We knew it would happen, it was just a matter of when. iTunes v8.2.1 has “fixed” the problem of verifying Apple devices.

Conficker, which infected millions of machines earlier this year, is now being used as a way to install more malware to those machines.

If you purchased a protective case for your Kindle e-reader, you may regret it. The protective cover is being blamed for cracks developing in the device.

If you travel with computer equipment you’ve run across different interpretations of “security” at the gates. In this article Bruce Schneier offers his method of protecting data from prying guards.

Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz has done a lot of radio in my years as Computing Unplugged’s editor-in-chief, but we think the recent rash of appearances has been something of a personal record. The thing is, while doing radio is fun, it also requires some degree of skill. And that skill requires practice. The more radio you do, the better you’ll be at it. And the better you are at it, the more often you’ll be asked back by hosts and the more radio you’ll do.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Rumors say… A touch screen Mac tablet, powered by a Apple-designed CPU, selling for about $800. And, it’s supposed to hit the market in time for Christmas.

Phones you can wear on your wrist or the back of your hand. Phones you can fold up or stretch. This article has pictures of several prototype phones currently under development.

HTC smartphones running Windows Mobile 6 or Windows Mobile 6.1 have a vulnerability in an HTC driver that could allow an attack using Bluetooth devices.

For those who aren’t kind to their electronic gadgets, Nokia’s 3720 Classic doesn’t mind water while the Sonim XP3 Quest 2.0 will tolerate use as a hammer. Such sturdiness isn’t cheap though.

Morgan Stanley went to the source and asked one of their interns, a 15-year-old boy, to report on the media habits of teenagers. The results don’t have the statistical base of other reports, but the information is interesting.