Chances Are You're Paying Way More for Mobile Than You Need To

Does your wireless plan suit your needs? Truly suit your needs? Because if it doesn’t, you’re potentially wasting hundreds of dollars. According to a yearlong BillShrink survey of more than 230,000 wireless users, people waste an average of $336 annually by miscalculating their voice and data needs.

Verizon Upholds Tradition of Bumpy iPhone Launch

AT&T must be snickering into its cornflakes this morning. Verizon began taking pre-orders for the forthcoming CDMA iPhone this morning and is suffering some of the same issues for which AT&T has been taken to task in the past (though not nearly as severe).

A Very Short Letter From a Friend in Cairo

After a few days of trying, and despite the restrictions on communication to and from Egypt, today I heard back from a friend who’s in the thick of events unfolding there.

As Egypt's Last Internet Connection Goes Down, Alternatives Appear

The last significant Internet connection in Egypt has now gone down. The world has responded with numerous clever workarounds to help the people there get their messages out.

Cisco Security Survey Finds Windows Vulnerabilities And Spam Decreasing

Still no rest for the weary computer security professional. Smartphones and tablets are coming to the office and creating new opportunities for trouble.

A New Social Network Where Inquiring Minds Run Wild

Katie takes a look at Quora, a question-and-answer site that encourages thoughtful—even long-winded—discussions.
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Google Apps Adds an Anti-Spam Weapon to Its Arsenal

Google Apps email users now have an easy way to vouch for the messages they send, making them less likely to get tangled up in overly aggressive spam filters.

How Much Copyright Infringement Can You Cram Into a Single Tweet?

If you run a user-generated content site, takedown notices from copyright holders are a fact of life. That even goes for Twitter, where messages are limited to 140 characters of text. The site received on the order of 300 takedown notices in the last month.

Jawbone: You Won’t Pay a Penny for Our Thoughts

Headset maker Jawbone thinks it has found another nifty use for its electronic earwear. The company is using D: Dive Into Mobile to announce Thoughts, an iPhone app that lets road warriors dictate a quick thought that gets delivered as an audio file to whomever they like. The audio file gets sent to a recipients’ Thoughts app, or via email or a text message link.

And by “Variety of Ways to Leverage the iPad,” We Do Not Mean Angry Birds and Infinity Blade

Another small victory in enterprise for Apple. As part of a six-month pilot program, J.P. Morgan is outfitting its staff with iPads.

Live from Facebook's Email Messages Launch

Pink-Slip Thursday at Cisco

iPhone 3.0 @ 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT

iPhone 3.0 @ 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT

Uh, Hello? Cut-and-Paste!?!