Using the 8-bit 6502 processor from old Apple II machines, Playpower is building cheap computers for sale in places where people can’t afford $100 computers.

Infinity Cafe has launched “lightness”, a minimalist writing program with far fewer features than a standard word-processor. And, you get a free goat with every purchase.

Proporta is offering two Limited Edition products in honour of St. Patrick’s Day – exclusively for Proporta online customers. The Aluminium Lined Leather Case for the iPhone 3G and Leather Memory Wallet now boast a green pillar box lining to give them a special St. Paddy’s Day feel. Enter the promotion code PADDY on the cart page on Tuesday 17th March to receive your discount.

Tired of waiting hours for your batteries to recharge? New lithium ion batteries could be recharged in seconds instead of hours.

A list of ten uses for Radio Frequency ID (RFID) chips, from tracking stolen saguaro to keeping possums from using your pet door.

Smaller on the outside, but with 4GB of storage space, the new Shuffle has a “VoiceOver” function to tell you the name of the song and the artist. It will even read your playlist for you.

Adobe has issued a critical update plugging a zero-day vulnerability in Acrobat Reader being actively exploited by attackers. This first patch is for Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1. Updates for versions 7 and 8 are expected next week.

On the surface, Windows Marketplace for Mobile looks like a clone of Apple’s App Store. But. Microsoft is promising the approval process will be more open than Apple’s.

California State Sen. Joe Simitian is working to make companies provide more information to consumers when a data breach occurs. New legislation would require companies to admit the extent of the compromise.

Not that Microsoft won’t try to dominate netbooks but, several new operating systems are in the works to run on the low-power netbook platform.