Google has released an amazing new beta for Google Earth.

Not only can you check out what your neighbor’s yard looks like, but you can now travel back in time to see how the whole area changed throughout the years.
If you are a deep-sea diver, or just curious (like I am) you can now dive under the ocean and see what it looks.

I have never really been a fan of Google Earth, but this beta has definitely made me one.

If you are interested in downloading the free beta, you can get it directly from Google.

Not very often in gaming does someone come along with a title as refreshing as SKATE was last year. Well EA is back with the second installment with SKATE 2. This is a brief review of the new game and we hope you enjoy it!

Graphics - This game has some great graphics, its not the most realistic game we have ever seen but it does a good enough job to keep you looking at all the small details. Everything from the character clothes all the way to the ramps and decks themselves are very close to believable detail!

One of the great things about SKATE and SKATE 2 is the open feel it brings, you basically have this huge town you can skate through. I didn’t time it myself but id wager it would take a good 45 minutes or more to skate from one corner to the other if you never stopped to find a line to skate.

With this much room in one game I found myself lost for hours and hours just exploring to see what sort of sick lines and combos I could come up with.

On the down-side for the graphics the vehicles that you see driving around and the pedestrians that seem to get in your way right at the wrong time are all jagged and look really bad if your using a HDTV like I am. I just had jagged edges on games don’t you? But with that said overall this games graphics are more then pleasing to the eyes!

Game play- SKATE 2 brings back the awesome flick stick controls that SKATE brought us last year. The controls put you in complete 100% control of the characters positions and of course the board and feet of your character which allows you to pull off life-like kick flips and the awesome pop-shuv it.

There is nothing like finding a nice stair-case to pull some sweet tricks off of but in my opinion these are far and few between much like the first SKATE was. However EA this year has introduced moveable envoirnment objects and we can now construct in real-time gameplay our own lines and obstacles to try and skate.

Its way better then the standard editors that come with games like this and it gives you more of a down to earth friendly feel to the game, whether your lining up garbage cans or stringing together ramps and rails to pull of a sick line SKATE 2 has tons to offer!

Sound - The sound in SKATE 2 is just as good as the first, the life-like kick flip sounds really seal the deal when your skating around and finding the perfect hot-spot to hit hard! Just watch out for those mad mall cops, they are not to friendly this time around!

The best part sound-wise for this game is the truly awesome bone crushing sounds when you bail or hit the pavement hard, it sounds so gruesome you can actually feel it in your soul. I have only experienced that in one other game before and that was Gears Of War for the xbox 360. Its nice to see that EA can live up to the hype of a game and deliver a great experience the second time around a title!

Overall Score 7.5/10

This is just a quick walkthough of the main new features in Windows 7.

I have been using Windows 7 since the day it was released to the public and it is miles ahead of Vista and it’s still in it’s beta stages.

You can snag yourself a free copy of the beta from Microsoft.

99Games is at it again and we are back with another great game review! We need to start finding some apps that are not so good so we can do some negative reviews but its so hard when companies like 99games are around!

Anyways, today we are taking a look at Aqua the Jigsaw Puzzle game for your iPhone. While this game is based around aqua and fish in general it does have the capability of taking your own pictures which become jigsaw puzzles!

This game is all about beating the clock, the goal is to complete the jigsaw puzzle in as little time as possible (the time is in the lower right of your game screen). This game is not really all that challenging but it is cool for a few laughs.

A lot of you will be asking if this game is worth the price you have to pay for it and the answer is simply no, while it can be fun to re-puzzle your own face after taking a picture it simply does not offer enough enjoyment to pay for it. If this game was free I would say go for it.

My final word for this game is simple, if you have the extra cash then go for it, but if your not into puzzles and you want to get a game that’s really fun for the money then try out some of 99games other stuff because they are very fun and addictive!

Backgrounds is a pretty cool free application.
The name pretty much tells it all.

You launch the application and are able to choose from hundreds of free backgrounds for your iPhone/iPod.

You can scroll through the most recently added backgrounds, most downloaded, or choose from a certain category. There are over 30 categories to choose from.

There are new backgrounds added daily. Of course these backgrounds can only be seen on your lockscreen, unless you have a jailbroken device with Winterboard installed.