TechCrunch has rapidly established itself as the go-to Blog related to technology, start-ups, venture capital and Silicon Valley. Unlike testosterone-fueled sites like Engadget and Gizmodo—entertaining enough in their own right—founder Michael Arrington's TechCrunch is more concerned with the business side of tech. Although not so much that they can't...

With Bing, Microsoft continues to go all out in a middling and perhaps doomed effort to to slow Google. The latest feature added to the new, heavily hyped (but awfully familiar, ahem...Microsoft Live interface anyone?) search engine is "visual search." Yes, what's old is new again, at least when...

Every day it seems Facebook wants to be more like Twitter. But Twitter is content to be just itself... for now. Yesterday, Facebook made two announcements, both strikes across the bow of the 140-character phenom. And both made in the typical Facebook way: laid back, casual, innocent looking blog...

Call me spoiled, but these days it takes more than a digital camera to get me excited when it comes to the latest in cool gadgets. So, on that score at least, today's product announcements from Apple had me looking elsewhere for thrills...anywhere. Solitaire. Old Kinks records. Staring at...

Sony must have Steinway envy. The original PS3 video game system was finished in a glossy black that oozed high end appeal. Maybe it even helped some buyers overlook the market leading, premium price tag. Or not. Because now Sony has slashed their video game system in a bid...

Did you hear? The new svelte PS3 is now only $299. Well, maybe you didn't know. But if Sony has its way—with radio, TV and print—you and your entire neighborhood will be all-to-familiar with the $100 price drop, and with a bland new spokesperson called Kevin Butler. Dressed business casual, with...

Apple Mac fans, rejoice! Tomorrow's Mac OS X upgrade, aka 'Snow Leopard' at only $29, is Apple's lowest priced upgrade ever. Us faithful deserve it, don't you think? Despite the discount price, there is plenty of new goodies, glossiness and features to get excited about. With all the improvements, low...

(UPDATE: Reports are also indicating Samsung will delay its Ion-powered netbooks also until Windows 7 is released.) Well I think the mystery is finally solved; that being when we'll see the first NVIDIA Ion-powered netbook from Lenovo hit the market. Although it looks like Samsung will be first to market (with...

At the Small and Special conference in Seattle over the summer, Eric LeVine gave a presentation on his business CellarTracker. It piqued my interest for a few reasons. One, I use CellarTracker to track our cellar and wine purchases. I love it. It always works; gives additional information on...

The Acer Aspire AS1410 (known as the 1810T overseas) is now available for purchase from Amazon. At least, in blue for now (Ruby Red and Black to follow). The 1410 sports the increasingly popular 11.6-inch screen size with widescreen 1366x768 resolution , 1.4GHz Intel CULV Core 2 Solo SU3500 CPU,...