iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
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Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID
Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
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Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
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Week in review: A speedier new Firefox
Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
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Defending against chemical and biological weapons
At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them.
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Open source to shape cloud computing, but not dominate it
Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it's likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.
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Firefox 3.5 and the potential of Web typography
Firefox 3.5 introduces a new embeddable font feature that can make Web typography much more visually appealing. But type foundries have to play along.
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Sites that help you lodge complaints
If you've been wronged or you're just not happy with the way you were treated, there are some sites on the Web that will help you get your voice heard.
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Google App Engine misfires
A morning outage in Google App Engine--a hosting service for Web application developers--was resolved around noon Pacific Thursday.
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iPhone heat issue much ado about nothing
Some reports on Friday claim that Apple admitted in a tech note to having heat issues with the iPhone 3GS, but that's just not true.
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Report: Guilty verdict overturned in MySpace suicide case
Lori Drew allegedly used a fake MySpace profile to harass a teenager to the point of suicide, but judge says prosecutors can't use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act against her.
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Net neutrality gets a boost from the feds
The Obama administration includes the FCC's Net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
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DOJ opens formal investigation into Google Books settlement
Government investigators will probe whether or not Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws.
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Fisker's good Karma
At a dinner speech recently, Henrik Fisker laid out his plans for Fisker Automotive and its first car, the plug-in hybrid Karma.
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Apple fixing iPhone SMS security hole
Vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the phone, turn on the microphone, or turn phone into botnet zombie.
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TracFone offers $45 unlimited plan
TracFone's new StraightTalk service delivers 30MB of data plus unlimited calling and messaging for $45 per month.
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AT&T breaks sales records with iPhone 3GS launch
Carrier sells more phones the first day the iPhone 3GS went on sale than it ever has, even on the two previous iPhone launch days, according to an internal memo.
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Hard disk or solid-state? Think again
Although solid-state drives are in vogue, market forces and technical issues are making them a little less appealing than before.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: On building ethical military robots
Robotics engineer Ronald Arkin talks about giving robots a built-in "guilt system" that could make them better at avoiding civilian casualties; Jammie Thomas-Rasset plans to appeal RIAA case; and Waledac spam set to explode over July 4th weekend.
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Microsoft: Bing needs to improve when news breaks
For several minutes following reports that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital last week, Microsoft's Bing search engine buried news results for searches on his name.
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