When the McColo ISP was shut down in late 2008, everyone experienced a few days of bliss as the volume of junk mail abated. In the future we may not notice a change in volume when a big spam-net is shut down.

Apple has booted software developer Molinker, and over 1,000 of their apps, from the App Store after it was discovered they were “gaming” their ratings.

As the tale behind the CrunchPad (JooJoo) illustrates, there are any number of reasons why new hardware ideas don’t make it to market.

Nielsen-Kellerman has introduced a new line of rugged, hand-held weather monitoring devices with wireless Bluetooth technology for quick data logging and transfer with Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters.

Google Visual Search is a mobile application that will let you take a picture of a place from your Android-powered smartphone to launch a Google search. Google is currently working to build the necessary databases.

“JooJoo” is said to mean “magical”, something Fusion Garage is hoping will describe this new tablet. You can pre-order the device beginning December 11 at the price of $499.

Coinciding with the release of Assassin’s Creed II, the franchise debuts on the PSP with Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines. How well does this title translate to the smaller platform of the PSP? In this review, Editor-at-Large James Booth let’s you know whether or not to “heed the Creed.”

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

It’s beginning to sound like a soap opera – first the tablet will be released, then it won’t. Then it’s declared dead. Now it’s going to be demoed at CES next week, though it be be under a different name.

It should be a comfort to many that, after a 30-year study, use of mobile phones does not increase your risk of developing brain cancer.

Hard Candy Cases introduces hard-shell protective cases for the newest Apple MacBook 13-inch polycarbonate unibody. Bubble shell cases are also available for Asus, Acer, and HP devices.