Computing Unplugged contributing editor Dr. Humayn Bakht has just released his first book, available through Amazon. His book introduces mobile ad-hoc network not just for the technical readers but for any one who wants to develop understanding of ad-hoc networking. Many technical books have been written covering this subject but Mobile Ad-hoc Networking introduces ad-hoc network from the basic to advance level with an explanation for each of the core topics.

Mobile Ad-hoc Networking is compiled with materials gathered by the author in his research. It includes detail of Concept and Operational requirements; Service awareness and Quality of services; Characteristics; Applications; Challenges; Communication; Communication misbehavior; Distributed management services; Power aware communication; Security; Secure communication; Internet Mobile Ad-hoc Networks; Group communication; Distributed Applications; Classification of Communication Schemes and Communication schemes.

We at Computing Unplugged wish Humayun all the best with his new book!

The United Arab Emirates has decided not to suspend BlackBerry services on October 11 as originally planned. The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority feels RIM has met their requirements.

The HTC Desire HD is a new smartphone that runs Android. However. The design team at HTC has seemingly beaten Nokia at their own game with this phone. The article includes a 7.5 minute video showing features of the new phone.

Some third-party cases are being blamed for scratching or shattering the rear glass panel of the iPhone. It seems that particulate matter gets caught between the case and the glass causing scratches.

If you were waiting for a new MeeGo smartphone, the wait has gotten longer due to changes at Nokia. The first devices are now expected to be available the middle of 2011.

In this second of three articles, Scott Koegler looks at new editing features.

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ZooGue Innovative is introducing Version 2 of their highly popular ZooGue iPad Case for the Apple iPad. The updated version includes several improvements.

Twitter has upgraded its search architecture to handle the large number of searches initiated every day. The site has become so popular it gets some 1,000 tweets and 12,000 queries per second .

Designed to throw some off their game, the new G2 from HTC can detect attempts to unlock it and automatically re-install the original operating system.

A new feature of Facebook will let you retrieve your information from the site. If you posted that photo then accidentally deleted it from your computer, now you can get it back.