Soon we will all live without passwords or credit cards. Apple and Google are separately working on technologies that will allow your phone to become a universal biometric ID and debit card, columnist Mike Elgan writes.
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Without Internet, Egyptians find new ways to get online
Despite the government having shut down most of the Internet, people around the world are offering dial-up modem numbers and other primitive tools for people in Egypt.
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How Egypt pulled its Internet plug
To sever its link with the outside digital world, Egypt "raised the drawbridge" in mere minutes by forcing the country's providers to make simple changes to their routers, experts said on Friday.
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Asus N53SV
Asus's good-looking N53 series laptops have proven to be some of the faster all-purpose notebooks on the market. The latest N53SV model is as well, only more so thanks to its new state of the art Second Generation Intel Core CPU. Our test configuration, which sells for $1,219 , sports the high-end 2.0 GHz Core i7-2630M that pushed the unit to an excellent 126 WorldBench score. However, you can save some money at the expense of performance by ordering it with an i5-2410M or i3-2310M.
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Tablets with Intel's Meego OS coming in second quarter
Tablets and netbooks based on Intel's Meego OS are expected to start shipping in the second quarter this year, a source familiar with Intel's plans said on Friday.
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Amazon.com touts more e-book sales than paperbacks
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos said in a fourth-quarter earnings statement Thursday that the e-book-selling milestone 'has come even sooner than we expected.'
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Egypt's 'Net shutdown a wakeup call for CIOs
Reading the news of Egypt's Internet crackdown, CIOs around the world may be wondering how their companies would fare if such a situation happened in their home countries.
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Secy. Clinton wants end to 'Net blackout in Egypt
Political leaders are raising concerns about the Egyptian government's blocking of the Internet in response to unrest.
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Microsoft warns of new Windows zero-day bug
Microsoft today warned Windows users of a new unpatched vulnerability that attackers could exploit to steal information and dupe people into installing malware.
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Anatomy of an Internet blackout
The shutdown of Egypt's ties to the rest of the global Internet was not announced by the government -- instead, 3,500 Internet routes suddenly vanished, with more continuing to wink out, leaving network operators in North America to wonder what exactly had happened and what the ripple effects might be.
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