UK High Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Courts generally rely on paperwork. When a U.K. court delivered an injunction over Twitter, a new era may have opened.

Posted on: October 2, 2009 9:00 am

Netbook Gets Speed Boost From Dual Atom Chips

Haleron, a computer maker in Colombia, has boosted the speed of a netbook by adding a second Atom processor while keeping the price down.

Posted on: October 2, 2009 9:00 am

IBM Aims at Google, Microsoft With New Webmail

LotusLive iNotes, aimed at smaller companies with mobile workers, is now available for $3 per month per user. The product includes e-mail, calendaring, and contact management.

Posted on: October 2, 2009 9:00 am

Taming Twitter Overload: ‘Lists’ to the Rescue

For those who follow more than a few Twitterers, keeping track of them can be difficult. Twitter has started a trial of a sub-categorization method they refer to as “lists” to help you keep track of everyone.

Posted on: October 1, 2009 9:00 am

Google Wave search poisoned by scareware scammers

For those wanting to test the Google Wave, beware. Scammers have poisoned search results. A search could well turn up fake anti-virus software instead of Google’s Wave.

Posted on: October 1, 2009 9:00 am

Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines

Rumors of Apple’s tablet have been swirling for months. But the concept behind an iPod with a 10-inch screen hasn’t been clear. Now it looks like Apple may be positioning the device to replace paper periodicals.

Posted on: October 1, 2009 9:00 am

Maemo 5 Previewed

The Maemo 5 is the software behind the Nokia N900, which should be available next summer. This page has a 16-minute video going through all the apps included on the device.

Posted on: October 1, 2009 9:00 am

The $300 Home-Brew Street-View Camera

Roy D. Ragsdale took eight cheap webcams, a GPS unit, added some Velcro and cardboard and put together his own Street-View camera setup. The whole things weighs less than a kilogram. Not quite satisfied, he’s planning to build a unit to be worn as a hat.

Posted on: September 30, 2009 9:00 am

Mobile Cloud Computing: Is Your Phone Drifting to the Cloud?

Smartphones are leading the way to mobile-cloud computing. If you have an app on your phone, almost anything beyond just the ability to talk to someone else, it probably resides in the “cloud”.

Posted on: September 30, 2009 9:00 am

Facebook Warns Members About Rise in ‘419’ Scam

Scammers are gathering information on Facebook users then impersonating them to ask their friends for money, to be wired to a Western Union location. Users are being warned about posting “too much” personal information.

Posted on: September 30, 2009 9:00 am