After months of hype, the highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 went on sale on Tuesday, November 10. The controversial video game surpassed sales records with a record $550 million worldwide in its first five days on sale.

Microsoft has released public betas of not just Office 2010, but also of Sharepoint 2010 and a variety of other products. The betas are downloadable at http://www.microsoft.com/2010/.

Walmart is keeping shoppers in their stores prior to the big Black Friday shopping day next week. They keep the pre-Black Friday specials coming and consumers are flocking to Walmart to get a great deal ahead of the crowds. The next pre-Black Friday sale is slated for Saturday, November 21.

Google continues to be the most used search engine, Yahoo! holds firm in second place, but Bing is quickly gaining market share, according to the October analysis by research company comScore.

Google is planning a Chrome OS preview at its Mountain View headquarters on Thursday. While the OS won't launch until next year, the event will give Google the opportunity to give technical background as well as demos. Rumors, which last week said that Chrome OS was coming this week, turned to be true.

Dell has sent out an email to their Employee Purchase Plan (EPP) customers, previewing its EPP Black Friday sale. Employee Purchase Plan members are those who have special memberships through their school, work, or other agency, but there is a slight loophole in the way Dell does things with EPP accounts (more on this later).

The Internet has been buzzing with questions about the 2009 Walmart Black Friday sale. Many retailers have already leaked out their Black Friday deals but Walmart has been very secretive. Until today. The word is out about some of the deals that may be well worth getting up early for on the day after Thanksgiving.

iPhone apps aren’t just for personal entertainment these days. For the first time ever, DJs will battle and record music live on their iPods/iPhones at the Voodoo Lounge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday, Nov. 20.

The Motorola Droid hit 250,000 sales in its first week, making it the fast-selling Android phone to date, according to market research firm Flurry.

Target, Best Buy, Sears and other major retailers are lowering their prices on televisions for the Black Friday shopping crowd. Deals are being revealed as Black Friday ads are leaked to consumers a week or more before the traditional day after Thanksgiving shopping day.

Black Friday deals for Apple have been leaked.

Twitter is going to do away with its "suggested users" feature. Originally, the list was meant to introduce prominent Twitter users, including sports figures, celebrities and politicians, to newcomers to the site. Controversy over selection methods has caused Twitter co-founder Biz Stone to re-think the suggested user list.