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• Intel's Core 2 Extreme Mobile Chips: A New Speed King Intel's newest chips take "Extreme" to the extreme, with game-friendly features and superior power.
• Intel's Classmate 3 Laptop Gets a Touch Screen Intel has redesigned the Classmate PC, giving it a tablet PC design with a touch-screen interface.
• Apple's MobileMe Lacks Key Security Feature Some users of Apple's MobileMe service are complaining about a lack of security when using the service at a public hotspot.
• IPhone Apps Help Your Friends Find You The iPhone's Maps app and Google Maps on the Web are great tools for figuring out how to get somewhere, but only if you know...
• Intel and Yahoo Partner for Internet on TV Intel and Yahoo are partnering on a hardware and software platform that will bring widgets to TV.
• Sun Eyes Former BEA Customers with Special Offer The first 20 qualified WebLogic or Fusion customers who buy Sun SOA products will be given free WebLogic adapters.
• Free App Testing Set for Ruby on Rails FiveRuns and Morph Labs partner to provide platform-as-a-service offering with app profiling.
• Microsoft to Buy up to $100M in Support Vouchers It continues a cross-licensing deal between Novell and SUSE Linux.
• Telecommuting: 6 Questions to Ask Before You Say Yes Proceed cautiously -- telework can change office dynamics in ways you hadn't anticipated.
• Business Objects Provides Data Visualization Via Excel New tool transforms Microsoft Excel spreadsheet information into visuals that can be shared via PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files.
• Ericsson, STMicro to Form Mobile Chip Venture Ericsson and STMicroelectronics announced a joint venture on Wednesday that will build semiconductors and platforms for mobile...
• Microsoft License Shift Leaves VMs Half-Shackled Microsoft recasts the license requirements for 41 server-based applications.
• Non-Compete Agreements: What IT Leaders Should Know IT leaders often have to sign non-compete and non-solicitation agreements when they take new jobs. These contracts can hinder their ability to find a new job when they leave their employer. That's why California's Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that such contracts are illegal.
• Why SaaS Could Make Your IT Skills Irrelevant The rapid adoption of software as a service is fundamentally changing the makeup of today's IT departments. The infantry of software developers, maintenance and support pros now taking care of on-premise software must garner new skills to stay viable, industry experts warn.
• RFID, Radio Location Service Use Soaring at Hospitals A new study shows hospitals are aggressively deploying a range of active and some passive radio-frequency identification...
• Wi-Fi In-flight Comes to Some American Routes Wireless service to cost $12.95; Airline to evaluate whether to expand effort in three to six months.
• Hulu's Streaming Shows Reel in Viewers The new free TV- and movie-streaming site jumped to eighth place among video sites in July, according to Nielsen.
• Palm Plans to Sell Unlocked Treo Palm introduced the Treo Pro without an operator partner in the U.S.
• Work-at-home Web Sites Settle FTC Charges Two brothers have settled U.S. FTC charges that they operated bogus work-at-home Web sites.
• Like Vodafone, Airtel Asks $715 for IPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel's iPhone 3G will be as expensive as Vodafone's, making some Indian customers have second thoughts.
• Earthlink and the Devil's Spam Filter Breaking away from the traditional Q&A format today, I'd like to offer a small piece of advice to Earthlink customers:
• Intel's Next Mobile Chip Prepped for Sampling Intel is getting ready to ship its next low-power mobile-phone chip for sampling.
• Flash-based 'AIM Express' Debuts AOL has introduced AIM Express, a new Flash-based Web version of their AOL Instant Messenger service.
• Record Any Sounds Many fleeting sounds that play on your Mac are worth preserving. Content streaming over the Internet-be it Internet radio...
• How Do I Remotely Troubleshoot Someone Else's PC? I answer BobJam's question, originally posted on the Answer Line Forum, on remotely controlling his sister's PC to help her with a technical problem.