Mozilla Gets It Right, Moves Identity Management Into Firefox

Most of us have multiple login IDs and passwords spread across a variety of sites. Now Mozilla is adding Account Manager to Firefox to help manage the mess.

Posted on: April 29, 2010 9:00 am

New Threat: Undetectable Facebook Scams

There’s a new app on Facebook, called “Who stalks into your profile”, designed to deliver malware. Though Facebook has removed it, for now, since anyone can distribute apps, it may resurface under another name.

Posted on: April 29, 2010 9:00 am

HP Buys Palm for $1.2 Billion

Thought supposedly the company was not for sale, HP has purchased Palm. This provides HP with a presence in the mobile market and gives Palm more marketing might.

Posted on: April 29, 2010 9:00 am

Texas man to plead guilty to building botnet-for-hire

Two men in Texas built a 22,000-PC botnet. To prove its effectiveness to a potential client, they aimed it a local ISP. The sale price? About $0.15 per computer.

Posted on: April 29, 2010 9:00 am

New article: HP buys Palm, a Palm retrospective

We’ve been covering Palm since Computing Unplugged was PalmPower Magazine and it’s been a strange and wild ride.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: April 28, 2010 9:00 am

Joos Orange Solar Charger

Electronic devices need electricity. You can plug your devices into the wall outlet, or now, you can plug them into a solar charger. This charger comes with seven popular adapters to fit a variety of devices.

Posted on: April 28, 2010 9:00 am

BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Bold 9650 unveiled

Research in Motion introduced two new devices Monday. The Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G will be available in the U.S. starting next month.

Posted on: April 28, 2010 9:00 am

Facebook is transcoding video for iPad

Though it isn’t using HTML5, Facebook is now streaming user videos without Flash so they can be viewed on iPads.

Posted on: April 28, 2010 9:00 am

HTC Cuts Licensing Deal with Microsoft for Android Phones

HTC phones running Android apparently use something patented by Microsoft. This means HTC will pay Microsoft, and possibly Apple, each time they sell a phone.

Posted on: April 28, 2010 9:00 am

Senators Get Testy With Facebook Over Privacy

Facebook’s “opt-out” method of getting your approval for sharing data with other sites has caused some U.S. Senators to voice their disapproval.

Posted on: April 27, 2010 9:00 am