Since about 1880 bird-watchers have been scribbling notes, recording bird migrations and other information. Now, the North American Bird Phenology Program is looking for volunteers to help transcribe some 6 million note cards into a digital database.

For those with tired eyes and sagging bookshelves, Plustek has dressed up its OpticBook 3600 scanner to read those books to you. The scanner even produces MP3 or WAV files you can save to listen to later.

In a switch on peer-to-peer file sharing, Justin Huynh and Matt Stack have started the Open Source Hardware Bank to provide cash to open source hardware enthusiasts unable to get funding from other sources.

A bug in an iPod add-on from Songbird can corrupt or delete music files from an iPod. Songbird has pulled the app from its list of recommended add-ons while it fixes the problem.

Recovering data from a damaged drive usually requires expert knowledge and specialized equipment. Now, Repair4HardDisk offers free, do-it-yourself repair and recovery guides for a number of different hard disk drives.

Resco has started a new product line of business prototype solutions to help developers cope with the difficulties of the mobile environment.

Diesel eBooks is offering over 400 exclusive cyber e-book bundles of up to six digital e-book files by series, theme, characters, time period, or author.

Saying the Fourth Amendment, protection against unreasonable searches, does not apply to cell-site records, the Obama administration is arguing that no search warrant is required for police to obtain such information from cell phone companies.

Most tech gadgets contain nasty things like lead, mercury, cadmium, and chromium, none of them very eco-friendly. What’s an eco-minded geek to do?

Jurors in a couple of recent cases may have followed the letter of the law by not talking about cases, but their Tweets give the impression of bias.