 Hour
• Dimensions: 1.70? Height x 14.20? Width x 10.50? Depth
• Package Contents: Extensa 5230E-2913 Notebook , Lithium Ion Battery , AC Adapter
• Green Compliance: Yes
• Green Compliance Certificate/Authority: Energy Star
• Standard Warranty: 1 Year Limited