Google's Android gets native development capabilities

From InfoWorld: Google moved to boost its Android mobile device software platform this week by offering developers a kit that enables them to call native code from Android applications.

Android 1.5 Native Development Kit (NDK), Release 1 allows developers to implement parts of...

Call of Duty Offered as Download for PowerPC and Intel Macs

From PC World: Aspyr Media has announced the release of Call of Duty Deluxe Edition, a $30 download available through its GameAgent online download service.

(Image Caption: Relive the gritty hell of World War II in Call of Duty.) Call of Duty Deluxe Edition combines the original...

Apple sued over iTunes gift cards

From CNET News.com: Illinois residents Daniel and Barbara Owens are suing Apple, accusing the company of fraud related to its iTunes gift cards.

The suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in southern Illinois and obtained by CNET, shows that the couple is seeking monetary...

NPD Analyst Says Windows 7 Pricing is "Way Too Much"

From DailyTech: Microsoft announced its Windows 7 pricing yesterday, and today began accepting preorders for the new OS. The preorder program in the U.S. offers a cheaper OS than Vista or XP, with the Home Premium upgrade only costing $49.99. Yet some analysts are looking at the...

Apple's IPhone Suffers More Signal Problems

From DailyTech: Apple's problems, like history, seem to have a way of repeating themself. The iPhone 3G S launch, like the 3G launch of a year before brought more crashed servers and more unhappy customers. And just this last week Mac Pro users began to experience display problems...

Western Digital Unveils 4TB NAS, Works With PC, Xbox, PS3

From DailyTech: It used to be that network attached storage was something that only business users really considered. The amount of data on personal networks in homes wasn't big enough in years past to warrant network storage.

Today the amount of digital content that the average...

Microsoft Shows Off Windows 7 Packaging in More Detail

From DailyTech: Microsoft's Windows 7 is the mostly highly anticipated software release of the year. Built on the solid underlying guts of Windows Vista, Windows 7 provides the graphical flash and trim performance that Vista somewhat lacked. The new OS has already seen millions of...

Google Voice takes a step toward launch

From CNET News.com: Google hasn't yet launched Google Voice publicly, but it did take a step in that direction on Thursday by starting to extend invitations to those who signed up on a waiting list for the Net-augmented telephone service.

Google Voice, based on technology from a...

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