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Apple has been sued again, this time around it is over alleged multitouch patent infringement. I was going to make a joke about Apple being accused of inappropriately touching but this quote from the actual complaint is gross enough as it is:
Elan Microelectronics filed a complaint accusing Apple of violating an Elan-owned patent that covers "touch-sensitive input devices with the ability to detect the simultaneous presence of two or more fingers."
Intel Corporation today culminated the transition to the company's award-winning "Nehalem" chip design with the launch of the Intel® Xeon® 7500 processor series. In less than 90 days, Intel has introduced all-new 2010 PC, laptop and server processors that increase energy efficiency and computing speed and include a multitude of new features that make computers more intelligent, flexible and reliable.
Expandable to include from two to 256 chips per server, the new Intel Xeon processors have an average performance three times that of Intel's existing Xeon 7400 series on common, leading enterprise benchmarks, and come equipped with more than 20 new reliability features.
If you are using Windows 7 and IE8, this Microsoft Security Bulletin does not concern you. Everyone else, go get your patch on. Follow the link to watch the public webcast at 1:00 p.m. PDT.
Microsoft is releasing an Out-of-Band Security bulletin to address attacks against customers of Internet Explorer. Please join us Tuesday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (UTC -8) for a public webcast where we will present information on the bulletin and take customer questions.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Map Pack Released @ Blue’s News
Modern Warfare 2 Charity Raises Unemployment Awareness @ Kotaku
Splinter Cell: Conviction Trailer @ Shacknews
Take-Two Sending Out Hot Coffee Settlement Checks @ Joystiq
While I gotta give this guy and his wife props for ingenuity, this project probably should be called "how to make sure you never get an e-mail again because no one will be your friend while you are wearing this shirt." Don't look at me like that, someone had to say it.
Not only can your computer be hacked, now you have to worry about protecting your electric meter. Wait, what?
Computer-security researchers say new "smart" meters that are designed to help deliver electricity more efficiently also have flaws that could let hackers tamper with the power grid in previously impossible ways.
Cases & Modding
Antec P193 Advanced Mid-Tower Case @ PC Perspective
Cooling
Xigmatek Durin D982 Cooler @ Tweaknews
ETC.
ASUS UL50Vf Notebook @ Legit Reviews
Cooler Master NotePal ErgoStand @ ThinkComputers
Zotac Interview with Simon Greer @ Hardware Heaven
There are no words to describe how awesome this is….thankfully we have a picture:
This is a pretty slick looking concept laptop. It would be even cooler if both the keyboard and the monitor folded out though. What do you think?
Someone please tell me that this is an early April Fools joke. Just thinking about turning down a million dollars is [H]. Damn, this guy is my new hero. 
Who doesn't want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia — and who won $1 million for solving a problem that has stumped mathematicians for a century. Grigory Perelman can't decide if he wants the money.
WD today announced that it is now shipping 750 GB of storage capacity in a standard-height 2.5-inch notebook hard drive -- the industry's highest capacity to date in this form factor. Designed for mainstream notebook computers, the WD Scorpio® Blue™ 750 GB hard drives utilize WD's leading 375 GB-per-platter areal density and Advanced Format technology.
I have heard just about every excuse there is for a missing or delayed package…or so I thought.
Earlier today, reader Will blogged about his recent interaction with Amazon customer service. He writes that when he called up Amazon to find out the location of a missing package. The rep informed him that the package had been eaten by an alligator.
