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Motorola’s new Rival messaging phone bridges the gap between smartphone and dumb phone and offers QWERTY, touch “keys” and visual voicemail.

The Interead Cool-er e-book reader is just $250, cheaper than Sony’s PRS e-reader and Amazon’s Kindle. But is it worth the price? Here’s a quick visual tour around the device.

When IT consultant Erik Eckel first heard of SuperAntiSpyware, he feared it might be yet another pseudo antispyware program. When he learned just how well the legitimate antimalware application works in the real world, though, he immediately added the utility to his trusted troubleshooting toolbox. Here’s a look at SuperAntiSpyware, one of the better antimalware tools in Eckel’s opinion.

Steve Jobs’ temporary replacement, Phil Schiller, kicks off Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In partnership with iFixit, TechRepublic cracks open the Palm Pre, the latest smartphone from Sprint. The Palm Pre is supposed to give the Apple iPhone a run for its money – we see if it can.

Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris June 2009 release boasts a number of significant usability and performance improvements.

If money is no object and total immersion is your goal, NEC’s CRV43 — a 43 in. curved display with a 2880 by 900 pixel resolution — is paramount to your setup. The downside? The $7,999 price tag.

Opera 10 beta introduces a new skin, visual tabs, a new compression technology (Opera Turbo) for faster browsing on slow connections, automatic updating and BitTorrent support, among other features.

At E3 no big surprise was Sony’s unveiling of an updated portable gaming controller, the PSP Go. Big surprise was the unveiling of a motion-sensing device to combat the Ninetendo Wii and Microsoft’s new Project Natal.

Windows Media Center began gaining fans when Microsoft added it to the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Vista. Windows 7 is expanding this availability — complete with a new look and enhanced functionality. Deb Shinder hits the highlights.

There’s a lot to like about the Nintendo DSi — a multi-faceted, touch-screen, hand-held gaming device. The portability factor, accompanied by the long battery life, makes it a really great gift for gamers — children and adults alike. And while DS games tend to be pricey, the built-in Camera and Sound applications will keep you (and your kids, when you finally take a break) entertained and creative.

HTC continues to develop slider form factor Windows Mobile touch screen devices for the mobile professional who needs it all. The device packs in all the latest wireless features, a solid QWERTY keyboard, and much more in a rather large package. This device will also be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5, but HTC made some of their own improvements as well that take it to the next level.

ZDNet Jason Perlow field upgrades his 2P Opteron Quad core system to Opteron Six-core using AMD’s lastest Istanbul server processor.

HP Mini 1151NR netbook by Verizon Wireless

Google describes Wave as “equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”

First look at Alienware’s new M17x gaming laptop.

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer took the wraps off the new version of its search engine — and its new search brand, “Bing.”

Dell announced and made available today its Studio 14z, its budget, ultrathin, ultralight notebook with a 16:9 HD screen, Nvidia 9400m graphics and no optical drive for $649. The notebook fills the gap between the traditional laptop segment and the growing netbook segment.