Google is has begun offering Sky, which made its debut in August of last year as part of Earth 4.2, as an application that can be displayed by regular web browsers. Most of the functionality has been ported, including a search that, according to Google, covers 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.

The seventh generation of Microsoft's operating system software is scheduled for a release in the year 2010.  According to Softpedia, development of Windows 7 began on the release of Windows Vista. "We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. The specific release date will be determined once the company meets its quality bar for release," said a Microsoft spokesperson to Softpedia.

With all the expensive products we see and review, it’s pretty refreshing to play with something that doesn’t suck.  We recently bought the Thermaltake BlacX hard drive dock for a measly $40 from NewEgg.  We didn’t expect much from it, but quickly discovered that this is a must buy for storage fanatics.