Ben Patterson - Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so for patrons of the iPhone or iPod Touch, which can only sync up files via USB tethering. That said, an enterprising developer is looking to change the game when it comes to wireless iPhone and/or iPod Touch syncing ... if Apple will let him, that is.

Ben Patterson - What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it's Research In Motion's iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified "SureType" keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it's a little jarring to get a load of RIM's new, pumped-up Pearl 3G — the first BlackBerry ever with a standard alphanumeric keypad, same as on many garden-variety cell phones.

Hunting for a record deal won't cut it anymore. Modern bands are focusing more on the Internet, looking for film soundtrack opportunities and piggy-backing album sales on designer T-shirts.

One in a series of occasional articles

Old TVs, cellphones and other electronics don't belong in the trash; they should be recycled.

If all the Consumer Electronics Show coverage this week has you scheming to buy the new Google smart phone or a 3-D home theater system, you aren't alone. Americans have an insatiable appetite for the latest and greatest gadgets.

Mousetraps aren't just a snap anymore. Some try to kill humanely. One will even send an e-mail of a kill.

It's hard not to admire the common house mouse, Mus musculus . Upon setting up a new home, it neatly separates kitchen, bedroom and toilet areas. It has evolved to make its own vitamin C, and it's sensible enough to fear not only black lights (possibly because a mouse's urine has a fluorescent glow) but also rats (Musicide is common).

How a London paper listened in on the private voice mail messages of the rich and famous..

Virgin Mobile?s MiFi is nearly like the ones offered by Sprint and Verizon but with three exceptions: an unlimited data plan, no contract and a $40-a-month service fee.

The government is looking to curb cellphone spam, pornography and fraud schemes.

It's the start of a long weekend, one in which we celebrate the end of summer as well as the efforts of all working people. But I have a feeling even with Labor Day approaching, many of you mobile workers will still be plugged in. It's a hard habit to break (and sometimes it's not up to us either).

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As I was awaiting my new iMac last week, out came a -- a touchscreen iMac, apparently, rumored to be headed for the shelves as early as this winter holiday season. Drats. I struggled for a while deciding whether or not to cancel a concrete order for something that may not even go to market. My iMac arrived, even though I am a strong touchscreen aficionado.

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There's nothing like setting up a brand-new computer to remind you of which applications you really must have installed. That was the exercise that absorbed most of my time this weekend, and it turns out only a handful of programs are really necessary to get up and running. Although it still takes time to set up a new computer, having Webmail, online data storage, and some settings (like bookmarks and browser preferences) synced to the cloud really does streamline the process and enable mobility.

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The ever-innovating Google has just recently added another new feature to Gmail: the ability to make free calls within the U.S. and Canada (and to other countries at ) directly from your email account. This integration of Google Voice, Google's free VoIP service, with the Gmail system makes it more convenient to place and receive online phone calls, since if you are a Gmail user, you probably have all your contacts' information in the service already. Now rather than going to Google Voice, you just need to have your Gmail window open.

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I just started reading Timothy Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich -- enticing title, right? What's struck me most off the bat was how some of the main themes in the book -- namely mobility and increasing productivity to save time -- are also major topics for this site.

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Remember that even though you may not like each other everyday.....it doesn`t mean that you don`t love each other everyday!

Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.

A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.

Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.

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Wi-Fi Inspector is a popular tool from Xirrus used to monitor and troubleshoot wireless networks. It is a software utility for Microsoft Windows computers. Compared to utilities built into the ...

The "most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever" occurred in 2008, according to Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn. Was it a well-coordinated cyberattack that penetrated the Pentagon's ...

With our homes (mostly) going wireless, one new product you may not have expected to see is a with expanded cabling capability. Yet the D-Link DIR-632 is exactly ...

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It has been almost two years since 1 gigabit per second home Internet in Japan first became available. Japan is a world leader in providing high bandwidth connections to residences. ...

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