Saying that Google Maps are old hat, Adrian Holovaty launched EveryBlock. Now crowd-sourced maps, such as OpenStreetMap, are creating customized maps that are sometimes better than those from Google.

We won’t know until Apple’s official announcement on September 7, but the device pictured in this article at least looks plausible. There’s even a 30-second video showing the device in use.

What if you want to set up Rsync under Windows, you’re not a Linux command-line wiz, and you don’t want to rebuild everything on your server? That’s what this article’s all about.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

The minigorilla can give you up to six more hours of power on your netbook. The charger has multi-voltage functionality to handle a variety of small devices and weighs just 265g.

Hackers have found a new use for the social network, controlling their botnets to spew out spam and steal passwords.

Though designed for children this netbook has adult-sized keys and a coffee-resistant coating.

Spam now constitutes over 90 percent of the e-mail sent. Yahoo researchers think putting a penny stamp on each legitimate message, with proceeds going to charity, would simplify filtering and cut down on spam.

A California appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and said RealNetworks’ DVD-copying software was not legal. Kaleidescape and RealNetworks plan to appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court.

Palm Mojo SDK 1.1 for webOS enables classic JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for app building. This article describes some of the good and not-so-good features of the SDK.

Microsoft will be releasing the Zune HD soon. What might it have that the iPod lacks? This article compares the two products.