Hamburg  - These are exciting times for mobile gamers: an update of the Nintendo's DS mini-console was released in early April as the DSi, with several downloadable titles is already available. Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are also growing in importance as platforms for mobile gaming. Sony's Playstation Portable, by contrast, is already well established in this field.

Bonn, Germany  - Microsoft has eliminated 23 vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office products. Users of those programs should install the corresponding security updates as soon as possible, the German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) in Bonn, central Germany, is advising.

This can be handled by activating automatic updates in the Windows Security Centre or visiting Microsoft's update site at http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate.

Washington  - Send an e-mail you wish you hadn't? If you use Gmail, you can avail yourself of the "unsend" feature. Log into your Gmail account and go to Gmail Labs. Turn on Undo Send... Enable. Thereafter, once you click the Send button, you'll have five seconds to click the "undo" link to recall the message.

The computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have come up with a new technology to put computers in a doze that can save energy up to 60 to 80 percent.

Yuvraj Agarwal, doctoral researcher of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) with a team of Microsoft Research computer scientists has developed a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers (PCs), which induces a new energy-saving state they call 'sleep talking'.

That RealNetworks' last September-launched product RealDVD is in troubled waters is obvious - it is being tested in court, as lawyers arguing for the Hollywood studios alleging that RealNetworks violated copyright law!

The sale of the $30-priced RealDVD, which could copy retail DVD content onto one hard drive and up to five devices, was blocked by a federal Judge, after only a few thousand sales, as Hollywood raised objections against it.

Some leaked details about Windows 7 Release Candidate indicate that Microsoft has made minor tweaks and added some new features to the new operating system. The new features introduced to Windows 7 Release Candidate include a feature that will help a Windows 7 PC to stream media from home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC. Furthermore, the Windows 7 OS will support a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.