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• Apple Approves Political Caricature App: A Closer Look Apple's App Store approval process is often maligned, but maybe it's not so bad.
• Google, Amazon, Microsoft Fluff Up Their Clouds Price cuts and data center expansions are in the works as three of the cloud industry’s heavy hitters step up the competition.
• Improve Health and Weight With CalorieKing Nutrition and Exercise Manager Easy-to-use diet diary CalorieKing Nutrition and Exercise Manager is comprehensive, and it has a large food and exercise database.
• Apple Wins Court Victory Over Mac Clone Maker Psystar Mac clone maker Psystar was dealt a crushing blow by a federal judge that ruled the Florida company violated Apple's copyright as well as the DMCA.
• Berners-Lee's Foundation Wants the Web to Improve Life Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation will open its doors officially on Sunday.
• Kodak Zi8 Pocket Camcorder Shows Impressive HD Video Quality The full-featured Zi8 captures the best HD pocket-camcorder footage we've seen, but its interface and digital zoom often get in the way.
• Judge Rules in Apple's Favor in Psystar Case Apple won a key legal victory in its legal battle with Psystar, as a federal judge has ruled that the clone-maker violated Apple's copyright when it sold PCs...
• Top 5 Social Engineering Exploit Techniques Learn to pwn humans for fun and profit -- or simply learn these techniques so you can avoid being scammed.
• Windows 7 Adoption Nudging Out Vista, Not XP Tracking shows that Windows 7 uptake is surging, and Vista switchers account for the lion's share.
• iPhone vs. BlackBerry vs. Droid vs. Pre: Smackdown! Despite the Droid, the iPhone and BlackBerry remain on top; use the ratings calculator to determine the best smartphone for you.
• Behind the Scenes: The Great 10/27 Twitter Spike What caused "The Great Twitter Spike of Oct. 27, 2009"? Pingdom survey shows heaviest tweeting occurred then … but why?
• Google's Swiss Street View Battle Highlights Privacy Challenge Google is being sued in Switzerland over privacy concerns related to Street View. This issue illustrates the larger problem Google faces balancing information and privacy.
• Augmented Reality: Coming to a Device Near You We've all seen augmented reality in the movies: A character puts on a pair of glasses and suddenly data about their surroundings appears within their field of vision. Now this technology is available on a device near you.
• Dell's Android Phone for China and Brazil: How Bad Can it be? Dell's Android phone is headed for China and Brazil - not U.S. Does this suggest the dell smartphone is less than impressive?
• Classy Dell Latitude Z600 Laptop Charges Wirelessly The Latitude Z600 ultraslim laptop opens a window on the future of notebook computing.
• Automatically Copy Selected Text with AutoCopy Best Firefox add-on ever? Maybe not, but it's definitely in the top 10. Copying text has never been easier.
• Google, Plaintiffs Submit Revised Book Search Settlement Google, authors and publishers submitted a revised book search settlement late Friday.
• Taiwanese LCD Giants Merge to Better Compete Globally Taiwan's Innolux agreed to buy Chi Mei Optoelectronics in an all share deal aimed at helping it compete in the LCD screen industry.
• Dell Bringing Smartphone to China, Brazil Not wanting to be left behind in the smartphone wars, Dell announced Friday that it was bringing its first-ever smartphone to China Mobile.
• Find Info in Text Files Index Files Search Words Lite Index File Search Words Lite is like your own Google . . . for however many text files are on your hard disk.
• AT&T: Ignore Verizon's Ads and Fix Your Own Woes Analysis: Is Verizon pushing the envelope of truthiness with its holiday ads? Sure -- but AT&T should worry more about its own abysmal coverage, not the competition's commercials.
• Spam Worm Targets Twitter Twitter users must cope with a new attack based on spam messages that open sites to identity theft.
• Office 2010 Beta Exposed Microsoft's next release of Office has leaked to the web, days ahead of its anticipated rollour next week.
• Dell's Global Mini 3 Strategy Shows a Hint of Genius Dell is launching its Android-based Mini 3 smartphone in China and Brazil. The global strategy seems questionable at face value, but contains a flash of genius as well.
• Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan Spammers are sending out fake Verizon Wireless 'balance checker' programs; they're actually Trojans.