The Gingerbread upgrade for Android-based devices will no longer exempt Facebook from Google’s data-sharing rules. The upgrade will erase Facebook contacts from the phone’s address book.

The next version of Mac OS X – Lion 10.7 – is now available for registered developers. Lion features Mission Control, Launchpad, and new Multi-Touch gestures

For those who cook, Google has a new recipe search feature. You enter the type of dish you want, then narrow your search by selecting from a set of ingredients, cooking time, and calories.

The Atrix runs Android 2.2 on a dual-core processor, making the phone quick to respond. Putting it in the dock, for laptop or multimedia, it becomes a somewhat less impressive Chrome OS netbook. This review includes specifications and a short video showing it docked with a laptop.

For those with family and friends in the Christchurch area, Google has created a website letting you post a message or search a database. This page includes a link to the Christchurch Earthquake website and the Person Finder.

In-app subscription fees let publishers charge users for content. But Apple hasn’t made it entirely clear just who is a “publisher”. And their thirty-percent cut is pricing some “publishers” out of business.

George Hotz bought a PS3 from Sony. Then he took it apart and changed the programming. When he published his exploits, Sony sued. Now Hotz is getting ready to face Sony’s legal team in court.

“Do not track” has been in the news lately, but it isn’t always clear what it means. This article explains how the combination of cookies and web analytics can be used to target your preferences.

The iPad set the stage for our expectations, not only of features but price, making an $800 Motorola Xoom look to be “unreasonably” expensive compared to a $700 iPad.

The WinPhone 7 update released yesterday was supposed to ready the phones for the major update expected next month. However. It seems to have caused problems with some phones, especially Samsung Omnia 7 sets.