It was a short experiment, only about 60 days, from start to finish. Microsoft has decided the Kin phones were not sufficiently successful to continue. They will now focus on the more “adult” Windows Phone 7 devices.

Adobe has issued a patch for Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9.3.2 (and earlier versions) that would allow an executable embedded in a PDF to infect a PC.

Some businesses feel the iPad is a “consumer device” unsuited to the office. Cisco plans to answer the business desire for a table with Cius, a 7-inch touchscreen device running Android.

Most netbooks can run “regular” software. But, since people seem to prefer single-use apps, Intel has built the AppUp Center to provide netbook users with apps for their machines.

HTML5 is nice, it just lacks some of the features people have come to expect from video. YouTube has been running a site with HTML5 for about a year, as an experiment, but has no plans to switch everything to HTML5 any time soon.

For those who like to test software, Firefox 4.0, Beta 1 is now available for download. This version was previously called Firefox 3.7.

If you saw a $0.25 charge on your credit card from a company you didn’t recognize, would it be worth arguing? Scammers have made millions because most people won’t take the time. This article includes a list of the company names used in the scam.

The Pearl 3G 9105 offers a “standard” telephone number pad instead of a Qwerty keyboard or RIM’s SureType alphanumeric pad. Otherwise, this new phone offers some nice features and if you really prefer the SureType option, it’s available in the US as the Pearl 3G 9100.

Resco announced it has released Resco MapNavigation, a .NET control optimized for Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET Compact Framework, allows developers to integrate a navigation solution into existing mobile applications

With online advertising revenues not nearly closing the gap fast enough to replace declining print ad revenue, many newspapers are weighing a radical idea — actually asking customers for pay for their product.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.