Hackers are suspected to have broken into Twitpic accounts belonging to Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, and P. Diddy to post false death announcements.

Thomas-Rasset's lawyers told music industry she'll only discuss a deal that doesn't require her to pay or admit guilt.

Skype has gone from beta to version 3.0 of its VoIP application for Windows Mobile phones. Result: gratifying features for communicating with desktop users.

Max Ray Vision, formerly a security consultant known as Max Butler, pleads guilty to federal credit card theft charges.

Toyota, in collaboration with researchers in Japan, has developed a wheelchair controlled by brain waves.

Dell is developing a pocket-size Internet device to take on Apple's iPod Touch, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Arimaz's MyDeskFriend is a little robot penguin that communicates with Facebook.

Cable provider to go head-to-head against rivals with a new 4G wireless broadband service that operates over Clearwire's WiMax network.

Mozilla Labs' Weave project does an admirable job of synchronizing the Firefox experience across one's computers, but this may not be solving the right problem.

Late last week Mozilla released updates for Fennec on both its available platforms: Fennec 1.0 Alpha 2 for Windows Mobile and Fennec 1.0 Beta 2 for Maemo, the platform used on the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablets.

The B&N Bookstore app lets you browse books from a photo, read about new releases, and watch videos of author interviews.

The practice of trading virtual goods for real currency generates big money for Chinese gold-farmers. A government ban won't dissuade the practice from continuing.

The Dallas data center of the Web hosting company is having issues, and many sites offline. Details of the outage are still scanty.

Twitter is great, but what if you could extend its functionality with some Firefox extensions? You can, if you download some of these add-ons.

Why Google blocked searches for "Michael Jackson," what to expect in Firefox 3.5, Microsoft to cut Razorfish loose, and more.

A Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him.

Dell is developing a handheld mobile device designed for Internet access, following in the footsteps of rival Apple, according to a news report published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

Utter the word "firmware" to the average PC user, and you'll likely elicit a blank stare in return. But the concept isn't really that hard to understand, and once you have this knowledge, you can quickly improve your PC and any number of other devices, making them faster, more stable, and supplemented with features that didn't come in the box.

After postponing the development of one data center and losing a couple of high-level managers in its data center group, Microsoft said it will soon open new facilities in Dublin, Ireland, and Chicago.

The U.S. government has exempted broadband builders who want federal grants from a "buy American" provision of the US$787 billion stimulus package passed in February.

IBM was granted a motion late on Friday that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief at rival company Dell over concerns of misappropriating trade secrets.

Salaries of IT managers are retreating, and most affected by the trend are managers running technology operations at midsize companies with less than $500 million in annual revenue, according to a study.

I suppose that some people did buy iPhones because the phones worked on the AT&T cellular network. This is supposition on my part because I have not seen any articles claiming this to be the case nor have I read any blogs commentaries that support the concept.

Cable television and broadband provider Comcast launched a high-speed wireless data service in Portland, Ore., with plans to bring the service to Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia by the end of 2009.

SharePoint has unquestionably garnered a lot of attention from business users and IT. Toby Bell, Gartner Inc.'s research vice president, calls SharePoint 2007 "nothing short of a phenomenon." He says the growing number of searches for SharePoint on Gartner.com indicates high interest in the product and some confusion about its value.

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Google is rolling out new mobile phone services in Uganda, where mobile phones represent the dominant computing device.

Microsoft will charge businesses for XP-to-Win7 upgrades once first service pack is released.

iPhones with white cases seem to be hit hardest, turning the plastic cover pink or brown.

In the face of objections from creditors and suppliers, Nortel wants a judge to approve the proposed $650 million sale.

The Apple chief executive is splitting his time between the company's corporate offices and working from home.

The cable company will be reselling Clearwire's 4G service starting this week in Portland, Ore.

The U.S.-based company that claims its programming code was unlawfully included in China's Green Dam software reports being targeted by a cyber attack.

Julius Genachowski will head the Federal Communications Commission, which has a mandate to expand broadband Internet access to rural parts of the U.S.

With vacancies rising and traffic patterns changing, fast analysis helps a real estate giant keep pace with changing market conditions.

Brain/machine interface transmits user's thoughts to an onboard laptop which analyzes and passes commands to wheelchair.

The latest version of mobile Firefox brings Windows Mobile users better support for touch screens and better stability, Mozilla said.

Trading virtual goods for real money has been banned in China, putting hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity at risk.

The company has rolled out an online inventory-tracking tool showing how many iPhone 3GS handsets remain in Apple's retail stores.

Trying to make up for declining state revenue, North Carolina is preparing to collect taxes on online transactions.

Space agency's class of 2009 features diverse group of experts.

AP - Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at his office a few days a week after taking a 5 1/2-month medical leave and getting a new liver.

AP - Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.

AP - Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information.

AP - David Ebersman, a former executive at biotech firm Genentech, was named Monday as Facebook's chief financial officer.

AP - Comcast Corp. will become the first major cable TV operator to roll out wireless broadband outside of Wi-Fi hotspots as it launches the service in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday, with at least three other cities to follow this year.

AP - A multinational group of researchers, scientists and engineers are close to winning a $1 million challenge to improve Netflix Inc.'s system of recommending movies that its subscribers might like.

Reuters - A new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi dueting in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, is making the rounds as an online video.

Macworld.com - Systems management appliance maker Kace Networks on Tuesday plans to unveil changes to its Kbox product line that it says will create a true cross-platform environment for managing Mac and PC systems. The announced changes will let IT administrators manage Windows and Mac OS X machines from a single interface on a single appliance.

PC World - Cable television and broadband provider Comcast launched a high-speed wireless data service in Portland, Monday, with plans to bring the service to Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia by the end of 2009.

AFP - YouTube opened an online journalism training hub on Monday featuring tips from some of the top names in the business including Bob Woodward of Watergate fame.

AFP - South Korea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir among liberal groups with a "spot the spy" flash video game offering a variety of prizes.

Macworld.com - On Monday Apple released the MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2, available now for compatible models via Mac OS X’s Software Update mechanism.

NewsFactor - Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University of Hong Kong journalism professor and blogger, Rebecca MacKinnon.

AP - Enterprise Products Partners LP will acquire Teppco Partners LP in a sweetened all-stock deal worth about $3.3 billion, forming what the two pipeline operators say will be the nation's largest publicly traded energy partnership.

PC World - A computer security expert is calling for action against two Chinese companies that he and other analysts allege are facilitating spam and cybercrime on the Internet.