How to Do (Almost) Everything With a Kindle 3

The Kindle 3 is an e-reader. But. Did you know? The Kindle isn’t limited to a single format, and you can Tweet from the device, or read a blog, or… This article lists several other things the Kindle 3 can do.

Posted on: September 23, 2010 9:00 am

Education departments go wild for the iPad

Educators in Australia seem to have fallen in love with the iPad. The University of Adelaide is even providing free iPads to students enrolling in their science programs.

Posted on: September 22, 2010 9:00 am

RIM’s BlackPad Tablet: Five Questions About the Rumored Device

So far, it’s just a rumor. But. Something may be announced on Monday at RIM’s Blackberry Developer Conference. Rumors say it won’t run the BlackBerry OS.

Posted on: September 22, 2010 9:00 am

Android 2.2 Froyo Droid X-PC Driver Problem: A Quick Fix

Connecting your Droid X to a PC via USB cable in PC Mode may fail after upgrading the Droid X to Froyo. This article offers a simple fix to the problem.

Posted on: September 22, 2010 9:00 am

Google releases censorship tools

With a business that spans the globe, Google deals with many governments requesting data. Google’s new Transparency Report shows some of the censorship levels around the world.

Posted on: September 22, 2010 9:00 am

New article: Cloud backup failures and a potential possibility

We didn’t have good results with our cloud backup strategy.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: September 21, 2010 9:00 am

Nokia’s new UI god declares war on clutter

Peter Skillman has been named to head Nokia’s UX for Meego program. The hope is that he can help clean up Nokia’s rather cluttered user interface.

Posted on: September 21, 2010 9:00 am

Girl, 14, fears 21,000 party guests after Facebook invite blunder

Rebecca didn’t quite understand the Facebook privacy settings. When she tried to invite 15 of her friends to a party, she unwittingly made the event public.

Posted on: September 21, 2010 9:00 am

Twitter Mouse-over Flaw Spawns Potentially Dangerous Links

Twitter allows you to insert a line of JavaScript into your message. With a command like “onmouseover” you can have images, ads, or other things pop up in a browser. It seems you can even use the feature to spread malware.

Posted on: September 21, 2010 9:00 am

US hunters shoot down Google fibre

It probably sounds like one of those urban myths, except it’s true. Google’s data center in Dalles, Oregon has a problem with the local hunters. It seems they like to shoot at the insulators on the electric poles. While they generally miss hitting the insulators, it seems they’ve repeatedly hit the fiber cable.

Posted on: September 21, 2010 9:00 am