Hamburg  - High expectations can lead to serious disappointment and PC gamers are all too acquainted with that feeling. Many games that are heavily hyped before hitting stores often turn out to be nothing special at all. That's why flying under the radar can be advantageous sometimes.

Munich  - Experts say there's no need to spend a lot of money on expensive programmes for burning CDs and DVDs given the wide range of free disc-burning software available on the market.

According to PC Professionell, a Munich-based magazine, there are plenty of free programmes available such as BurnAware, which is compatible with Microsoft's Windows 7 system and can also burn Blu-Ray discs.

It can also create ready-to-boot software and allows you to add data to already copied media. Another free programme with similar features is CDBurner XP.

The renowned broadband and telecommunications company of United States – Verizon Communications is all set jump into “online music & mobile application store business market” to compete directly with Apple. The New York City based Verizon has announced its online store for music and mobile applications.

The world's largest electronics company – Samsung Electronics recently unveiled several of its new products at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas. The Seoul, South Korea based Samsung showcased its Instinct S30, some AMOLED phones and its new Mondi Internet tablet.

The joint venture of the Japan’s Sony Corporation and the Sweden’s telecommunications company Ericsson – Sony Ericsson showcased its entire product lineup at Pepcom’s MobileFocus trade-show, at CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industries Association) convention, in Las Vegas.

Washington, Apr 4 : No need to panic if your hard disk is about to crash and you have not yet copied your favourite pictures and notes on a CD, for a new kind of computer memory may soon make `back-up' a thing of the past.

Racetrack memory, developed by Physicists at the University of Leeds and scientists at IBM Research''s Zurich lab, may become the standard method of storing information in home computers.