In the next release of Microsoft Office, now officialy called Office 2007, Microsoft will discontinue its FrontPage webdesign program.
FrontPage does serve as the foundation for two different Web-design programs: SharePoint Designer 2007, which is intended for organizations using the SharePoint server-based Web-development platform; and Expression Web Designer, which appears to be outside of the Office [...]

ComputerWorld is reporting that Amazon is planning to launch an online music store to compete with Apple’s iTunes. To accompany the store, Amazon will sell a branded portable music player.
The company is in advanced talks with four global music companies about a digital music service that could be launched as early as this summer, according [...]

vNes is a NES emulator for mobiles. It lets you play Nintendo 8-bits games on your mobile. You can put games from thousands of roms in your pocket, play them anytime and anywhere, with the memories and joys of old time.

37Signals has launched their latest product, Campfire.
Instant messaging is great for one-on-one chats, but it’s not optimized for group chats of 3 or more people. Further, instant messaging is network dependent — if you are on AIM, and your client is on MSN, you can’t instant message. Campfire, on the other hand, is all about [...]

Techdirt is reporting on how XM has posted wider than expected losses today and as such, it might be too costly to keep running in the red for satellite radio.
Launching and maintaining satellite is extremely expensive. Just ask anyone who worked on Iridium or Teledesic. Even if you can sign up a lot of [...]

Extreme Tech reviews the WolfKing Warrior game keypad, and if you are like me and use WASD for your gaming needs, then this might be the gadget for you.

Many of us asked for it, and now we are finally seeing it. WolfKing’s standalone version of its famous Wolf Claw comes new and improved, and [...]

Opera is certainly a great choice for a mobile browser (should be much better than the PSP’s browser). However, the DS’s screen is a bit limited so I’m a bit curious to see if they’ll use some of their “zooming technology” to fit sites on the DS’s small screen better.

You sunk my Millenium Falcon!

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…
This package comes with both a Rebels and Empire side and features all of the most popular ships like the X-Wing, Millennium Falcon, Tie Fighters, and yadda yadda. It’s not Empire at War but should be fun when you’re away from a computer. Oh and thinking about [...]

It should be interesting to see what the market looks like in 2011, as all three consoles will be out and have a good library of titles for each. Will the Phantom ever come out? What about a portable gaming device from Microsoft? Well, ABI Research took the time to study everything, and say that [...]

Microsoft made a change to their licence agreement stating that every time a user changes their motherboard they will need to purchase a new Windows Licence:
An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a “new personal computer” to which Microsoft® OEM operating system software cannot be transferred from another computer. If the motherboard [...]

According to Next Generation:
Some in the industry have taken this as a lead to speculate that September 16 would be a launch date in Japan (a Saturday before a national holiday) followed by September 21 in the U.S. These dates are not confirmed and, as always, launch dates are subject to constant revision.
I don’t think [...]

Advanced Media has received word that one of several new announcements to be made at a Nintendo DS conference in Japan will be the unveiling of a new Web Browser for the dual-screen handheld. Early reports indicate that the browser will be powered by Opera Software technology.

Google announced today that it has aquired MeasureMap, the blog-specific stat reporting tool created by AdaptivePath and still in private beta.
Measure Map helps you understand what people do at your blog, and what influence you are having on the world.

Easily navigate the numbers that matter
Track links to see who sends you traffic
Find out what people [...]

If you have a Skype account, visit your account page and claim your free 10 SkypeOut Minutes.
At Skype, we don’t believe you should have to pay for calls. That’s why Skype-to-Skype calls will always be free. But even we have to charge a little bit for SkypeOut calls (our service for calling landlines and mobile [...]

A bug was found in notebooks that can cut their battery life by upwards of 28% because they are unable to go into lower power modes to conserve battery power due to USB 2.0 devices polling the machine.
First of all, it’s important to characterize the impact of the USB 2.0 asynchronous scheduler bug on both [...]

In behalf of the ForeverGeek team I would like to wish all our readers a nice Valentine’s day. And to celebrate the day I bring you a few Valentine Pictures inspired by some of the most popular Video Games made and copyrighted by Alexandria Neonakis.

Via Joystiq