Advertisers have found a new way to use old technology to annoy you. Called retargeting, or remarketing, the technique uses your browser cookies to have ads for items you might be interested in buying pop up again, and again, and again.

Google and Arcade Fire have joined forces to create something called the “Chrome Experience” that uses the browser as an artistic medium.

Malware is annoying. It can destroy your data and make you want to scream. But. Can it actually be used to commit murder?

How to get started getting the most out of that amazingly powerful little computer you carry in your pocket or purse.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

USB 2.0 is the current standard, but it’s going to be replaced by USB 3.0, also known as SuperSpeed USB, in the near future. This article discusses some of the improvements you can expect from the new USB standard.

India has ordered RIM to shut down services for BlackBerry users on August 31 unless it gives the government the ability to access encrypted messages.

Tired of Facebook? Diaspora, an open source competitor, will open its virtual doors on September 15. The site aims to give control of personal data to users, unlike Facebook.

Gmail’s Voice feature opened for business and was a resounding success with over one million calls placed during the first 24 hours.

The Germans are proposing a law that would prevent employers from viewing private pages on Facebook. Gathering of information on public pages or the internet would not be prohibited.

Livescribe pens write on special paper as they record audio and transfer a digital copy of what is written to your computer. The company has now introduced a second pen, the Echo, with up to 8 gigabytes of memory.