What is better than a telescope as a Christmas gift for that cousin of yours who is crazy about astronomy or the Milky Way? Especially when you are low on budget this month… The link to a free and open source space simulator should do the trick nicely. Celestia allows visitors to witness exciting celestial events which happened in the past or will happen in the future. It is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Great news for PC gamers! Rockstar Games has announced that the PC version of wildly popular Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is now available for purchase at retail stores nationwide and via digital download on Steam, carrying an MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price) of $49.99.

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One of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications, T-Mobile USA and RIM have jointly announced that the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature Wi-Fi and mobile calling in new flip design - BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, is now available in US exclusively from T-Mobile.

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The well-known South Korean multinational corporation, LG Electronics has officially announced the availability of its new LG Renoir (LG-KC910). It’s the full touchscreen 8 megapixel camera phone which LG claims as the first handset created for the worldwide market to include Dolby Mobile, aiming to deliver full multimedia experience that stimulates the senses.

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Website has developed from a pre-defined information presentation platform in those early days to a more dynamic and communicative place. It has become a trend in this techno era whereby users are enjoying conversing or messaging facilities available online such as leaving comment threads, RSS feeds, forum, Twitter, etc. With an increasing variety of protocols and providers on this conversing activity, monitoring or keeping track of individual’s own conversations is harder. To make life easier, Mozilla labs have brought to Firefox users a new messaging experience via its newly released plugin, Snowl.

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Who says playing video games will make you lethargic and obese? Nintendo’s wacky fitness peripheral called Wii Fit is designed to help you keep fit and healthy. It features a Wii balance board with four rubber feet to prevent slipping. It is highly sensitive and reacts to changes in weight distribution and pressure. Running on four AA batteries, it connects with the Wii console via Bluetooth. It is a user-friendly plug-in device whereby you only need to insert the batteries into the Wii balance board and start up the Wii Fit.

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Nintendo has announced a successor to Wii Sports game, dubbed as Wii Sports Resort, which utilizes a new Wii MotionPlus peripheral that attaches to the bottom port of Wii Remote controller for improved wrist movement detection, providing gamers a true 1:1 response in the game play.

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The leading company in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), Tivo has announced the availability of YouTube videos on the TV via TiVo DVR, allowing broadband-connected subscribers with TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs to search, browse and watch million of videos from YouTube directly on their televisions.

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All computer hard discs will eventually wear out and cause disastrous results or inconveniences to users. Thus, it is important to have a contingency plan to backup all the important and valuable data such as photos, projects reports, email, financial records, etc. Disk Imaging Software is a good solution to assist users to backup or duplicate their data without spending a lot of time. There are various good disk imaging software available in the market such as Acronis True Image, Paragon Drive Backup, Norton Ghost, etc. Most of these applications are not free and the prices generally range from $30 to $100. Anyway, if you are looking for a disk imaging software but cost is a concern to you, probably you should look at Macrium Reflect.

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The award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications, D-Link has launched its new 10″ (resolution of 800 x 480) Wi-Fi digital photo frame - D-Link DSM-210, which combines the benefits of digital photo frame with the convenience of Internet.

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