An Open Approach to Online Sharing Takes On Facebook

Meebo, a new social network, uses the open-source XAuth protocol to find out what you’re connected to and lets you share it with friends.

Posted on: April 20, 2010 9:00 am

Casio G’zOne Brigade Rugged Cellphone

If you’re one who abuses small electronic devices, the Brigade claims to be waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, and has a full QWERTY keyboard.

Posted on: April 20, 2010 9:00 am

MAKE Magazine Volume 22 (“Remote Control Everything”)

On the newsstands now, MAKE explores how to remotely control all kinds of gadgets using radio control (R/C), motion detection, the Internet, smartphones, web chat, and more, offering projects for you to build.

Posted on: April 20, 2010 9:00 am

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Available Soon With SFR in France

SFR and Palm, Inc. announced the Palm webOS platform will soon be available in France. Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus phones will be available on April 27 on SFR’s online store and on May 11 in all SFR stores.

Posted on: April 20, 2010 9:00 am

Business Travel vs. Virtual Meetings: Which Is Best?

With the increased cost and hassle of travel, are virtual meetings becoming more useful? This article looks at the numbers, benefits, and downsides for travel and virtual meetings.

Posted on: April 19, 2010 9:00 am

Adobe Announces Flash for Android Beta Testing

Adobe has opened beta testing for Flash on Android devices. This article includes a link to sign up for beta testing.

Posted on: April 19, 2010 9:00 am

Trojan poses as Google Chrome extension

A Trojan, masquerading as an add-on to help you organize your mail, is infecting Google Chrome. The malware uses an .EXE extension instead of the .CRX used by Chrome.

Posted on: April 19, 2010 9:00 am

8 Tablets That Aren’t Made by Apple

Interested in a tablet but not convinced you want an iPad? This article looks at eight devices, some already in stores, some not yet past the prototype stage.

Posted on: April 19, 2010 9:00 am

Icelandic Volcano’s Ash Plume as Seen From Space

If your flight has been canceled and you were wondering just how bad it could be – here’s the view from space. Even Norway’s prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has been stranded in New York, forcing him to conduct business from his iPad.

Posted on: April 16, 2010 9:00 am

Google Turns to HTML5 for Gmail’s New Drag-and-Drop Attachments

Gmail has a new drag-and-drop feature for adding attachments to your messages and it’s powered by HTML5.

Posted on: April 16, 2010 9:00 am