Aleratec Inc. has announced a new stand-alone 1:1 HDD Cruiser, a high speed 1:1 hard disk drive duplicator that can copy a hard drive at speeds up to 70MB/sec.

It’s happened again. Another payment processing system has been breached. It’s not known how many accounts may be affected, but the hack was installed a year ago.

Amazon’s Kindle 2 e-book reader is smaller and easier to use than the original Kindle Reader. It may not prompt you to replace all the paper books on your shelf, but it’s a step in that direction.

The next version of Mac’s OS X is promising to be quicker and leaner with more apps addressing 64-bit processors.

Google Docs, the web-based application suite available from Google, integrates your Google Calendar and Gmail. This wiki has tips on getting the most from the suite.

Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs, will appear on a CNN segment about part-time jobs and other employment alternatives such as telecommuting and virtual jobs, freelance and contract work, and part-time and second jobs.

Phishing attacks are old news. People know what they are and can avoid them. New banking trojans lie in wait on your PC, not triggering your virus scanner, until you log onto a bank account.

Best Buy is offering iPhones to select customers, until February 28, for $99. There are requirements to meet before Best Buy will sell you the phone.

Here’s a gaggle of geeky geegaws for you, the discerning pet owner. They range from the practical to the pointless, and Jorge Sosa abitrarily rated them in terms of usefulness. A score of 5 means said gadget is pure genius. A score of 1 means if you’re seriously thinking about buying said piece of junk, we encourage you to have your head examined.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Some versions of Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat contain a critical flaw that could allow an attacker to gain control of a machine. Adobe is working on patches for Versions 7-9.