Using the same screen name and password for your bank, e-mail, and social networks make it easier to remember. It also makes your accounts a lot easier to hack.

Palm has released two new devices, the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus. This article starts with how to tell them apart then points out all the new features.

HTML5 is gaining support despite codec issues. Now a Swiss firm, SublimeVideo, is working on a uniform, cross-browser, multiple-codec compatible, HTML5 video solution.

GoodReader is offering a new twist on upgrades. If you want an item in the upgrade, you buy that feature to get it unlocked for use. If you don’t want a feature, you don’t have to pay for it.

In the future, if you have a question on how something works, maybe your textbook will show it in action. ScrollMotion has been selected by textbook publishers to create interactive material for iPad textbooks.

Users have reported extremely shortened battery life on their laptops and notebooks after upgrading to Windows 7. Downgrading to the old operating system doesn’t fix the problem. Now Microsoft is looking into the problem.

The iPad, and the web, may conspire to change iTunes. Apple is offering books and apps through iTunes already but, developers are building web apps to go around Apple’s approval process and iTunes will need to keep up.

So far, Apple has resisted the urge to include Adobe’s Flash in either the iPhone or iPad. Instead Apple has been pushing HTML5. But there’s a problem there too. Which video codec does your browser use?

A Portuguese firm, Displax, has developed a polymer film that can be stuck on a surface to turn it into a touchscreen. The films range in size, from 3 to 120 inches, and turn walls, windows, or countertops into computing devices.

The CrunchPad became the JooJoo but still seems to be vaporware. The new release date is promised as the end of this month. The anticipated price is $499.