• Nokia Announces Charger Recall: What You Need To Know

  
  Nokia will replace for free millions of faulty cellphone chargers that pose a shock hazard to users.

• Windows 7 For Less: Where to Find Discounts

  
  Deals may be had from various retailers and Microsoft itself -- but read the fine print.
• Happy Birthday Firefox! Firefox Turns 5
• Verizon vs. AT&T: The Ad Wars Shift
• First IPhone Worm Spreads via Wallpaper
• Google's Buy of Skype Rival Gizmo5 Could Benefit You
• What's Next for the Droid?
• Verizon's Droid Launch: Your Complete Guide
• 10 Essential Windows 7 Downloads

Latest News

• Google Creates Programming Language to Simplify App Dev Google has created a new programming language designed to simplify application development.
• Google's Free Airport Wi-Fi: Five Ways to Protect Yourself Free Wi-Fi while waiting for your flight sounds like a nice holiday gift, but public hotspots can be insecure. Follow these security tips to keep away hackers and humbugs.
• Google Maps Shows Flu Shot Providers in the U.S. Google Maps now shows providers of flu shots in the U.S.
• Lyrics Licensed but With Limitations Last August I wrote about the changing landscape of free lyrics. As detailed in that story, LyricWiki offered an API that allowed applications (including iPhone...
• Directly Set Screen Sharing Image Quality Level If you use OS X 10.5 or 10.6's built-in screen sharing feature to work with other Macs on your network, you can control (somewhat) the quality of the image from...
• Adobe Laying off 680 Staff to Cut Costs Adobe Systems will lay off 680 staff in a move to cut costs, the company said Tuesday.
• Google VP Mayer Describes the Perfect Search Engine Google VP of search Marissa Mayer talked to IDGNS about the perfect search engine and the secret of Google's success in search.
• US Agencies Streamline Broadband Funding Process Two agencies distributing $7.2 billion in broadband grants and loans have cut a third round from the funding process.
• Droid Sales Are Fine, But Seem Familiar Like the Palm Pre, the last smartphone to be touted as an 'iPhone killer,' 100,000 Droids have sold in the phone's opening days. Will the Droid continue to follow the Pre's trajectory?
• Microsoft Patches Critical Drive-by Flaw Today's Patch Tuesday fixes a major Web-based risk for Windows, along with security flaws in Office and network-based risks.
• Informatica Updates Data Integration Platform Informatica released a major update to its data integration platform Tuesday.
• Filmmaker Kevin Smith to Appear at Macworld 2010 Maybe Apple isn't coming to Macworld 2010, but that just means it won't be hogging the spotlight. On Tuesday, IDG World Expo announced that filmmaker and Mac fan...
• Bugs & Fixes: What Bugs Mac OS X 10.6.2 Tackles Mac OS X 10.6.2 came out Monday, and while Macworld's Dan Moren detailed the changes in this latest update to Snow Leopard, I wanted to check out which bugs...
• Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in US Airports During the Holidays Google is offering free Wi-Fi in 47 U.S. airports during the holidays.
• Free Wi-Fi Wars: Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are each offering free Wi-Fi to consumers this holiday season.
• Bare Bones Software Releases Yojimbo 2.1 Update Bare Bones Software has announced an update to Yojimbo, its intuitive information organizer. Yojimbo 2.1 includes a few fixes and refinements to version 2.0...
• Can Firefox Last Five More Years? Forecast: Cloudy The biggest danger to Firefox, as it enters its second half-decade, is the changing role of browsers, from surfing the Internet to running applications.
• Google Offers Free Holiday Wi-Fi at Airports You're stuck in an airport terminal, desperate to check your e-mail, but your iPhone's battery is dead from having watched the entire 1980's classic Short...
• Mini DisplayPort Connector Blessed by VESA When Apple released its updated laptop line in the fall of 2008, there were oohs and ahhs at the shiny new unibody enclosure and buttonless trackpad, but there...
• AMD Previews Dell Inspiron Zino and Other Emerging Win 7 PCs AMD shows off snazzy new Dell gear for the living room, office. and for those on the go.

Latest Videos

• 
  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...
• 
  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.
• 
  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?

Today in PCW Blogs

• Today @ PC World
  Google's Free Airport Wi-Fi: Five Ways to Protect Yourself Free Wi-Fi while waiting for your flight sounds like a nice holiday gift, but public hotspots can be insecure. Follow these security tips to keep away hackers and humbugs.
• Today @ PC World
  Droid Sales Are Fine, But Seem Familiar Like the Palm Pre, the last smartphone to be touted as an 'iPhone killer,' 100,000 Droids have sold in the phone's opening days. Will the Droid continue to follow the Pre's trajectory?
• Security Alert
  Microsoft Patches Critical Drive-by Flaw Today's Patch Tuesday fixes a major Web-based risk for Windows, along with security flaws in Office and network-based risks.
• Today @ PC World
  Free Wi-Fi Wars: Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are each offering free Wi-Fi to consumers this holiday season.
• Tech Inciter
  Can Firefox Last Five More Years? Forecast: Cloudy The biggest danger to Firefox, as it enters its second half-decade, is the changing role of browsers, from surfing the Internet to running applications.
• Today @ PC World
  AMD Previews Dell Inspiron Zino and Other Emerging Win 7 PCs AMD shows off snazzy new Dell gear for the living room, office. and for those on the go.
• Game On
  Demon's Souls, The Hardest Game You've Ever Played Atlus's PlayStation 3 exclusive Demon's Souls may be the hardest game ever made, and it's the best of any I've played all year.
• BizFeed
  Apple Breaks Hackintosh Netbooks with Latest Update Apple's most recent update for the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system breaks hackintosh systems by removing support for the Intel Atom processor commonly found in netbooks. Apple is more concerned with maintaining the customer experience than in gaining market share.
• Tech Inciter
  Google's Free Holiday Wi-Fi Beats Airport Grinches Google is providing free Wi-Fi at 47 U.S. airports until Jan. 15. The deal makes Google look good and airports bad.
• Today @ PC World
  LinkedIn and Twitter Partnership: Do's and Don'ts for Users Better watch your tweets! A partnership between Linkedin and Twitter now allow for your tweets to appear next to your Linkedin profile.
• Today @ PC World
  Kindle for PC Released, Color Kindle Coming Soon? Amazon offers free Kindle software app for PCs, Apple version on its way.
• Today @ PC World
  Apple's Snow Leopard Update Zaps Bugs, Kills Hackintosh Netbooks Apple update will fix important flaws in the Snow Leopard operating system along with killing support Atom-based netbooks popular with hackers.
• BizFeed
  Firefox Turns 5, Will it See 10? The Mozilla Firefox web browser celebrates its 5th birthday this week. Does it have any other tricks up its sleeve to remain relevant for another 5 years?
• Today @ PC World
  Google Gives Wi-Fi Away Free at 47 U.S. Airports for Holidays Google gives the gift of free Wi-Fi to millions of holiday travelers in 47 U.S. airports.