Mike Elgan: 15 iPad mysteries remain
Steve Jobs is such a great salesman that he can actually give us a sense of familiarity with something we don't know anything about. The iPad is a perfect example. But huge, fundamental questions about the device remain unanswered.
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More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers
The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.
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Jabra Headset: Stylish Looks, Handy Charger
It's not often that a product lives up to its name, but the Jabra Stone ($130, price as of February 10, 2010) does so quite literally. This sculpted black Bluetooth headset fits so neatly into its charging base that the combination looks like a smooth, black, plastic stone--albeit one with a micro-USB socket and a Jabra logo.
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Jawbone Icon: An Upgradable Bluetooth Headset
The shape is the same, and so is Aliph's distinctive noise-cancellation technology, but the new Jawbone Icon ($99 as of February 10, 2010) series of Bluetooth headsets sports a bit of style and a new level of user customization. And you can upgrade them in a manner usually reserved for cell phones and computers: with applications.
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Acer Aspire 5740-6378: Affordable, But Lacking
The Acer Aspire 5740-6378 parks itself next to most midrange laptops. It feels fast enough for all common productivity applications; carries a big, 15.6-inch screen; and has nearly all the inputs and outputs you could want. But it never reaches beyond that middle ground. Its big screen makes it a good portable movie player, but without a dedicated graphics processor or 1080p resolution, it balks at gaming and high-end media. If you can get by with only adequate video performance--and matching audio, trackpad, and battery performance for that matter--the Aspire achieves its midrange aspirations: It's not too slow and not too fast. Many will want more, but for some, it will be just right. And at a price around $800, it won't break the bank.
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Meeting an Olympic-size security challenge
Events like the Olympics make me truly appreciate those actively involved in security, intelligence and law enforcement.
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A WiMax phone might help ailing Palm
After Palm Inc. admitted that its smartphone sales were below expectations, rumors started swirling that the company might be sold, or that it could be beefing up its product line with a WiMax smartphone for Sprint Nextel.
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Google Go captures developers' imaginations
Less than four months after its unveiling at an early, experimental stage, Google Go looks promising to developers who say it offers significant improvements over other programming languages.
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Google roughed up, Microsoft battles a botnet
For those of you who enjoy security news, this week offered plenty of topics to digest. Microsoft attempted to shut down a botnet network by obtaining a court order that called for the closing of nefarious .com domains. Attackers are exploiting flaws in multimedia software, but overall instances of buggy software decreased last year, according to an IBM study. And not to frighten you, but the U.S. would lose a cyberwar, according to a security expert. Finally, we need to mention Google and its challenging week. In one day, three of its executives were convicted of privacy violations and European regulators announced an antitrust review of its search rankings. And the spat between the company and China still isn't resolved, resulting in Google supposedly canceling a Beijing developers event.
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Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing
A Connecticut home electronics store has filed a class-action lawsuit against major manufacturers of optical disc drives, alleging that the companies raised and fixed prices for technology that's used in PCs and devices like Sony's PlayStation 3.
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