Windows 7 developments are going smoothly and the OS is on track for an early 2010 launch, revealed Microsoft's Bill Veghte during a financial analyst meeting.

Google may soon purchase news aggregator Digg for $200 million, according to a blog post, which also notes that Microsoft may be looking to cash in, too.

As promised earlier in the month, Corsair has now announced immediate availability of its 2.133GHz Dominator DDR3 memory kit with timings of 9-9-9-24.

Nvidia's PhysX driver will be released on August 5th, according to TG Daily. All PhysX compatible games will now be supported by capable GeForce 8, 9 and GTX cards.

Nintendo has announced that together with Fujifilm, users will soon be able to upload and print photos via the Internet. A photo-album feature is also in the works.

The folks over at ZDNet have detailed the new user interface coming to the Xbox 360. Among the additions is PrimeTime - a gameshow themed virtual area.

According to DigiTimes, Intel will launch its Nehalem-based Bloomfield processors along with the X58 chipset in September, with availability in "early October."

Granted - this isn't the first Asus HD 3850 Trinity review to surface, though it's an interesting one nonetheless. The pictures and results can be seen at HotHardware.

AMD will lay-off the accelerator somewhat when designing the RV870, according to NordicHardware. AMD plans to first improve its 45nm and multi-GPU designs.

Following the recent launch of the Lancool K6, Lian Li has today added the PC- K12 (designed for the LAN power user) to its growing Lancool lineup.

SanDisk's CEO Eli Harari indicated during a recent conference call that Vista is not optimized for flash media, and thus SSD's don't perform to their full potential.

As a result of a $21 million patent lawsuit, Nintendo has been ordered to cease selling an assortment of its controllers. There are ways around this, though.

AnandTech has published an extensive 24-page review of Apple's iPhone 3G, which covers everything from the look and feel to the reason behind the phone's success.

Yahoo has announced a quarter two revenue of 1.798 billion - a 6% yearly increase. Net income, however, has fallen to $131 million from last year's $161 million.

Galaxy's low-profile 9600 GT has now surfaced in stores worldwide, according to associated press. The HTPC ready card is available for just under $150.

Following the recent 45nm dual-core price cuts, DigiTimes reports that Intel is also slashing the price of its Xeon X3220, X3210 and E3110 price by around 12%.

Another month, another driver release from AMD. Catalyst 8.7 includes all the usual tweaks and refinements, and can be downloaded from this page.

Despite the lack of evidence behind this, Charlie over at The Inquirer reports that EVGA and XFX have defected from Nvidia. We'll leave it at that.

While nothing's set in stone, Expreview has received word that Nvidia is allowing its partners to flash and re-brand existing 8800 GT's into 9800 GT's.

An Israeli company claims to have developed a technique (dubbed "Hydra") to run any two GPU's simultaneously (despite make or model) with improved scaling.

OC Workbench has published a photo of Biostar's upcoming TA-790GX A2+ board based on AMD's 790GX chipset. This shouldn't dent your wallet too much.

Fudzilla has scored some exclusive pictures of a brown and pink Acer Aspire One in action. A pricing premium over the earlier white and blue models isn't expected.

Intel has has cut the pricing of its E8500, E8400 and E7200 to a respective $183, $163 and $113. What's more is that Q6600 is now available for $193.

Microsoft has reportedly sold 180 million Windows Vista licenses since its launch early last year. This translates into roughly 40 million copies since early May.

OCZ's Core series solid-state drives have been rather quietly added to Newegg for pre-order. Shipping on the 28th, you can reserve your very own drive here.

If the upcoming Rampage Extreme doesn't fit the bill, then chances are that the Maximus II Forumla does. The board's full review can be read over at HardOCP.

With the 8800 GT about to make a comeback, more pictures of the 9800 GT have surfaced ahead of launch. Unika's offering should cost just under $150.

Despite criticism from publishers and developers, the Entertainment Software Association has announced that the E3 summit will continue next year.

Zotac is preparing to launch a new 9600 GT which boasts six video outputs - two DVI, and a single D-Sub, TV-out, HDMI and DisplayPort connector.

AMD's Dirk Meyer was recently quoted in saying that the company will soon go fab-less. Newer reports indicate that Meyer was miss-quoted, though.

Intel's 45nm dual-core E8600 is rumored to arrive on August 10th and retail at $266. This is the very same chip that currently holds the SuperPI 1MB record.

Chinese enthusiast site ZOL.com.cn is the latest to compare AMD's 2.3GHz 45nm Phenom to the identically clocked Phenom X4 9600 in TDP and heat tests.

A leaked slide from Nvidia reveals that the company's next "Big Bang" will arrive in September. For reference, the first Big Bang was the creation of SLI.

What looks to be the first 9800 GTX+ to hit Newegg is from EVGA, as promised in the AIB's forums last week. The price matches a regular 9800 GTX, though.

Following the conclusion of a somewhat below-par E3, Ars Technica has detailed what went wrong, and the ways of avoiding these problems next year.

Many of you would be familiar with the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard. Well now a less expensive, 15 key version has been released, alias the Optimus Pultius.

Asus has now introduced its Eee PC 1000HD, which seems to be an Eee 904 outfitted with a 10" screen. As far as naming schemes are concerned, we're lost.

It's now ASRock's turn to step into the spotlight, as pictures of its 790GX equipped ODE790GX-WiFi motherboard have been published over at OC Workbench.

Microsoft has been keeping its cards close to its chest on the DirectX 11 front lately, although not anymore. Listed below are the initial details of DirectX 11.

AMD's Dirk Meyer recently revealed that pilot production of 45nm processors commenced "late last quarter", and the company is well on track for Q4 shipments.

Yahoo has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn. While a deal with Microsoft remains open, Icahn won't be completely replacing Yahoo's Board of Directors.

Apple has posted a quarter two revenue of $7.46 billion, and a profit of $1.07 billion. This represents a 41% unit growth and 43% revenue growth yearly.

Contrary to the new and improved naming scheme adopted with its GTX 200 series, Nvidia's new mobile range features an oddity which is confusing many...

OCZ has today introduced its long-awaited Fatal1ty-branded DDR2 and DDR3 memory kits. The 2 and 4GB kits boast Fatal1ty-engraved XTC heat-spreaders.

Our colleagues over at PCGamesHardware are the first to get a glimpse of PowerColor's overclocked HD 4870 PCS edition with 1GB of GDDR5 memory.

Foxconn's attention seeking Blackops X48-based motherboard has been reviewed over at Hardware-Test.dk. There's not much to complain about here, folks.

HotHardware has compared OCZ's new Core solid-state drive with the extremely popular Western Digital VelociRaptor. Things are looking promising so far.

Having been on the US market for one week, pricing for the Eee PC 1000H has been slashed by $100 to $549. MSI's Wind U100 can be had for $499, though.