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Apple vs. Facebook: What's Behind the Ping Controversy? PC World Wondering why you can't use Facebook to find your friends on Ping--Apple's new iTunes-based social network that supposedly connects to the social networking site? Turns out Apple and Facebook were unable to reach a business agreement that would have ... See all stories on this topic » PC World

Data-storage sales rise 20% in second quarter MarketWatch By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sales of external data-storage systems rose 20% in the second quarter, as customers continued to invest in a critical segment of the corporate tech market, an industry group said Friday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Apps Helps Boost Twitter Membership to 145M PC Magazine Aided by a growth in mobile app usage, Twitter has topped 145 million users, up from 105 million in April. Twitter co-founder Evan Williams made the announcement in a blog post about the micro-blogging service's "evolving eco-system" – one that is ... See all stories on this topic »

Review of 'The Grand Design,' by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Washington Post By James Trefil By Stephen Hawking and In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Douglas Adams famously had his characters ask a computer to provide the ultimate answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything." As Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow ... See all stories on this topic »

Developers Debate iOS 4.1 Proximity Sensor Fix PC World By Tony Bradley, PC World When iOS 4.1 is released by Apple next week, it will have a number of new bells and whistles enhancing the iPhone and iPod Touch experience. Whether or not the highly-anticipated update will finally fix the proximity sensor ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab PC World Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer running Android 2.2 that will begin shipping in October in Europe. A launch date for the US was not revealed. The tablet can be used to surf the Web, watch movies, read e-books, ... See all stories on this topic » PC World

Forgetful Facebook fanatics can remotely kill their other sessions Ars Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Last updated September 3, 2010 12:01 PM Forgetful Facebook users and wannabe-burglars can now rest a little easier at night knowing that they can remotely log themselves out if they accidentally left logged-in sessions in other ... See all stories on this topic » Ars Technica

Anti-Google Group's Creeptastic Video Campaign PC World Consumer Watchdog, an anti-Google group, invaded Times Square with a 540-square-foot video cartoon of Google CEO Eric Schmidt frightening children -- and me -- with threats of infiltrating their online lives. Watch it with the lights on. ... See all stories on this topic »

Toshiba Recalls Laptops Due To Overheating Risk InformationWeek By Esther Shein Some 41000 Toshiba laptops have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission due to reports of overheating and melting. The commission said Thursday that the computers "can overheat at the notebook's plug-in to the AC adapter ... See all stories on this topic »

Prepaid Smartphone Plans Announced By Verizon RedOrbit Verizon Wireless customers who don't want to commit to long-term service contracts will now be able to prepay for smartphone service, the company announced on Thursday. In a September 1 press release, the company announced that the new 3G Prepaid data ... See all stories on this topic »

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