Sony Vaio VPCF21Z1E 16in laptop

This is a “portable desktop” system built for gaming and other high-demand programs. It comes with Win7, a 1920 x 1080-pixel screen, and 3D active shutter glasses.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

What the Internet is hiding from you

Your search engine is very thoughtful. It reviews your past searches and applies that information to new searches. This “targets” your preferences, but can result in you not finding what is actually available.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

Samsung Galaxy S II dual core Android smartphone

This update to the Galaxy S offers a dual core processor, an AMOLED screen, an 8Mp camera, and more in a slim case. This review offers technical specifications and lots of pictures.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

Google Issues Patch to Plug Android Data Leaks

After researchers announced there was a problem with the way Android handles some information, Google has issued a patch.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

France Halts ‘Three Strikes’ IP-Address Collection

France’s idea to fight online copyright infringement, by kicking miscreants off the web, suffered a setback when the company holding the data was hacked.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

Ricoh color e-paper display promises 2.5x brightness

Ricoh is working on new color e-paper technology that may have the potential to replace LCD displays on color e-readers. The new system requires less power than LCDs but is not as bright.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

WritePad for iPhone

PhatWare has released an update for WritePad for iPhone which includes synchronization of WritePad documents with Evernote. WritePad 5 now offers an improved handwriting recognition engine with a letter shape selector and adds the ability to upload WritePad documents to Google Docs and send SMS directly from WritePad.

Posted on: May 17, 2011 9:00 am

Android vulnerability exposes users to data theft

When Android devices are used to access web-based services, such as Gmail, they receive authentication tokens. But some of these tokens are sent in plain-text, making them easy to read if captured.

Posted on: May 17, 2011 9:00 am

Sony offers free games to unhappy customers

As a way to apologize to, and thank, users Sony will offer subscribers free games in either PS3 or PSP format. The PlayStation Network is back on line but the PlayStation Store is not yet back in business.

Posted on: May 17, 2011 9:00 am

Aussie cops grab journo for reporting Facebook vuln demo

An Australian journalist claims he was arrested after reporting on the demonstration of a vulnerability in Facebook. Why the journalist was targeted, and not the demonstrator, is something of a mystery.

Posted on: May 17, 2011 9:00 am