It seems the Windows 7 pre-sale has been a lot better than even Microsoft expected - which prompted PC World to declare it the "fastest selling software ever." Amazon is no longer taking pre-orders of any of the versions. PC World's parent company DSGi said that demand in the first 12 hours of pre-order launch saw sales of Windows 7 exceed 25 per cent of DSGi's total annual sales of Windows Vista. That's some figures.DSGi says the operating system is still available from PC World online as well as Currys with a free PC Health Check worth £29.99. It guarantees

Those of you that look at the iconic Android clock on your T-Mobile G1 or the HTC Magic and think: 'that's so 2008', get ready to pick up the uber-skinned HTC Hero ROM instead.The clever chaps over at the XDA developers forum have managed to put together a working port that makes your current, bog-standard Android device into a next generation behemoth.Well, that is until the HTC Hero actually hits the shops in the not-too-distant-future, complete with super widget gallery and some kind of space-age buttons that might make you feel like you're aboard some intergalactic space

These days, it seems not a week goes by without a fresh rush of netbooks entering the market. HP's Compaq Mini 110c is the latest machine to raise its head above the parapet. While the 10.1-inch Compaq Mini 110c doesn't bring anything new or revolutionary to the market, it does look a very nice piece of kit. Weighing in at 1.2kg and only 33mm thin, the machine is clearly meant for life on the road.Full article

LG has announced its new GD900 Crystal phone will be available from 1 July, exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse.Users will be able to pick it up for the princely sum of £35 per month, although we're yet to find out what that contract involves and whether you'll have to cough up the handset as well.TechRadar conducted an in-depth hands on with the phone, which features the world's first transparent keypad, and ran the rule over the innovative track / keypad.BeefyEssentially it's a beefed up Arena, which was released earlier this year, but adds in some nice

Lenovo's latest netbook, the IdeaPad S12, aims to unite the best of its current netbooks, the IdeaPad S10 and S10-2, in one machine. The 12-inch laptop boasts a host of eye-catching features including a full-size keyboard, which should provide a great typing experience, and six hours of battery life which, if true, makes the IdeaPad S12 a very portable machine indeed.The IdeaPad S12 is only 25mm thick and weighs only 1.4kg, which supports the above view. A 160GB hard drive is standard netbook fair but provides plenty of room all your files and folders as well as your music

Microsoft has decided that enough is enough and the public needs some more Windows 7 love in its life and has released the Release Candidate just before the promised date of 5 May.This means that you can now effectively trial the new OS for a year before deciding if you want to buy the retail version, which can only be a good thing.The RC will run until the 5 June 2010, so you can swim around in the successor to Windows Vista to your heart's content before finally having to fork out. However, there is a caveat to this.Love our OS!Microsoft is hoping that