Verizon to Offer HP Mini Netbook and ‘Mi-Fi’ Service May 17, Reports

Beginning May 17, Verizon Wireless is expected to offer an HP Mini 1151NR netbook for $200. The catch? The $1000 in data access fees that are included in the mandatory two-year contract with Verizon Wireless.

Posted on: May 11, 2009 9:00 am

Boffins develop bendy, squishy, foldable display

Before long we may be able to unfurl the screen of our hand-held devices to desktop-monitor sizes. Scientists have developed a stretchable display with hundreds of OLEDs.

Posted on: May 11, 2009 9:00 am

Amazon.com Kindle Store Optimized for Apple iPhone

Amazon.com has smoothed navigation of the Kindle Books library for iPhone users. A new versions of the Kindle for iPhone App was made available today.

Posted on: May 11, 2009 9:00 am

Head to Head: Seagate Replica vs. Clickfree

The Seagate Replica 500GB and Clickfree 500GB Portable Hard Drive both offer the solution to your backup problems. This review checks out which might be easier on the nervous system.

Posted on: May 11, 2009 9:00 am

Students Skeptical Kindle DX Can Replace Paper Chase

While the Kindle DX might lighten the load in student bookbags, spreading out half a dozen books on your desk might be better than the same number of Kindles.

Posted on: May 8, 2009 9:00 am

Google, Apple and Microsoft Knuckle Under to Telcos

Telcos are like lawyers. They charge by the minute. And nothing peeves them more than the possibility of losing income to something like Skype on a cellphone. Even Microsoft has laid down the law to app developers.

Posted on: May 8, 2009 9:00 am

WiGig Tempts With High-Speed Wireless Data Transfer

The Wireless Gigabit Alliance has established a specification for 60 gigahertz wireless. That would translate to transfer speeds ranging from 1-6 gigabits per second, all without a cable.

Posted on: May 8, 2009 9:00 am

MacBook Users: Turn off This Bluetooth Default Setting Now

By default, the MacBook Pro is set to allow Bluetooth devices to wake it up. The author of this article found the setting to be a problem.

Posted on: May 8, 2009 9:00 am

New article: Swaptree, the cyber swap meet

What do you do with all of those books, CDs, DVDs, and video games you have sitting around collecting dust? You could sell them at a garage sale, on eBay, or trade them in; but you get nowhere near their value. Instead, why not take them Swaptree, where the swap meet meets cyberspace?

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: May 7, 2009 9:00 am

Facebook’s E-mail Censorship is Legally Dubious, Experts Say

Facebook blocked users from distributing file-sharing links. Then they started sniffing through private messages between users and filtering content.

Posted on: May 7, 2009 9:00 am