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Activision enigmatic on Nintendo offerings - Eurogamer
Activision has remained coy and enigmatic after a recent conference call pointed toward the possibility of Guitar Hero appearing on Wii, with a spokesperson telling Eurogamer this morning that not all is as it seems.

Computers are about to take a quantum leap into the future - Guardian Unlimited
A Canadian company with substantial venture capital backing claims to have built a “quantum computer” that will ultimately solve problems beyond the power of conventional systems.

MySpace Goes Mobile in Europe - Red Herring
Social networking phenomenon MySpace has followed its MySpace Mobile announcements in the United States with news Wednesday that it plans to team up with Vodafone to launch MySpace Mobile in Europe .

Vista, iTunes, Zune, iPod, and you - Macworld
Quite recently I had a vivid dream about running Vista Home Premium edition under Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization process that this version of Vista’s end user license agreement (EULA) strictly forbids.

Samsung unveils iPhone-like smart phone - MacNN
Samsung today unveiled the Ultra Smart F700, which it claims is one of the world’s most advanced smartphones. The device closely resembles the minimalist design of Apple’s iPhone, and is targeted at the “recent trend” in touchscreens.

Yahoo: Pipe in data, and mash it up - ZDNet
By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com. The Web giant on Wednesday released Yahoo Pipes, a hosted visual-development tool that lets people manipulate data feeds from Web sites to create new applications.

Flash future for iPod - iTWire
By Stephen Withers. An analyst has tipped the use of flash memory in the next generation of video-capable iPods, but we’re not completely convinced we’ve seen the end of hard disk models.

Nokia Offers Free Mapping Program - PC World
Nokia will give away mapping software to its customers as well as users of Window Mobile devices. Phones based on Linux and older Nokia and Microsoft devices will be supported in the future, the Finnish mobile phone maker said today.

Bill Gates and Craig Mundie: Vista Is Secure, Employees Are Not - Playfuls.com
by Dan Nicolae Alexa. At a recent meeting with security experts in San Francisco, Microsoft’s chairman and the company’s chief research and strategy officer have both warned about the security breaches represented by employees.

Microsoft Sidesteps Gorbachev Appeal - PC World
Microsoft is sidestepping an appeal from a former leader of the Soviet Union to intervene in a piracy case involving a school principal.

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