David’s appearances

Our own Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz will be talking about China (friend or foe?) today on WDEL 1150am at 5:35pm EST (it’ll be a short interview).

Also, if you haven’t caught David’s latest articles for CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, here’s a list of his three most recent contributions: Thespies who wear sweatpants, Infrastructure or chotchkes?, and Is Chinafriend or foe?.

Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:00 am

Lost laptops cost companies $50k apiece

When companies factor in the cost of equipment, investigations, data breach, and productivity, $50k is just the average cost of such a loss.

Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:00 am

Time Warner Cable wants legislation to eliminate competition

Time Warner Cable is pushing to maintain its, apparently very profitable, monopoly. They’re trying to have North Carolina stop the City of Wilson from offering residents a competing, and cheaper, cable system.

Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:00 am

History Launches First iPhone Application: The Life After People Photo Ager

History has launched the Life After People Photo Ager, for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The free application allows users to “age” images which can be saved or shared.

Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:00 am

Slick New Ubuntu ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ Springs Onto Netbooks

Ubuntu’s latest release, ‘Jaunty Jackalope’, offers a “Netbook Remix” package for the smaller screens and lower processor speeds of netbook computers. Jaunty Jackalope uses version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel.

Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:00 am

Firefox add-on foils TinyURL scams

While crooks target the likes of Twitter and Facebook with scams involving shortened URLs, a new Firefox addon can display the real URL to expose the trick.

Posted on: April 22, 2009 9:00 am

U.K. Man Sues Bank Over ‘Phantom’ Withdrawals from Chip-and-PIN Account

A chip embedded in an ATM card, that verified the PIN number entered to the bank, was supposed to make it impossible for someone to forge your ATM card. Sadly, security experts have verified several ways to get around this “fool proof” security.

Posted on: April 22, 2009 9:00 am

Faster Bluetooth 3.0 Launches with WiFi Twist

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has launched Bluetooth 3.0. The new standard offers a potential top transfer rate of 24 Mbps in 3.0.

Posted on: April 22, 2009 9:00 am

4 All Memory is Stepping in this Earth Day

4AllMemory.com has put together a contest in honor of Earth Day on April 22. By sending in old tech products each entrant will be entered into a drawing to win a $250 shopping spree to 4 All Memory.

Posted on: April 22, 2009 9:00 am

New Website Protects Usernames From Social Media Identity Theft

Social media identity theft can mean loss of control of your name or brand. This new web service can monitor use of your identity.

Posted on: April 21, 2009 9:00 am