Google Wave has opened a large “beta” test with 100,000 users. The Wave is an online tool enabling users to discuss and collaborate with photos, videos, maps and text.

The ARider, an iPhone app, does for bicyclists what a GPS unit might do for drivers. The difference is a helmet mounted display that’s always visible to the rider. This article includes a link to a more technical discussion.

This new laptop does away with the power cable. To recharge it, you put it on a special notebook stand that works like the chargers for shavers and toothbrushes.

A partnership with Smashwords and Author Solutions will allow any author to upload a book to Sony’s eBook Store. Uploaded books will be checked for hate speech, plagiarism, improper formatting or public-domain books offered by someone other than the legitimate author.

Old e-mail scams are being recycled on Twitter. The past week has seen a number of different types of attacks, some aimed at selling you fake software, others looking to steal your passwords.

Our Heather Wardell is made of tough stuff, and she proves it by delivering a bare knuckle, gloves-off review of Ubisoft’s Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout. Find out of the game has a glass jaw or can go the distance.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

WebOS 1.2.1, the official name of the new OS / fix pack, will be released to all Pre users later this week. In the meantime, a few brave users have installed it on their phones and provide a list of the fixes to expect.

Android’s new operating system, codenamed Donut, includes a number of fixes and requested additions, even a few surprises, making it look attractive to both users and developers.

If you buy a Pre for $180, wait four months, then send in the rebate form with a copy of your fourth month carrier bill, you can get a $100 back. Or you can pay Amazon $100 and not bother with the rebate.

RIM’s BlackBerry used to be the only smartphone out there, now there’s a lot of competition. With the enterprise market saturated, where will RIM market devices?