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Windows 7 Family Pack returns September 1st, 2010 10:12 pm ET Windows 7 Photo: Microsoft The Windows 7 Family Pack returns, or at least it will, starting Oct. 3rd.

We're not quite sure when the Federal Communications Commission got into the habit of tearing devices limb from limb after testing their wireless radiation levels, but we have to say we're loving the trend -- and there's quite nothing like peering into the juicy innards of a new Apple device.

Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc.

A Swedish prosecutor has today reopened the rape investigation on Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange.

A gunman that was holding hostages in the Discovery Channel headquarters building in Silver Spring, Md.

U.S. regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren't part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband connections.

Apple unveiled a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday. As opposed to many such initiatives, including Google's upcoming Google TVs, Apple has their own view of what consumers want in the living room, and whether or not they or Google will come out the big winner is the question.

Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

Gold on Wednesday reached a fresh two-month high, but prices later retreated by $2.20 to below $1,250 an ounce. Crude oil soared the most in a month while U.S. stocks had their best day in eight weeks...

Apple's September 1st event was streamed, giving us a clue to a possible video streaming announcement.

Sept. 1 -- Rachel Ziemba, senior analyst at Roubini Global Economics LLC, talks about increased costs for manufacturers in China and the effect these may have on the country's global exports.

Sept. 1 -- Ben Rogoff, a fund manager at Polar Capital Partners, talks about Apple Inc.'s expected product launch.

Aug. 31 -- Karl Case, an economics professor at Wellesley College and co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, discusses the U.S. housing market.

Investigators say a South Carolina man is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor.

Aug. 31 -- Todd Jordan, managing director at Hedgeye Risk Management, talks about the growth of Asia's gaming industry.

Sept. 1 -- Charles Morris, a fund manager overseeing about $2.5 billion at HSBC Global Asset Management's Absolute Return fund, talks about his decision to sell long-term bond holdings on Aug.

Since the Motorola Milestone is basically the GSM version of the Droid, you had to be expecting a Milestone 2, hadn't you?