'Curse of silence' smartphone flaw disclosed
German security researcher has demonstrated a denial-of-service attack that could affect Symbian-based smartphones made by Nokia and others.
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Android Netbooks: Fact or fiction?
Contributors to the blog VentureBeat say they have ported the Google Android operating system to an Asus Eee PC. Does this constitute a new trend in Netbooks?
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Wikimedia Foundation raises $6.2 million for Wikipedia
Foundation reaches goal of raising more than $6 million to sustain Wikipedia. The money will be used to maintain and grow the foundation's technical infrastructure.
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Chip sales slump in November
Worldwide sales of semiconductors fell in November to $20.8 billion, a decline of nearly 10 percent from the same period the year before.
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Yet more rumors of a solar Prius
Japanese daily reports Toyota is "secretly" developing a solar-powered Prius. But we've heard this in one form or another for at least the last year.
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Daily Tidbits: Google reveals hidden features in mobile app
Google's Mobile App with Voice Search for the iPhone has some extra features, and you too can engage in a "selfless" resolution for the new year.
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AMD inside Apple in 2009?
It may be worth Apple's while to seriously consider some upcoming AMD processors.
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Why unlocking the iPhone is a waste of time
Gadget blogs are atwitter over a new application that helps unlock the iPhone 3G. But unlocking the device no longer makes much sense, says Don Reisinger.
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Air New Zealand tests biofuel Boeing
Airline, along with Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and Honeywell, has retooled one of the four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines on a Boeing 747-400 to run on an unusually fruity blend of biofuel.
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Unlocking the iPhone 3G - or maybe not
An application with the seasonal but rather unappetizing name of Yellowsn0w has some folks tinkering away, though not always happily.
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Defense contractors eye cybersecurity bonanza
Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, and others are getting ready for an expected boom in federal outlays to protect government computer networks.
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Music sales for 2008 ride digital coattails
Industry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl.
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A funny thing happened on the way to a birthday greeting
For privacy purposes, I told Facebook I was born on January 1. Now I'm getting deluged with happy birthday messages.
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New Year's hangover for Zune users
After countless 30GB Zunes froze up on New Year's Eve, users spent the first morning of 2009 trying to chip away at the problem, with mixed results.
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Six sure things for 2009
Facebook will sell itself to a network TV company -- just one of the 6 things that the Technically Incorrect staff predict for 2009.
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Mickos: a New Year of 'radical transparency' for MySQL
Marten Mickos' letter to the troops indicates that all is better than well at MySQL: MySQL's open-source model of "radical transparency" is going exceptionally well indeed.
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