The LEGO video games put you in famous movie and comic universes, yet keep the mood light and fun. LucasArts and Traveller’s Tales has released a second LEGO Indiana Jones title, including a campaign set in the latest film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. What’s the word on this new game? Is it worth a whip-crack? Editor-at-Large James Booth gives you his thoughts on the latest LEGO offering to hit the PSP.

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We can see photos on the news, or the internet, and now, thanks to Google and GeoEye, from space. These pictures were shot shortly after the quake hit Haiti Wednesday, to help aid organizations assess the damage.

After some user account were compromised, Google changed the default setting for all Gmail users. Now it defaults to encrypted mail.

Some new HP Envy 15 laptops will get USB 3.0 ports. USB 3.0 supports transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps, about ten times faster than the current USB 2.0.

Privacy policies on web sites are probably as frequently “read” as those license agreements that come with other software. Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla, is trying to make the issue clearer to users.

The xTablet T7000 comes with a bar code scanner and credit card reader to let users complete sales without being tied to a counter.

Google started by offering to host your files, created with their software, on their servers. Now, they’ve expanded the idea by offering to create a small virtual harddrive for you to store any of your files on their servers.

The Nexus One was supposed to rewrite the idea of the smartphone, and maybe it has. But it’s doubtful that complaints about poor support and connectivity issues are what Google had in mind.

Rumors of an Apple tablet continue to swirl. New rumors claim Apple has purchased 10-inch OLED displays for their rumored tablet.

Getting this screen into production was rough. So rough it was labeled vaporware last year. Pixel Qi’s 3Qi is now available to manufacturers, offering three display modes: full-color LCD transmissive mode; low-power, reflective e-paper mode; and transflective mode, making the LCD display visible in sunlight.