If your Google searches seem to turn up more nonsense than value, Chrome now has an extension called Personal Blocklist to help you out. The resulting “blacklists” are sent to Google to help hone future searches.

While there may not be plans for a single, Facebook-branded phone, there will be several phones with Facebook-friendly features. The HTC’s ChaCha and Salsa phones will offer single-button access and INQ’s Cloud Touch has the interface designed specifically for Facebook.

The FaceR CredentialME AppLock for Android enables you to lock the apps on your devices using facial recognition. The system uses the device camera to verify your identity before opening applications.

Basic4android is a development environment for Google Android-based applications. The Basic4android language is similar to Visual Basic and supports Android v1.6 and above.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet runs Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), has an Nvidia dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 CPU, and front- and rear-facing cameras in a 10-inch package weighing in at 1.3 pounds.

RIM’s new PlayBook will come in four versions. The Wi-Fi and WiMax models will be available next month. PlayBooks for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and 3G HSPA+ networks won’t be available until the end of the year.

Here’s a quick tip if you want to improve your system’s performance and you’re not doing any routing.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Egyptians and Tunisians have shown the power of social media for change. The revolts have also shown the gap between the young organizers and the older, ruling elite.

Rumors are swirling, and officials at RIM are not commenting, but some are claiming the BlackBerry Playbook will be able to run apps written for Android.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, who used to work for Microsoft, has decided to kill off Symbian and put WinPhone7 on Nokia’s phones. Symbian is currently the market-leading phone operating system. The announcement apparently caused a number of workers to walk out.