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At least that’s how many wireless chipsets are expected to be sold by year’s end. And it’s all happened in six years, according to new data released by In-Stat and the Wi-Fi Alliance, making the technology a staple of computer networking and a powerful presence in millions of homes and businesses. With a 64% […]

I may look part robot with a hands-free Bluetooth headset blinking behind a my left ear but I’m slowly getting hooked on these miniature devices. Here’s my Free Press column from today:  MIKE WENDLAND: U.S. is all ears for headsets.

Lemme get this straight: Some lamebrained kid is driving and decides to send a text message on his mobile. He looks away from the road and veers into a bicyclist and kills him. And authorities see this only as a misdemeanor?  Teen in Crash May Have Been Text Messaging.

A variant of W32/Sober.gen@MM, W32/Sober@MM!M681 is another mass-mailing worm hiding inside a spam email attachment making its way around the net this weekend. When run, the virus displays a fake error message, infects the host computer then sends itself to stolen email addresses.
Here’s some info from the folks at McAfee:
What should I look for? FROM: […]

Looks like shopping malls aren’t the only busy places this Black Friday. Online shopping sites are getting lots of traffic, too. The BestBuy site was unavailable a couple of times today when I tried. Same with CompUSA. Online shoppers looking for availablity and price comparisons are causing slowdowns on others.

I’ve been testing out a new BlackBerry 8700 from Cingular and have toted it around with other phones running on the Verizon and Sprint networks in some pretty out of the way places over the past few weeks. I have been much impressed by the reliability of connections to the high speed Cingular EDGE network. […]

Have you heard about Apple CEO Steve Job’s latest appearance on Saturday Night Live? They’ve posted a video of it over at PhuseBox.  Steve Jobs SNL Sketch.

The same kind of ultra-sharp, bold paint jobs that customize fine rides are being applied to the drab gray and silver laptop computers toted around by road warriors whose companies are affixing their corporate logos to the machines. Check out my column in today’s Freep. MIKE WENDLAND: Make your laptop special.

The Web sites offering early peeks at Black Friday sales lists continues to grow. I did a Free Press column on it -  MIKE WENDLAND: Smart shoppers get sales info early - and an NBC-TV High Tech Talk video.

Granted, since I’ve been testing out a new BlackBerry 8700 this week, I’m paying a lot more attention to all these stories about the patent infringement suit against RIM, the maker of this awesome little e-mail machine (look for my Detroit Free Press review Monday). Link: Nasty Thorns In The BlackBerry Patch .But over the […]

The old saying that it’s pretty hard to ever really erase something from a computer sure seems true in this case.  Accused wife-killer Googled ‘Neck,’ ‘Snap,’ Among Other Words.

"And she said… what?… hang on a sec… Put the cash in the bag NOW! … Sorry, had some work to do… and you were saying?" Robber hits banks while talking on cell phone.

Why do I think this is some sort of delayed April Fool’s Day joke? Link: Company works on providing broadband by gas lines.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when all the stores roll out their best shopping values of the year. Its so called because that’s when many break into the black, that’s how busy they get. Online, speculation and leaked early sales notices abound.At GottaDeal.com, a special Black Friday area is already filled with rumored […]

The class action lawsuit against Apple over the iPod nano has expanded with new complaints from international customers. The Seattle law firm handling the case tells me they have heard from disgruntled consumers in every U.S. state and 15 countries who claim the nano screen is of poor quality and easily scratched. Class action suit […]