Apple has submitted a filing with the FCC for the Bluetooth version of its single-button right-clickable mouse, the Mighty Mouse. The wireless Mighty Mouse looks much the same as the current wired version with the obvious exception of the cord. The mouse comes with a single button that does both left-click and right-click duties. One omni-directional pointing ball in the middle allows you to scroll in any direction

Web search leader Google has announced an update to Google Maps for mobile that will enable consumers in the U.S. to view comprehensive information on traffic conditions in more than 30 major metropolitan areas and partial information in many others, right from their mobile devices. After downloading Google Maps for mobile through their mobile phone's web browser, users simply move to the desired location within the application and select "show traffic" in the menu

We are so in love with mobile phones that nine out of 10 adults quizzed reveal they cannot get through a day without them. Experts say that they are the new garden fence allowing us to catch up on gossip and with friends. Social anthropologist Kate Fox said: "They have restored our sense of community and provided a highly effective antidote to the pressures and alienation of modern life

JotSpot has updated its wiki software to better resemble traditional desktop applications and is preparing an on-premise edition of its hosted service. The two-year-old company said it will on Monday introduce JotSpot 2.0, a version of its hosted software, which is designed to make wikis easier to build. Wikis are Web pages which can be jointly authored and edited

Microsoft has confirmed working on a new line of portable music and entertainment products as also software, under the brand name "Zune". According to industry sources, Zune is being seen as a competitor to Apple's wildly popular iPod. Apple commands a market share of nearly $4 billion, in terms of portable entertainment devices. Reportedly, the first device to be released this year will be a music player along the lines of Apple's iPod

The successful introduction of Intel's Core 2 Duo dual-core processor range for desktops has forced dramatic price cuts on AMD's own dual-core chips. AMD has slashed prices by more than half on its high end Athlon 64 X2 chips in response to superior benchmark performances from the new generation Intel Core 2 Duo chips. The move by AMD signals a determination by the company to defend its market share at all costs

Motorola said Thursday that it had struck an agreement with Yahoo to distribute its Yahoo! Go for Mobile application on millions of new cellular phones produced by the company. Starting in the first half of next year, the service would be pre-loaded on capable handsets, the companies said. The deal marks the second with a major phone manufacturer who will carry the service. In January, Yahoo forged an alliance with Nokia to make Yahoo! Go available on the company's phones worldwide

Space Adventures, a company based in Vienna, Virginia, that has sent three very wealthy men to orbit the earth on the International Space Station, was scheduled to announce yesterday that future customers will be able to take an hour-and-a-half trip outside the station as well. The price is just US $15 million, on top of the US $20 million for the flight itself

Atari, a developer of interactive games for all platforms and one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment, has announced the official pricing for its upcoming next-generation racing game, "Test Drive Unlimited". The Test Drive Unlimited for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be offered at $39.95

In the battle for the dominance in the digital music industry Sony and Yahoo have made a daring step: they are now offering more expensive tracks, but with no DRM. After sites like Movielink and Cinema Now, it’s now Yahoo! Music’s turn to sell off content on their site without DRM protection. Yahoo! Music will sell a Jessica Simpson single called ‘A Public Affair’ in open MP3 format, making it compatible with all music players. However, the song is priced at $1