• How to Deny Service to a Federal Wiretap

  
  Researchers have discovered flaws in the wiretapping standard used to define how switches should transmit wiretapped information to authorities.

• Thanks Google, But Airport Wi-Fi Should Always Be Free

  
  Google's getting lots of kudos for sponsoring free airport Wi-Fi during the holiday season -- but free airport Wi-Fi should be the rule year round.
• Gallery of Best Windows 7 Tweaks
• Leaked: Project Natal Launch Date November 2010
• Google Latitude Gets Snoopier
• Samsung's New Smartphone OS: It's Bada News
• Modern Warfare 2: Abundant and Available
• Google's Free Airport Wi-Fi: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself
• Verizon's Droid Launch: Your Complete Guide

Latest News

• Google's Go Is Promising, but Still in Diapers Google's Go could improve on existing programming languages by simplifying development without sacrificing application performance, but it will likely take years...
• AMD, Intel Settle Antitrust, IP Disputes Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes between the companies.
• Does Microsoft Want You to Hate Netbooks? A survey published this week by consumer shopping site Retrevo puts Windows 7 Starter on trial for disappointing netbook users who were expecting more features.
• Windows 7 Copied from Mac? Don't Flatter Yourself A Microsoft manager sparked the age-old rivalry between Windows and Mac. Embracing and adapting features that work is simple evolution of technology--not copying.
• Bing vs. Google: Feature Wars Google added SafeSearch and enhanced movie listings on the heels of Microsoft announcing improvements to Bing.
• Amazon Web Services to Expand Into Asia-Pacific Amazon Web Services is planning to add 'availability zones' in the Asia-Pacific region next year.
• TomTom, Navigon Update IPhone Apps Navigation vendors TomTom and Navigon this week announced significant updates to their respective turn-by-turn navigation apps for the iPhone.
• Fonts in the Wild One of the greatest thrills of a font designer is to see their font being used in a prominent place: a TV show, a commercial, billboard, or--even more...
• Get Better Prints No matter how much you enjoy taking digital photos and sharing them electronically, there's something special about photos that you hold in your hand. These...
• Microsoft Stole Mac OS Aesthetics? So What! So what if Microsoft ripped off Apple when it comes to design aesthetics.
• AMD, Intel Settle Antitrust, IP Cases Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes between the companies.
• Modern Warfare 2 Pulls $310m Day One in US and UK If accurate, Activision's claims that Modern Warfare 2 sold $310m during its initial 24 hours would shatter day-one entertainment sales records across the board.
• Mint Puts Twitter to Work Mint's new Money Tweets feature shows how businesses can put Twitter to good use.
• Motorola Droid Laid Bare, Reveals All In Teardown Motorola's Droid gets laid bare, thanks to a post-launch teardown courtest of PhoneWreck.
• Google's Free Wi-Fi Gift: Lessons for Airports to Learn Sure, it's nice to get free Internet access this holiday season. But why should we have to pay for it the rest of the year?
• Microsoft Bans Up to One Million Users From Xbox Live In an attempt to combat piracy, Microsoft cuts off users who have hacked their Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games.
• Mafia Wars Creator: "We Did Every Horrible Thing in the Book" Earlier this week, we delivered the news that EA purchased the social-networking focused developer Playfish for $300 million.
• Banned Xbox 360s Flooding Craigslist, Ebay Gamers offloading their banned Xbox 360s via auction and classified listings after Microsoft disconnects LIVE accounts for illegal activity.
• Fujitsu's Latest Cell Phone Splits in Two Fujitsu's latest phone can be separated into two functional pieces.
• HP-Cisco Battle Spreads to China With 3Com Deal HP's purchase of networking gear vendor 3Com could unlock sales opportunities for its other hardware and services in China, where 3Com has a strong base.

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  World Tech Update: Ballmer in Asia, Droid in Stores, and More... Steve Ballmer tours Asia, Motorola preps the new Droid phone for launch, and more...
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  First Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5 Ships in Europe, Asia HTC's HD2 smartphone is the first phone to run Windows Mobile 6.5, and will be available in the U.S. in early 2010.
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  Digital Demolition: Can a Phone and Camera Withstand the Dunk Test? The Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 point-and-shoot and the Sonim XP3 Quest rugged phone are supposed to be tough. So can they handle a trip to the pool and being run over by an SUV?

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• BizFeed
  Windows 7 Copied from Mac? Don't Flatter Yourself A Microsoft manager sparked the age-old rivalry between Windows and Mac. Embracing and adapting features that work is simple evolution of technology--not copying.
• Today @ PC World
  Bing vs. Google: Feature Wars Google added SafeSearch and enhanced movie listings on the heels of Microsoft announcing improvements to Bing.
• Today @ PC World
  Microsoft Stole Mac OS Aesthetics? So What! So what if Microsoft ripped off Apple when it comes to design aesthetics.
• Game On
  Modern Warfare 2 Pulls $310m Day One in US and UK If accurate, Activision's claims that Modern Warfare 2 sold $310m during its initial 24 hours would shatter day-one entertainment sales records across the board.
• Today @ PC World
  Mint Puts Twitter to Work Mint's new Money Tweets feature shows how businesses can put Twitter to good use.
• Geek Tech
  Motorola Droid Laid Bare, Reveals All In Teardown Motorola's Droid gets laid bare, thanks to a post-launch teardown courtest of PhoneWreck.
• Today @ PC World
  Microsoft Bans Up to One Million Users From Xbox Live In an attempt to combat piracy, Microsoft cuts off users who have hacked their Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games.
• Game On
  Banned Xbox 360s Flooding Craigslist, Ebay Gamers offloading their banned Xbox 360s via auction and classified listings after Microsoft disconnects LIVE accounts for illegal activity.
• Linux Line
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  HP Heats Up Cisco Rivalry with 3Com Purchase HP is intensifying its rivalry with Cisco. The purchase of 3Com signals that the gloves are off and the battle for the data center is getting hot.
• Today @ PC World
  Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google Bing has added valuable tools and fun technology, making it a formidable Google competitor.
• Today @ PC World
  Facebook Invasion: Beware of New 'Smart' Worm Hot on the heels of a reported hijacking of hundreds of Facebook groups, a new variation on an old worm is crawling its way into the social network's walls.
• Today @ PC World
  Thanks Google, But Airport Wi-Fi Should Always Be Free Google's getting lots of kudos for sponsoring free airport Wi-Fi during the holiday season -- but free airport Wi-Fi should be the rule year 'round.
• Geek Tech
  New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones Yesterday, security firm Intego reported the discovery of a harmful piece of malware affecting jailbroken iPhones that can obtain personal data.