The PS3 and the Wii aren't the only new gadgets in the house. Microsoft's Zune arrived here as well this morning. I'm working to get our review ready ASAP, but I thought I'd check in with a few very early first impressions.

Winners of 10,000 MP3 players given away in a Japanese fast-food promotion got more than they bargained for, as their prizes contained a worm. If they connect the music players to their computers to fill them with songs then the worm, WORM_QQPASS.ADH, can infect the computers and steal personal data.

With Internet Explorer, Microsoft has increased its share of the global Web browser market to 85.85 percent, a gain that comes at the expense of Mozilla's Firefox and Apple Computer's Safari browsers.

Toshiba Corp. is planning to buy a one fifth stake LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.'s Polish subsidiary in order to ensure a steady supply of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels for European televisions, it said Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showed off its first 40-nanometer chip, a 32G-bit NAND flash memory that can be used in memory cards able to store up to 64G-bytes of data, or 40 movies.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) is recalling several thousand laptop computer battery packs because mechanical problems with the pack's latch could lead to overheating of the battery.

Google Inc. has launched Google Apps for Your Domain, a suite of hosted collaboration applications for small to medium-size businesses, universities, groups and affinity organizations, with plans to expand to larger companies by year's end.

Apple Computer Inc. will resolve its patent squabble with Creative Technology Ltd. by paying the Singapore-based company US$100 million for a license to use a recently awarded patent.

Logitech Inc. introduced an array of new products on Monday designed for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) users, including a keyboard with dedicated call management buttons and a speakerphone.

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. have agreed to align elements of their respective TV businesses with the creation of a new joint venture.

It's a great time to be a photo enthusiast. With every generation of cameras, we get more features for our money, and Nikon's new SLR seems to be no exception.

In continuing efforts to expand its online advertising business, Google Inc. will distribute ad-supported video content from Viacom International Inc.'s MTV Networks to Web sites in its extensive advertising network.

Norwegian consumer authorities are not pleased with the reply from Apple Computer Inc. about demands that the company change some of its iTunes Music Store policies.

In an effort to compete with Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. is expected to announce Tuesday it will expand its line of servers powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD).

The Indian government has blocked about 20 Web sites and blogs in India, following suspicions by the country's intelligence agencies that the sites were likely being used by terrorists to communicate with each another.

Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of pirated software in seven U.S. states, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft claims the companies sold pirated software or computers loaded with pirated software.

Forget flowers. A Japanese company is offering people the chance to say "I love you" with a personal satellite.

Hewlett-Packard Co. researchers have developed a memory chip with wireless networking capabilities that is roughly the same size as a grain of rice, the company said Monday.

Sony Corp. plans to next Wednesday take the wraps off its first high-definition camcorder compatible with the new AVCHD format.

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday will allow users to test the next version of Office online without having to download software.