Sub-$100 laptop design unveiled

"The laptop will be tough and foldable in different ways, with a hand crank for when there is no power supply. "

Apple admits iPod Nano problem

"Apple has admitted there are problems with its new iPod Nano portable music player, but the technology giant insists the number of units affected by the flaws are minimal."

Boom times for hi-tech fraudsters

"One area turning out to be a hotbed of hi-tech crime is Eastern Europe. Enormously successful tech savvy gangs have been traced to Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. "

Company to release rock-climbing simulator

And it has earthquakes built in.

My IPod for a Random Playlist

"But no sooner did converts load their libraries onto the shiny new devices than they discovered a new deficiency: The randomization feature seemed anything but, well, random."

Class Action Lawsuit Against Sneaky Adware Firm Moves Forward

Yumemi Koubou (Dream Workshop)

Control the subject of your dreams for $25.

Space elevator robot reaches 1000 feet

Toyotas to monitor vitals, indicate driver’s mood

Robot uncovers $10 billion treasure

Okay, who wants to help me build a robot?

Games Teaching the Basics of Programming

Firefox Exploit Adds Fuel to Browser Security Feud

"'This is not your run-of-the-mill proof of concept exploit code.'"

U.S. Deploys Orbital Communications Jammer

"'You can't go to war and win without space.''"

Playing CDs a Privilege Not A Right

Ya, right.

Deadly plague hits Warcraft world

"A deadly virtual plague has broken out in the online game World of Warcraft."

Understanding Internationalized Domain Names

From ape to 'Homo digitas'?

Intelligence in the Internet age

"It's a question older than the Parthenon: Do innovations and new technologies make us more intelligent?"

VW Goes USB

"The center armrest is not just for stashing jewel cases and weapons any longer: Volkswagen is putting a USB port in there too. The car stereo will recognize the memory device once you plug it in, and display up to six music folders."

Google to provide entire universe with WiFi

Computer Security Still Totally Inadequate

"In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them."

Simon of Space

An excellent science fiction novel, presented via blog.

A moral virus?

"A new Trojan horse program circulating around the Internet this week appears to be on a moral mission to stamp out adult Web sites..."

Top Ten Things You Should Know Before You Buy the iPod Nano

Eptascape to Debut Privacy-Enabled Video Camera

"... the camera protects personal data by hiding people's identities, while maintaining the surveillance factor in the resulting video. Should an incident occur, authorized personnel who possess the proper decryption key can play back video recorded from the camera revealing people's identities."

The Telecrapper 2000

"...the TC2K identifies incoming telemarketer calls and using caller ID (or more specifically, their lack thereof), and is programmed to ensnare the caller in a software-driven conversation in order to keep them on the line as long as possible..."

The H2N-Gen cuts fuel costs in half while saving the planet

Artist Suggesting Ways Around Copy Protection

"Switchfoot's new album Nothing Is Sound shipped from Sony with copy protection software on the CD, much to the dismay of thousands of iPod-wielding fans. The band posted a response on their official forum apologizing for the protection and detailing ways to circumvent the protection and rip their songs to PC."

Windows Vista To Have Seven Editions

As if people aren't confused enough...

20 Things They Don't Want You to Know

"We reveal some of what vendors are keeping mum, such as: You never have to pay full price, extended warranties rarely pay for themselves, and the big sites do have customer service numbers."

Google unveils blog search site

Broadband to rule the TV waves

"TV delivered into living rooms over broadband connections will completely change TV as well as the internet as we know it, concludes a major report. "

'Second Life' membership now free

"Linden Lab, maker of the popular virtual world "Second Life," is making membership to its metaverse free."

First Look: Apple's Dazzling iPod Nano

"New flash-based player offers a color screen and the beloved click wheel." Another report I read had the reporters trying to break it by dropping it; they had to run over it with a car more than once to get it to stop working.

Hacking fears bog down online banking growth

"The number of people who turn to the Internet for personal banking isn't growing--but those who are already hooked on such services are using them more often, a new survey has shown."

Samsung Readies 32GB Memory Cards

Apple store buzzes with Nano fever

Logitech Mouse Does More Than Point and Click

"Cordless mouse alerts you when you have incoming e-mail or instant messages."

Symantec Patches Antivirus App

"Flaw found in corporate software could allow unauthorized access to a company's servers."

CoolText: Logo and Button Generator

"... an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work. We provide real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them."

Blog Faces Lawsuit Over Reader Comments

EFF layperson's guide to DRM in music services

"Imagine if Tower Records sold you a CD, but then, a few months later, knocked on your door and replaced the CD with one that you can't play in your car. Would you still feel like you "owned" the CD? Not so much, eh? "

The Black Viper Services Config Helper

Save some computer horsepower by shutting down services you don't need.