Macmillan books coming back to Amazon

After making a fuss about the low price of e-books on Amazon.com, MacMillan is again joining the list of publishers offering titles through Amazon.

Posted on: February 8, 2010 9:00 am

Fake Firefox Update Spreads Spyware

If you’re looking for Firefox updates, doing an internet search is probably not the way to find it. Such searches are actually offering spyware instead of updates.

Posted on: February 8, 2010 9:00 am

HTC’s Incredible Phone

The HTC Incredible may be the phone that steals users from the Nexus One. This article includes a couple of pictures of a prototype phone, expected to run the Android 2.1 operating system.

Posted on: February 8, 2010 9:00 am

New article: The iPad: Apple’s latest heartbreaker

Author Jorge Sosa describes his disappointment with Apple’s $500 Etch-a-Sketch.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: February 7, 2010 9:00 am

Justice Dept. to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar

Google’s plans to create a digital library of all the world’s literature has hit another snag. The U.S. Justice Department has said there are still “issues” with the plan.

Posted on: February 5, 2010 9:00 am

Third Major Publisher Dumps Amazon $9.99 E-books Model

Amazon wanted to tempt you to buy more e-books by selling them for less than paper books, but publishers have objected. Apple has been more willing to work with publishers, selling e-books at higher prices, increasing the number of books in the App Store.

Posted on: February 5, 2010 9:00 am

Qualcomm Aims to Bring Color, Video to E-Readers

Qualcomm hopes to have Mirasol, an e-reader, on the market by the end of the year. Mirasol promises to combine color, speedy refresh rates and low power consumption in a single display.

Posted on: February 5, 2010 9:00 am

Google Asks NSA to Help Secure Its Network

After the recent hack to its systems, Google is asking the experts for help, making a number of people uncomfortable. Sources are trying to assure users that no personal, or proprietary, data will be shared with the agency.

Posted on: February 5, 2010 9:00 am

Skype over iPhone 3G Network Coming Soon, Thanks to iPad

Apple may have resisted VoIP apps for the iPhone, but is now enabling Skype over 3G for the iPad. Skype promises their app will deliver better sound quality than their competitors.

Posted on: February 4, 2010 9:00 am

Apple Will Sell Eight Million iPads by 2012

A report from Needham & Company predicts that Apple will sell two million iPads this year and another 6 million next year. Or. It could fall flat on its face, though that may be unlikely.

Posted on: February 4, 2010 9:00 am