Erin Rose is a Bay Area ex-pat now geeking out in New Mexico, home of the atom bomb, the Spaceport, and other technological marvels. You can chat her up @rosieate.
Army develops a suicide bomber radar. Bring on the radiation! Motorola cowers before hackers with their new Droid. Get touchy. Some hands on ideas for your spare time.
Much hyped but not that exciting: Facebook now has Skype-powered calling. They-finally-found-a-real-use-for-QR-codes exciting: Go virtual grocery shopping in the subway & your real-life groceries’ll be waiting when you get home.…
Would you stay at a hotel that gave you a discount for giving up your digital devices? Emotion reading technology may be the next big thing. Apple’s technology sometimes seems…
MySpace was just sold. Again. Hackers have busted into a database of US military personnel. A video of NASA (successfully) testing their new hovering robotic lander. Cool. Why yes, I…
The + project, Google’s answer to social networking, launched today. The Supreme Court sayz: Cali can’t ban selling violent video games to kids. The hacking group LulzSec is disbanding. A…
Chinese censors have shut down a site that allowed people to report bribes demanded by Chinese gov officials. Google thinks a third of retailers will be allowing wireless “tap &…
Think twice before posting yr *awesome* rendition of Lady Gaga: YouTube covers could now land you in the slammer. Oh yeah, and illegally streaming videos is now a felony. Having…
More Lulzsec, please: they’ve now opened a hack request line so the public can request targets. Hehe. Wanna read Sarah Palin’s emails from her stint as governor? Me neither, but…
If you want to pay an exorbitant price for an unlocked iPhone in the US, you now can. Imagine downloading a full-length movie in 2 seconds: A cable manufacturer is…
A little corporate hypocrisy for yr Friday: Apple rips off student’s rejected iPhone app. One positive outcome of Weinergate: Congress members are tweeting a lot less. The age of international…
Does Facebook’s new facial recognition system violate users’ privacy? One in 4 US hackers is actually an FBI informer. They’re testing out the new IPv6 internet protocol today. What can…
Will the next big thing in ecommerce be online pawn shops? A preview of Apple’s iOS 5 operating system for iPhone/iPad. Who woulda thunk? Kindles now make up nearly 10%…