From DailyTech: Steam is a digital gaming delivery platform developed by Valve, makers of the Half-Life series of games. The system was developed not only to reduce losses caused by piracy, but also to reduce costs of shipping physical media and to reduce reliance on retailers...

From DailyTech: Google is the largest search company in the world and has one of the largest advertising programs online. Google is set to deliver its Q4 2009 earnings this week, which are expected to be better that Wall Street estimates.

Reuters reports that the expected revenues...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft on Thursday issued a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that fixes eight vulnerabilities, including a hole targeted in the China-based attacks on Google and other U.S. companies.

The security update is rated critical for all supported...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. claims that its code-named Natal motion sensor is more than a just a new controller for video games. Instead, for Microsoft, Natal is a new type of interaction between a computer and a user. In addition, some basic details about hardware inside Natal...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. said that it had not disabled support of multi-core central processing units (CPUs) in its PhysX application programming interface (API) and that allegations made by Advanced Micro Devices were not true.

“This is yet another completely unsubstantiated...

From InfoWorld: Amazon on Thursday announced its Kindle Development Kit, which enables software developers to build and upload "active content" for the Kindle wireless-reader device.

The kit offers access to programming interfaces, tools, and documentation to build content for...

From PC World: Mozilla yesterday reported a "huge increase" in downloads of Firefox in Germany after that country's computer security agency urged users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to dump the browser and run a rival instead.

German downloads of Firefox during a four-day...

From CNET News.com: Nokia is making its navigation service free to all GPS-enabled Nokia devices in a move that will help the company better compete in the smartphone market against the likes of Apple and Google.

Starting Thursday, Nokia users will be able to download for free the...

From CNET News.com: The European Commission has officially approved the Oracle-Sun merger, paving the way for Oracle to take over Sun Microsystems in a deal valued at more than $7 billion.

"I am now satisfied that competition and innovation will be preserved on all the markets...

From DailyTech: Mozilla's Firefox 3.6 has seen a couple of minor delays, but Mozilla has finally finished the browser and released a finalized version into the wild. Mozilla aired the new browser this morning.

The browser can be found for Windows here, for Mac here, and for Linux...