Hacker posted stolen X-rated pics on Facebook

A California man has been charged with breaking into women’s e-mail accounts, copying sexually explicit photos he found there, and posting those photos to the women’s Facebook pages. Apparently, he was able to guess the passwords to their accounts.

Posted on: November 3, 2010 9:00 am

First Chrome OS Notebooks Due in November

Inventec will offer the first Google-branded Chrome OS notebook later this month. Acer and Hewlett-Packard will make their models available in December.

Posted on: November 3, 2010 9:00 am

CSIRO introduces Wi-Fi to your TV antenna

If you have a TV antenna, in the near future you may be able to use it to connect to the internet. The Australian firm CSIRO has developed technology allowing a data transfer rate of 12 megabits per second (Mbps) using a television channel.

Posted on: November 3, 2010 9:00 am

Will WP7 Live up to Microsoft’s ‘Really’ Ads?

While the phones may be getting good reviews, and the advertising is interesting, will the Windows Phone 7 operating system live up to the promised “ease of use” depicted in the ads?

Posted on: November 2, 2010 9:00 am

Amazon’s 3G Kindle leaps ‘Great Firewall of China’

Kindle is not the device that comes to mind when you think of circumventing a firewall. However. Many Chinese have discovered they can access otherwise blocked sites from their Kindles.

Posted on: November 2, 2010 9:00 am

ViewSonic Will Offer Tablet with Android and Windows 7

For those who can’t decide, ViewSonic will offer a 10.1 tablet running both Android 1.6 and Windows 7 Home Premium. ViewSonic is also offering a smaller tablet running only Android.

Posted on: November 2, 2010 9:00 am

Facebook and Your User ID Explained

After some developers were caught selling user data, Facebook responded with some changes to how User IDs are handled. This article lists the changes being made.

Posted on: November 2, 2010 9:00 am

Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps

Gizmodo offers fifty apps no iPhone should be without. Their choices include the usual social apps, like Twitter and Facebook, a few games, and some productivity apps. Each entry includes a short description and a link to download the app.

Posted on: November 1, 2010 9:00 am

iPhone Alarm Bug Has Europe Waking 1 Hour Late

For those who use their iPhone as an alarm clock, a bug in iOS 4.1 means the clock thinks daylight savings time ends on November 7. This is fine if you live in the U.S. but a problem if you live in Europe.

Posted on: November 1, 2010 9:00 am

Blekko Search Engine Slashes Through the Web

You may know Google, Bing, and Yahoo, but have you ever heard of Blekko? If you need to run vertical searches, those on a specific topic, you may want to try this new search engine.

Posted on: November 1, 2010 9:00 am