Gary Sims, the technology consultant and author, is pleased to announce the launch of the new iPhone and iPod Touch game ‘Nova Ball’. Developed independently, Nova Ball is a space/sci-fi accelerometer game. In the game you control the ball by holding your device parallel to the floor and tilting.

Someone has discovered a problem on Microsoft’s MSN.com website and the question is being asked, “is a prelude or even the result of an attack on Microsoft’s website?”

The Hi-Tech Squad recently wrote about the plans to move FreeNAS from FreeBSD to Linux. But it looks like this isn’t the end of the story… Today Olivier Cochard-Labbé made a great announcement, FreeNAS will live on with FreeBSD and production ready ZFS support will be added with the upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0. At the same time a new Linux version of FreeNAS will be created called OpenMediaVault!

With over 100,000 iPhone applications in the App Store, finding the right app (with the right price) can sometimes be a bit bewildering
especially sine there isn’t a sort by price filter.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to the App Store’s built-in search engine that do let you know when iPhone apps go on sale (or even drop their price to free). This will let you save loads of money.

Harryd has blogged about the future of FreeNAS and it looks like the future is Linux not FreeBSD. In short… FreeNAS 0.8 will be based on Debian GNU/Linux! Volker (the core developer) started an intermediate project called CoreNAS. FreeNAS 0.8 will be based on that.

E-matic has released a new version of the top selling E4 series. The E4 is an 8 GB touch-screen MP3 Player with a 5MP built-in Digital Camera and video recording capabilities. It also contains an FM Tuner/Recorder, Webcam capability, TV-Out, and is available in six colours.

Google has shown off the very first builds of Chrome OS (or Chromium OS as the open source version is called). It is really a developer preview and Google aren’t planning on releasing the final version for another year. Here are 5 things you really need to know…

MSI has announced the U.S. availability of the Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one desktop PC. What’s cool about this touch screen PC is that like a flat screen TV, this PC can be mounted on a wall.

Dell has announced via their Direct2Dell site that the Adamo XPS laptop is now available on Dell.com both in the US and in several countries around the world. In the US, the starting price is $1,799. The thin and elegant Adamo XPS has been much antisipated ever since Dell first announced a few weeks ago.

There is an interesting analysis, over at Gaj-IT.com, of the impact that Google’s new Chrome OS, which is rumoured to be released this week, will have for Apple and Microsoft.

Google is trying to repeat its success with Android on smart-phones with Chrome OS on Wi-Fi and 3G enabled netbooks. Google are clever enough to know that they can’t unseat Microsoft from their dominant position on the desktop but Google doesn’t really need to.