Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 is without a doubt "the best" desktop security software out there, the good news is Kaspersky Russia is doing a limited period promo on facebook giving away extended 90 days activation keys (standard trial is 30 days) for KIS 2011 - to grab the free Kaspersky activation key follow the guide posted next.

Free-2-Play online gaming is catching up fast and latest popular game title to join the trend is "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online", Ubisoft unveiled first closed BETA of free-to-play online version of the new multi-player, third-person, tactical shooter game.

The upcoming online version of the game features all the best qualities of the Ghost Recon franchise, allowing players to choose from three different classes of Ghost, customization of weapons, deployment of cutting-edge military technology, and sharing of intelligence with their team ensuring an immersible first.

Much anticipated Google NFC (Near field communication) payment service "Google Wallet" finally got unveiled officially, the Google Wallet app once installed on your mobile-phone will make your phone your secure digital wallet. With NFC enabled mobile-devices users will be able to pay for services by just tapping on their phones at any "near field communication (NFC)" payment terminal, since this is an mobile application users will not only be able to store and use their credit-cards but also manage shopping information like offers, loyalty cards and gift cards. When you tap to pay, your phone will also automatically redeem offers and earn loyalty points for you.

Duke Nukem Forever - the much awaited sequel to 1996's popular game title "Duke Nukem 3D" has finally reached the "GOLD" milestone meaning that the game's main development has been finished and the game is now going to get replicated to disks on mass-scale for retail release on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms.

The game has been in-development for past 15 years and have seen quite a lot of hurdles before getting completed now, in an official press release the creative director at 3D Realms George Broussard states :

Very little information is available about next major upgrade to Microsoft Office product suite family, but now slowly and steadily information is coming out. This time the very first video demonstration of "Microsoft Office 15 - Moorea 15.0.2703.1000" has made it's way to the internet, the video shows tile based metro user-interface with basic functionalities of Moorea.

Digiarty is giving away unlimited free licenses of their "WinX DVD Ripper Platinum KungFu Edition" software to let users enjoy the summer movie season, the software allows users to backup their DVD movies to computer in various video formats like AVI, WMV, MP4 and H.264 bypassing majority copy-protection measures in DVD discs. Once backed-up and converted these formats are also playable on devices like iPhone, iPad, PSP, cell-phones etc. It also works as a digital backup tool which can help you clone DVD to ISO, copy DVD to hard drive with original Video and original 5.1 Channel AC3/DTS Dolby Audio within 5 minutes.

Here are two cool desktop sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, the "Antique CPU Meter" and "Classic CPU Meter" styles display the current CPU and RAM usage in these realistic looking gauges.

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Apple recently acquired Nuance Tech, a company associated with speech recognition technology. Apple fans have now started conceptualizing how Apple might end up using this new technology on future iOS5 devices, concept video after the jump.

Newest version of popular PC cleaning, repairing, and optimization utility suite IOBit Advanced SystemCare 4 is out now, greatly improved from it's previous versions the free program allows users to fine-tune their computers for optimal performance. The new version features improved core engine and program structure delivering a much better, comprehensive and deeper system cleaning, repairing and optimization experience, that's not all this time IOBit has incorporated new security features into the application for protecting user PC's from more security threats and privacy compromises. Another worty mention would be the the enhanced “Turbo Boost” mode, which detects and shutdowns unnecessary background processes and services leaving more resources for faster computing experience when needed.