New Google Plug-in Embeds Chrome Inside Internet Explorer

If you want to use websites that use HTML5, Google is offering Google Chrome Frame, an open-source plug-in for Internet Explorer. Or you can use Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari 4, or Firefox 3.5.

Posted on: September 23, 2009 9:00 am

Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet

Not so secret anymore, this article includes photos and a short video of Microsoft’s dual-screen tablet. When the device will be available isn’t clear.

Posted on: September 23, 2009 9:00 am

Tiny technologies could produce big energy solutions

You can wind your watch by shaking your hand, so why not recharge your cellphone by walking to your car or dialing a number? New technology could provide a way of harnessing power generated by your body to power small devices.

Posted on: September 22, 2009 9:00 am

Protect Internet Privacy and Boost System Performance

Privacy Eraser Pro v8.0, from PrivacyEraser Computing, is a Windows utility designed to protect Internet privacy by cleaning up internet history, cache, cookies, and other telltale signs. Privacy Eraser Pro removes this information and boosts system performance by eliminating these unnecessary files.

Posted on: September 22, 2009 9:00 am

FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet

Yesterday FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech making “net neutrality” a federal issue. The author of this article says that may not be such a good thing.

Posted on: September 22, 2009 9:00 am

Latest iPhone OS May Cause Battery Problems

Apple is investigating customer claims that battery life on their iPhones has been adversely affected by iPhone OS 3.1. Wired.com is running a survey to see if you’ve noticed a difference with your phone since updating the OS.

Posted on: September 22, 2009 9:00 am

New article: Kill those annoying Mafia Wars posts on Facebook

Fortunately, you can permanently remove these annoyances from your news feed. I don’t know if these things annoy you as much as they do me, but I find many of the little Facebook games annoying as all heck. Perhaps the most annoying is the Mafia Wars game, but all of the others (iHeart, anyone?) come in at a close second.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: September 21, 2009 9:00 am

DoJ Asks Court to Nix Google Book Search Settlement

The U.S.Department of Justice has expressed concern over the broad changes to laws requested by Google. If the settlement is rejected, authors and publishers could continue their negotiations.

Posted on: September 21, 2009 9:00 am

iPhone and Blackberry Users Offered Military-Grade Encryption

Gold Lock Enterprise has extended their ability to provide triple-layer voice and data encryption to iPhone and Blackberry users.

Posted on: September 21, 2009 9:00 am

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s (Multitouch)

It has a multi-touch display, shorter battery life, is significantly slower, and costs more. Other than that, it’s among the first laptops to offer touchscreen capability.

Posted on: September 21, 2009 9:00 am