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• Augmented Reality: Coming to a Device Near You We've all seen augmented reality in the movies: A character puts on a pair of glasses and suddenly data about their surroundings appears within their field of vision. Now this technology is available on a device near you.
• Dell's Global Mini 3 Strategy Shows a Hint of Genius Dell is launching its Android-based Mini 3 smartphone in China and Brazil. The global strategy seems questionable at face value, but contains a flash of genius as well.
• Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan Spammers are sending out fake Verizon Wireless 'balance checker' programs; they're actually Trojans.
• Magellan RoadMate 1700 GPS Device If your vehicle can accommodate a GPS device with an enormous 7-inch screen, the RoadMate will prove to be a worthwhile travel companion.
• Create Photo Effects With Akvis MultiBrush . . . and a Very Steady Hand Painting program Akvis MultiBrush offers brushes for applying color, light, and saturation to your photos.
• Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook The Booklet 3G netbook is rugged and solidly built--but some quirks make it a slightly too-pricey portable.
• PC World Podcast 53: Intel and AMD Settle, Microsoft and Apple Copy Each Other Join the editors of PC World for a lively round-table discussion of the week's hottest tech topics.
• AT&T's Verizon Ad Battle: Who's Being Hurt Worse? AT&T's fighting Verizon over its network-bashing ads -- and, according to some new data, the public is starting to take notice.
• Windows 7 Ads: Microsoft Tarts Up the Desktop New desktop themes run counter to Redmond's grand scheme of creating an elegant Windows 7 experience.
• Fifth-generation IPod Nano Gets a Firmware Fix Apple's latest iPod nano got a firmware update Friday, aimed at fixing a few performance issues for the miniature MP3 player.
• Google Voice Acquires VoIP Purveyor Gizmo5 Since its inception, Google Voice has offered a wide range of features for managing your phone calls, with one glaring exception: calls passing through Google...
• ISing for IPhone If you're a fan of American Idol or you find yourself haunting local karaoke bars, iSing is right up your alley. Dubbed the, "Worldwide Talent Show for the...
• GAO: Los Alamos National Lab's Cybersecurity Lacking A large nuclear research lab in the U.S. lacks some critical security controls for its classified computer network, a report says.
• AMD and Intel Patch Things Up, HP Buys 3Com We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending...
• Rogue Amoeba Quits IPhone Development Stories about App Store submission woes have become standard fare in the tech media of late, which has understandably led to some readers groaning "not another...
• DNS Problem Linked to DDoS Attacks Gets Worse ISPs are distributing consumer modems that could be used in DDoS attacks, researchers say.
• Automatically Copy Selected Text with AutoCopy Best Firefox add-on ever? Maybe not, but it's definitely in the top 10. Copying text has never been easier.
• World Tech Update: CES Preview in NYC, Hacked iPhones, and More... Intel and AMD settle their legal disputes, New York hosts the annual CES preview, iPhones are hacked, and more...
• Id Software's John Carmack Talks IPhone Games, Doom John Carmack didn't need a lot of time to figure out whether he wanted to develop for the iPhone. It "wasn't a major strategic decision," the game maker says. "I...
• Is Dell's Android Smartphone Doomed? Dell has its work cut out for itself if it wants to muscle into the smartphone market.
• AT&T Escalates Verizon Ad Battle, But Why? AT&T continues to wage its battle against the Verizon 3G marketing campaign. AT&T is drawing more attention to the ads and making a big deal over nothing.
• YouTube Adds 1080p HD The world's most popular video-sharing site is planning to offer content in all of its high-resolution glory. YouTube announced that it will allow users to...
• Internet-connected Printers While printers are important hardware devices, they really aren't all that exciting, and it's getting more difficult to figure out what makes each printer stand...
• UK Environment Agency Plans to Halve IT CO2 Emissions A UK environmental agency plans to halve its IT CO2 emissions with a deal to outsource management of IT infrastructure and applications for 13,000 users.
• Enable Global Text Replacements in Snow Leopard One of Snow Leopard's more intriguing new features is text substitution, which lets the operating system replace defined sets of characters with other characters...