Caught by Phish
Falling prey to online identity theft takes only a few minutes, but the cost can be high.
Lenovo Doubles Quarterly Earnings
World No. 4 PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd lagged forecasts despite doubling quarterly earnings, as a decelerating U.S. economy depressed laptop sales while competition intensified with the likes of Asian rival Acer Inc.
BlackBerry Switch Will Cost Users $845 A Pop
If RIM's BlackBerry mobile e-mail gets shut down, switching to another service could cost as much as $845 per user, consultants say.
SanDisk Announces DIY Hybrid Disk Drive
The SanDisk Vaulter Disk is an interesting take on the idea of hybrid drives--a combination of spinning disk and flash-based memory.
Amazon, IBM Settle E-Commerce Patent Dispute
Amazon.com and IBM said Tuesday that they had settled a long-running dispute over electronic commerce applications, resulting in Amazon paying an undisclosed sum of money to IBM.
Google's Chrome Browser Will Add Extensions
One of the chief attacks lobbed against Google's upstart browser, Chrome, has been that it doesn't support the wealth of customizing extensions beloved by users of Mozilla's open-source browser. That, apparently, will change.
Verizon, AT&T Win Spectrum; Google Bluffs
Verizon and AT&T were big winners in the U.S. government's auction of wireless licenses that raised a record $19.59 billion, the Federal Communication Commission said on Thursday. As it turned out, Google failed to make a serious bid.
Firefox Leaving In 80 Percent of Bugs for 3.0 Release
Mozilla announced earlier this week via its Web site that it is planning to fix only 20 percent of Firefox 3.0's known bugs before the latest version of the browser is released in its final version next year.
MP3 Player Saves Pair Lost in Mountains
In what could have been a tragic ending, a pair of French outdoor enthusiasts were saved when they became lost in the Swiss mountains, Reuters reported. What saved them? The faint light of their MP3 player, which rescuers were able to see.
Emergency Data Recovery
Extreme measures may be called for when restoring critical data from damaged hard disks.
