Let your fingers do the gossiping

"Blogs are so trendy that the controversial one-sweep Internet phone directory, ZabaSearch, is offering them for free. Think of this as a giant public phone book that you can scribble on."

MIT concocts fogless glass

"How do you prevent glasses from fogging up? Coat them in water, says a group of researchers at MIT."

Web of Crime: Internet Sieges Costs Businesses a Bundle

"When attackers strike, the balance sheet always takes a hit."

Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label'

"Warner Music Group is creating a new music-distribution mechanism that will rely on digital downloads instead of compact discs."

Ok, just don’t use your cellphone while driving

Michigan county using black boxes to rehabilitate drivers

"A judge in Oakland County, Michigan is making use of black box technology to track driver’s who’ve been convicted of moving violations."

GM will launch self-driving car in 2008

China Says Three Hours Of Games Is Enough

"After three hours, players' characters will start to lose abilities, and after five hours, they'll be "severely limited". After a five-hour break, gamers can start up again."

With technology, it's easy to break the law

But most of the time you're not, or at least shouldn't be deemed as doing so.

Meet Leo Laporte - Host of 'Call For Help'

Leo's back!

Windows 2K/XP Commands

For coomand line super action fun time.

In Future, Lighting May Boost Health, Bandwidth

"Scientists have been taking a closer look at the lighting in our homes, offices and vehicles, and they're seeing potential for a way to improve health and a new means of electronic communication."

Open Office 2.0 Kicks MS Office Around the Block

And did we mention Open Office is free?

BBC Views Content Piracy As Wake-Up Call

"They are forming plans to simulcast the television channels BBC1 and BBC2 on the web, as well as allowing users (only in the UK to start with, unfortunately) access to shows for a week after the broadcast date."

China imposes online gaming curbs

"The government in Beijing is reported to be introducing the controls to deter people from playing for longer than three consecutive hours. The measures are designed to combat addiction to online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft and Lineage II."

ID theft ring escapes shutdown

"An ID theft ring that has hit thousands of people is proving hard to shut down. "

Squirrel helps with mobile calls

"Specifically, an animatronic desktop squirrel which deals with your calls for you. The squirrel answers phone calls, works out if you are busy or asleep, evaluates how important the incoming call is and takes messages."

Another Major Spammer Busted

72,000 idiots are now sad.

Bye, Bye, Library

Sign 3,792 of the impending heat death of the universe: university libraries without books.

New 'Pentop' Computer To Help Children Learn

This sounds pretty cool, but one hopes that it comes with a headphone jack so one can use it during tests.

Bitman Video Bulb

A video prank -- plug this in to a TV, and little dancing dudes will take over the TV.

Reinventing Television

"Wake up, television executives of America: Jon Stewart - the wiseacre host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show - knows more about your business than you do."

Kid Energy

Finally it can be used for good isntead of evil.

Drug Reverses Effects of Sleep Deprivation

Finally, Mountain Dew in a convenient pill form.

ID theft spyware scam uncovered

"Thousands of computer users have been caught out by a huge ID theft ring. "

Google tool watches as you work

"Google's desktop search software is being overhauled to become a digital helper that reacts to what users do."

OpenTV Like TiVo on Steroids

"Specifically, they have created a PVR that allows users to not only choose from 4 - 8 video angles, but even more importantly consumers can choose what audio feed they would prefer."

Anti-Phishers Pose as Phishers to Make Point

Edible Meat Can be Grown in a Lab on Industrial Scale

New patented lens made of liquid paves way for slimmer digital cameras

"Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times..."

Worm strikes down Windows 2000/some XP systems

Thin skin will help robots 'feel'

"Japanese researchers have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch." Welcome to our new robot overlords!

Hotels Dumbing Down Alarm Clocks

And making the elevators too complex to use (last link).

You Don't Have To Answer Your Mobile Phone

Or any phone, for that matter.

Auto door

"This new design entails strips equipped with infrared sensors that open to the approximate shape of the person or object passing through, minimizing entry of dust, pollen, and bugs while keeping precious air-conditioning in. "

Traffic Hackers Hit Red Light

"The Safe Intersections Act, part of the transit bill signed Wednesday by President Bush, makes it a misdemeanor for unauthorized users to wield a "traffic signal pre-emption transmitter," a special remote control used by police, firefighters and ambulance drivers to change traffic lights to green as they approach an intersection."

The Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Dell Dimension XPS 600 reviewed

"This latest model comes loaded with a 1TB hard drive (yes, that’s a T), a 3.8-GHz P4 670 processor, two nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards in an SLI config, and 1GB RAM, not to mention a 24-inch widescreen LCD."

Hackers slam 'Everquest II' economy

"Sony claims that a group of hackers illegally created a huge amount of "Everquest II" currency over the weekend, and says the players caused the game's economy to suffer 20 percent inflation in just 24 hours before being caught."

Kutztown 13 Face Felony Charges

"They're being called the Kutztown 13 -- a group of high schoolers charged with felonies for bypassing security with school-issued laptops, downloading forbidden internet goodies and using monitoring software to spy on district administrators."

Bored on the phone? Beware the Jerk-O-Meter

"Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The "Jerk-O-Meter" may hold the answer."

Home PC face security onslaught

"If your house was burgled only 12 minutes after you moved in, you would probably think about selling up and moving on pretty quickly."

The rise of the digital thugs

"Early last year, the corporate stalker made his move. He sent more than a dozen menacing e-mail messages to Daniel I. Videtto, the president of MicroPatent, a patent and trademarking firm, threatening to derail its operations unless he was paid $17 million. "

Anarchism Triumphant

"The spread of the Linux operating system kernel has directed attention at the free software movement. This paper shows why free software, far from being a marginal participant in the commercial software market, is the vital first step in the withering away of the intellectual property system."

NASA World Wind

"World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there."

Microsoft to Reissue Windows 2000 SP4 Update

"Older OS, still widely used, has some conflicts in latest Service Pack Rollup Update."

Google News Adds RSS Feeds

"Users will be able to have targeted news content delivered directly to them."

The Case of the Stolen Wi-Fi

"Whether you're unwittingly sharing your wireless LAN or poaching, be aware of the risks."

Jinxed Computer Users

Are some people cursed with bad that makes them bad with technology?

Plug-In Card Promises System Restore

"RecoverPC tracks system changes in case of software disaster."

Understanding Bluetooth Technology

"Many electronic devices are now incorporating Bluetooth technology to allow wireless communication with other Bluetooth devices. Before using Bluetooth, it is important to understand what it is, what security risks it presents, and how to protect yourself. "

IE flaw opens door to infection on sight

"Microsoft plugs six holes, including an IE bug that could expose a PC user to attack just for looking at a picture."

Microsoft in $7m spam settlement

"US software giant Microsoft has won a $7million court settlement from a businessman considered to be one of the world's biggest senders of spam e-mail. "

Deciding whether to buy your student a laptop

What age is the right age for your child to have a portable?

Daylight-saving change could confuse gadgets

Google Gets Snippy With Reporters

""Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story." The story in question? How you can use Google to find out personal information on people, even Google executives.

Wikipedia To Tighten Editorial Control

Do Companies Using Copy Protection Think Buyers Are Idiots?

More on the Princeton textbook thingy.

Cellphone carriers can listen in through your phone?

Not just when you're making a call, either. All. The. Time.

Princeton to launch DRM’d textbook program

DRM: Making Technological Advances Far Less Attractive, All Of The Time

Robot catcher grabs high speed projectiles

186 mph? No problem for this device.

New for back-to-school: 'clickers'

"Students used the handheld gadgets, which look and work a lot like TV remote controls, to respond to classroom polls and quizzes without ever raising their hands or voices."

Spammer sues college to force them to let spam through; gets smack-down

A credible plan to take down the Internet

"Once a working exploit for the Cisco IOS Shellcode is available on the Internet, it'll be only a matter of days before someone finds a way to craft it into a network worm."

Another way past Windows antipiracy found

"Yet another way emerges to bypass Microsoft's validation tool meant to stop people with the pirated OS from getting downloads."

Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP

A gigantic list of registry hacks to fix this and that.

Big Brother Brand Car Insurance Appears To Be Working

"... car insurance that offers discounts if the insurance company can monitor your driving habits ..."

Who Will Benefit from Vista? Monitor Makers, For One

You may need to buy a new monitor to run the next version of Windows, merely to comply with its DRM/copy protection demands. I think it costs $0 to switch to Linux.

EMC’s new Symmetrix DMX-3 petabyte storage

1,050,000 gigs -- finally, enough space for my MP3 collection.

CradleVue laptop mount for cars

"...a laptop harness that safely and securely straps any laptop between the two front seats, in a perfect viewing position for kids in the back. And it’s just $24.99..."

HP settles hidden partition suit

"If you’re the owner of an HP PC purchased over the past few years, you may just be in line for a free Windows XP recovery CD, based on the settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against HP over, of all things, hidden recovery partitions and missing Windows XP directories."

Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24 hours

Running Windows With No Services

"So how many of the almost 4 dozen default-enabled services does Windows XP really need in order to preserve basic functioning, like web surfing and running applications? Zero, as it turns out."

Crushing the Web's dark forces

How 5 security experts battle evil-doers.

E-commerce Sites Edit Customer Reviews

Although disappointing, this is not suprising.

'Car Whisperer' Puts Hackers in the Driver's Seat

"Software connects car Bluetooth systems with a remote PC so hackers can eavesdrop."

ISPs versus the zombies

"Internet service providers face mounting pressure to keep their networks free of pests--not only for the benefit of their customers, but also for the good of the Internet in general."

Copyright Crackdown

"New technology on music CDs limits the number of copies you can make--and gets in the way of putting tunes on an IPod."

Next Explorer to fail standards test

Gosh, who would have guessed? (Wait! Firefox fails as well.)

Cisco struggles to plug net leak

"Efforts to stop information spreading about flaws in the hardware that keeps the net running appear to be failing."