The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch

Microsoft and Apple both have important updates in this week's tech watch, which also includes a glance around the always dynamic world of Internet technology.

• The seventh version of the Windows operating system is tentatively priced at $200.

• Mac users should be aware of a new computer virus that piggybacks on phony copies of Apple's iWork suite of applications, as well as bum copies of Photoshop CS4. Users who don't pirate these programs should be fine.

• This week's iPhone update: iDrive lets users back up their contact list. GrubHub lets users order from restaurants from their phone. Here's a look back at some of Gizmodo's favorite iPhone apps. Owers of an iPod Touch can now turn that device into a defacto iPhone with a new app that provides VOIP functionality.

• Is Microsoft planning its own answer to the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1?

• Google update: Gmail users can now divide their inbox into multiple panels and get free stickers. In addition, is the Internet giant preparing its own answer to Amazon's portable book-reader, the Kindle? On the browser side, it looks like Google will start rolling out support for plugins for its Chrome web browser.

YourMagz.com is pitching itself as a combination betwee the social-networking generator Ning and the document hosting service Scribd. They're in a closed beta test, and they haven't announced whether they're adult-friendly or not.

• Industry professionals who have squirreled away enough disposable income to let them afford to shop for an RV may want to check out this next-generation vehicle.

• The Apple Store has banned Facebook from its in-store computers in an effort to curb casual web surfers from wasting too much time.

• On Feb. 3, the online dating service SpeedDate.com experienced a huge security breach. Users were able to log into absolutely any profile on the site because of a hack that neutralized password protection.

• Perennial second-fiddle search engine Yahoo has added a new note-taking function.

JuicyCampus, the controversial message board that asked college students to gossip about each other, is dead.

• Companies that want to keep an eye on the blogosphere for chatter about themselves and their competitors may want to consider TechRigy.com.

IMO.im is a new instant-messaging aggregator. Think of it as an in-browser Trillian.

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