Mobile game trojan calls the South Pole

A “free” game for mobile phones is installing a Trojan that dials numbers in Antartica, the Dominican Republic, Somalia, and other pricey locations.

Posted on: June 1, 2010 9:00 am

Publishers Pine for Universal E-Book Format

There are a variety of e-readers out there – your phone, computer, or dedicated e-reader – all of which may use different formats and different cloud storage areas. Publishers would be ever so happy to have one format become the standard.

Posted on: June 1, 2010 9:00 am

New article: Photoshop CS5’s great new Content-Aware Fill feature

Content-Aware Fill makes removing annoying lines like power lines and leashes, unwanted objects like cars and people almost too simple.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: May 28, 2010 9:00 am

Apple iBookstore lets users submit own ebooks

If you were worried about the iBookstore having sufficient titles to interest you, you can relax. Anyone can now post their own book for others to read.

Posted on: May 28, 2010 9:00 am

3 Convertible Tablets That Mean Business

There’s the iPad. Then there are Fujitsu’s LifeBook T900, HP’s EliteBook 2740p, and Toshiba’s Portege M780. All three are larger, pricier, and run Win7.

Posted on: May 28, 2010 9:00 am

Rumor: New $100 Apple TV Takes Aim at the Cloud

Edngadget is claiming Apple will start putting a media player into a device running the iPhone OS and stop producing the set-top box. No release date was given.

Posted on: May 28, 2010 9:00 am

AppMakr Upgrades Free iPhone App-Creation Platform for PC Users

The AppMakr team upgraded the app-creation platform so users no longer need a Mac computer to self-publish apps to the iTunes App Store.

Posted on: May 28, 2010 9:00 am

Lawsuits Pour in Over Google’s Wi-Fi Data Collection

While taking photos with their Street View cameras, Google also captured a lot of unencrypted data from Wi-Fi users. They’ve destroyed some data, but several states are filing lawsuits over the illegal capture of data.

Posted on: May 27, 2010 9:00 am

Toshiba Satellite U500-1EX touchscreen notebook

The 1EX version of the Satellite U500 adds touch-screen capabilities for Windows 7 though the only touch programs included are part of Windows Touch Pack.

Posted on: May 27, 2010 9:00 am

Firefox Home Coming Soon to the iPhone

Firefox Home is a browser app for the iPhone. It uses Firefox Sync to provide you with your browsing history, and more, on your iPhone. This page includes a short video and a link to more information.

Posted on: May 27, 2010 9:00 am