TECHNOLOGY

After a couple of days of rumors, microblogging service Twitter has officially come forward and announced that it has acquired popular third-party Twitter dashboard TweetDeck.

Apple announced in its Web site that a recent phishing scam has targeted Mac users by redirecting them from legitimate websites to fake websites which tell them that their computer is infected with a virus. The user is then offered Mac Defender "anti-virus" software to solve the issue.

Betheseda's well received Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be released in a new, 5th anniversary edition this June for the PC, Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 platforms.

Sony has appeared to be increasingly losing control of its network as reports of new attacks surfaced on Wednesday, bringing the number of known hacks to at least ten.

It's time for Windows PC users to start a support group for their Mac friends. You know their pain -- clicking a link sent by email or instant message or simply visiting a website, and WHAM! You've got a virus, downloaded and installed with no administrator password required.

Google is set Thursday to debut its anticipated mobile payments system based on near-field communication (NFC) technology built into modern Android smartphones. It is expected that the search company will partner with Sprint to offer the service.

As several Internet companies like business networking site LinkedIn and Russian search giant Yandex have successfully sold shares to the public, according to reports, Zynga Inc., the biggest maker of games on Facebook, is expected file for an initial public offering by the end of June.

Sonar's mission statement is simple. It is a mobile application that helps you learn about and connect with likeminded people nearby. By geotracking your current location via Foursquare check-ins and aggregating public information gleaned from your social networks the app will let you connect with other users who like the same things you do.

According to research firm International Data Corp., factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 12.1% year over year to $11.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011, the fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. Hewlett-Packard held the number 1 position in the worldwide server market with 31.5% factory revenue share for 1Q11.

Yahoo Inc. is upgrading its popular but aging email service. This move is intended to make Yahoo Mail more appealing to users who are drawn to Facebook, Twitter and other social media as a form of communication.

LA Noire fans will breathe a huge sigh of relief when Team Bondi honcho Brendan McNamara announced that it would take less than five years to make the sequel.

With more people using Facebook, Twitter and Google's Gmail to communicate, Yahoo Inc. is giving its e-mail service a long due facelift in a bid to make its widely popular e-mail service more appealing.

Barnes and Noble released its touch screen e-ink Nook touting it as the Simple eReader. Simplicity could be good but does the Nook really live up to its promise?

Rumors are floating around that Apple's next smart phone would have a curved glass screen like the one on the iPod Nano 4G.

Google is gearing up to turn select Android based Sprint phones into mobile wallets. This Thursday Google's plans for a mobile payment scheme will be finally revealed.

When Dell phased out Adamo a few months ago the luxury line seemed destined to be a forgotten memory. However, the new Dell XPS 15z resurrects Adamo's high-end design and premium features for a powerful laptop that costs less than its competitors.

Microsoft unveiled its next generation Windows Phone 7 software at an event in New York. Microsoft demonstrated several new features of the phone and the updated software code-named Mango.

Google has long been a thorn in Microsoft's side especially in the search engine market. When Microsoft launched Bing in 2009, the company thought it could easily catch up with Google. It didn't quite succeed as well as it hoped.

A new development in Apple's legal suit against Samsung has a federal court forcing Samsung to hand over samples of their new Android smart phones and tablets for Apple to examine.

Galaxy S smartphones from Samsung outsold Apple iPhones in Japan during Q1 2011, which places Samsung in the ranks of the top four handset vendors of Japan for the first time, according to Strategy Analytics. Android smartphones are now outselling iOS smartphones in Japan.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has let the cat out of the bag -- again. Microsoft's biggest breacher of new product information calls the next big operating system "Windows 8" and reveals that it's coming "next year."

Yahoo Mail is coming out of beta over the next couple of weeks, Yahoo announced today at the Witching Hour. I'm scratching my head asking "Why tell us today, if it's rolling out in weeks?" The whiles of public relations timing stymies me.

If you're the kind of person who finds themselves moving backwards and forwards between multiple documents in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you'll know how frustrating and fiddly it can be.

Heading to an Apple store is an experience like no other, but for those times when you are just not able to make it to a physical store, there is an iOS app to tide you over. If you want to check out the latest iOS devices and Macs, the Apple Store app is on hand to enable you to browse through a range of Apple products so you can conduct a little research before making a purchase.

Microsoft is hosting a live media right now for the next version of Windows Phone, codename "Mango." Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaked name Windows Phone 7.5 during a speech in Japan. The update will be free when available later this year.

LessChrome HD is a free extension that is available for Firefox, and once installed it does everything it can to maximize the amount of screen space that is given over to displaying websites.

"Windows Phone Mango will be the release that is used for the first Nokia Windows Phones," Lees says. "We already have Nokia phones running Windows Phone Mango in our labs today."

Barnes and Noble on Tuesday unveiled its new touchscreen Nook Simple Touch e-reader, the company's first Nook to lack a color screen and Android branding.

Today, Andy Lees, president of Microsoft's Windows Phone division, boasted about 18,000 applications in 7 months. He can only wish for this kind of future: 500,000 applications approved to Apple's iOS app store in about three years. This isn't even a fair fight. The elephant in the room could squash the mouse just too easily.