Broadcom Rolls Out 3G Phone on a Chip (eWeek)

Claiming a major competitive advantage over rival chip makers, Broadcom said Oct. 15 it has developed a low-power, single-chip processor that integrates all major features of 3G technology.

The BCM21551—code-named Zeus—combines a high-speed third-generation baseband, a multiband radio frequency transceiver, Bluetooth, and an FM radio receiver and transmitter.

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Google, Random House Move Closer to Book Search (CIO Insight)

Random House has held out and not joined the Google-backed publisher partner program, which can help boost book sales, especially of publishers' so-called backlists of older titles.

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WiFi detector t-shirt shows signal strength, locks in your virginity (Ars Technica)

It's 2007 folks, so there's no need to whip out a WiFi detector or boot your laptop just to figure out if there's a WiFi signal in range. These days, you can just look down at your shirt.

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Opinion: How to lose your digital life in 20 minutes (TG Daily)

Even if you diligently backup your precious data, disaster can strike any moment and it doesn’t hurt to have a recovery strategy in place, even if you are not the CIO of a billion dollar corporation.

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Phishing for Mules (Campus Technology)

We all know, or should know, about phishing, a fraudulent attempt, frequently through legitimate looking email requests, to obtain personal information such as a credit card number, a social security number, or a bank account number and PIN. But to take full advantage of stolen information, the crook needs "mules."

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Phantom vibrations shake 'crackberry' addicts (CNN.com)

If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations you're feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.

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