Windows Vista/7 only: If you’re hungry for a sneak peek at Microsoft’s new HTML5-friendly, faster, webapp-savvy browser, you can go ahead and grab the beta now, for 32 and 64-bit modern Windows systems. Just want to see what the fuss is about? Head to Beauty of the Web, which shows off its features—especially if you browse there from the beta. [Microsoft]

Washington — A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works out the last details of new spectrum rules that have been long in the making.

No more talking Flash trash: the program that Steve Jobs so seems to revile appears to be good-to-go for apps, or programs, on the iPhone and Apple’s other mobile devices, including the iPod Touch and iPad.

It looks as though the Yahoo-Microsoft transition is starting to become reality. The companies announced last week that Microsoft’s Bing was powering Yahoo’s organic search results in the U.S. and Canada.

Priority Inbox is Google’s attempt to solve the e-mail woes of Gmail power users. At its core, the feature is an algorithm; Priority Inbox uses information such as keywords, the people you e-mail the most and your e-mail habits to select the most pressing e-mails in your inbox. Those e-mails are brought to the top of your Gmail and marked as important so you deal with them first.

Whether it’s your daily commute or a random road trip, your iPhone can help you drive, park, and stave off passenger boredom. Here are our picks for the best iPhone apps for when you’re on the move.