Win 7: Microsoft Gets It Right (Finally)



The operating system is fast and loaded with smart features—unlike the disastrous Vista. By Stephen H. Wildstrom

Amazon's new Kindle DX means business

The company's powerful new e-reader brings the paperless office a big step closer. By Stephen H. Wildstrom

How tech for the disabled is going mainstream

Designs conceived for the handicapped, such as voice commands for PCs, often lead to products for the masse. By Reena Jana

StatsMix

A analytic tool that displays an overview of all your web stats. From Google Analytics to Twitter to FeedBurner, monitor all your sites in a single view.

ShowtimeFu

Offers real-time movie showtime information by zip code. Results are interleaved by start time and include approximate end times as well. Filters by theater, movie, start and/or end time.

Springpad

Free online notebooks that help you manage your life. Use your springpad to keep track of notes, photos, maps, to-do's, contacts, appointments and more.

The Top 3 Brands by Social Media Presence: Google, Apple and Microsoft

Interbrand recently released its 2009 list of the best 100 global brands. Social media monitoring and analytics firm Sysomos took a closer look at this data. By Frederic Lardinois

A fan with no blades



After trying its hands in vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, Dyson has now come up with an innovative table fan called “Air Multiplier” that propels a cool breeze but without the use of blades. By Naresh Chauhan

BlackBerry Storm2 9550 (Verizon)



The BlackBerry Storm2 9550 finally delivers on the original Storm 9530's promise. It's a powerful device with an innovative click screen that really works—and it feels finished instead of like an engineering prototype. By Jamie Lendino

The Street awaits Apple's earnings

What's Wall Street expecting this quarter? The analysts we polled are all over the lot. By Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Twitter co-founder's 'Square' comes into focus

Well, we finally have a glimpse at "Square," the new mobile payments venture coming from Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey. As expected, it's a little hardware add-on that can turn an iPhone into a credit card reader. From Caroline McCarthy

Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City

Zensify

Zensify, the makers of the Zensify iPhone app, have a new iPhone app out called Zen News that helps users discover the latest headlines from a dozen news sources. These range from established media powerhouses like The New York Times, BBC News, and The Washington Post to TweetMeme and soon other online-only news sources.

Touchscreen PCs prompt interface innovations

Touchscreen displays are going to get a big boost from Windows 7’s built-in support for multitouch tech — but there’s a hitch: Flicking, scrolling and opening programs can be cumbersome when stubby fingers meet Windows’ tiny icons and menu items. By Priya Ganapati

6 of the best budget monitors for your Mac

Unless you only use an Apple notebook or iMac, you need a monitor to go with your Mac. Today's flat-panel models are light, slim and take up very little room on your desk. By Ian Osborne

Chrome Mac beta nearer; Win 7 features recede

Programmers have mostly overcome a crucial hurdle to releasing a beta version of Chrome for the Mac, printing support, but several Windows 7 features won't make the cut for the present 4.x version of Chrome.

Penzu

Penzu is an online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. With a unique and compelling user experience, it makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper.

Aardvark

Aardvark was founded in late 2007 by Max Ventilla, Damon Horowitz, Nathan Stoll, and Rob Spiro.

Aardvark was conceived as the first Social Search engine: a way to find people, not web pages, that have specific information.

10 tools for presenting with Twitter

Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel. By Olivia Mitchell

6 Taiwanese Startups Demo Their Services



TechCrunch/CrunchGear Meetup Taipei. By Serkan Toto