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Apple Details iPad's Battery Replacement Plan

When one thinks of Apple, a single word often comes to mind: battery. It's no secret that the Cupertino-based developer has inched the totality of its product lines toward non-replaceable batteries. So what happens, then, when your iPhone or Macbook Pro battery loses its ability to hold much of a charge? What about the iPad?

Mario Goes Open-Source with Arduino

Thanks to the powers of the open-source Arduino platform, the mustachioed plumber of console video game fame has been converted into an eight-by-eight LED matrix by Carnegie Mellon University student Chloe Fan. And, yes, she's even made a separate Arduino device to give her side-scrolling adventure the classic Mario theme.

SXSW: Cuban, Boxee Clash at Web TV Debate

On the opening night of SXSW Interactive, HDNet founder Mark Cuban and Boxee founder Avner Ronan traded verbal barbs and a few well-reasoned arguments trying to answer the simple question: will Internet TV take over?

What to Expect at SXSW 2010

Start-ups, Web professionals, and the geek elite will converge on Austin, Texas this weekend for SXSW, which has evolved from a hip music-and-film festival to become one of the most active and innovative technology shows. Expect these topics to be the trends of the show.

Netflix Prize Scrapped Over Privacy Concerns

Netflix has ditched plans for a sequel to its million dollar prize as part of a lawsuit settlement regarding the use of members' personal information.

Why I Pre-Ordered an Apple iPad

Learn why one PCMag editor shelled out over $600 this morning for Apple's upcoming tablet and some extras, despite being underwhelmed by the announcement.

Apple iPad 3G Options Include a Data Monitor

In addition to kicking off its iPad pre-sale on Friday, Apple also provided some details on how the device's 3G capabilities will work, including alerts when users are running low on their 3G data.

Porsche Exec: 918 Spyder Hybrid Supercar is Go

Last week, Porsche unveiled the stunning all-wheel-drive 918 Spyder supercar concept. Internally, and unofficially, executives say the concept has been greenlit for production.

Intel's Next Big Mission: Secure Hardware?

To date, Intel has had a difficult time selling the concept of security, both to its customers, and even to its own design teams. But that might be about to change.

Mobile Social Networking on the Rise

A new comScore study shows that 17.1 percent of cell phone subscribers visited a social networking site or blog in January 2010, compared with 13.8 percent in October 2009.

iPhone App Use Peaks at Night, Too

Localytics, which markets a mobile analytics package for app developers, reports on when iPhone users are most likely to download and use new apps.

Google Updates Local Product Search

A new version of Google's mobile Product Search will alert you if an item that you are searching for is sitting in a nearby store just waiting to be purchased - right now!

FCC Wants to Know Your Broadband Speed

Is your broadband service really as fast as advertised? Are you living in an area that can't even get high-speed service? The FCC wants to know. The commission this week launched a broadband testing tool that will let you test your connection quality.

Plastic Logic's Que ProReader Delayed Until Summer

If you were waiting to purchase the Plastic Logic QUE ProReader e-reader tablet, you'll have to wait a bit longer.

Apple Patches 16 Holes in Safari

Apple has released Safari 4.0.5 to address 16 vulnerabilities, all but one of which were newly disclosed. New versions for Windows and the Mac are available.

Google's China Censor Plan Will Have 'Consequences'

A Chinese minister this week said Google's plan to stop censoring its search results in China is unfriendly, irresponsible, and will have consequences, according to a report.

Xpand Promises Universal 3DTV Glasses by June

The glasses that the 3D HDTV makers are rolling out with their sets typically only work with their own brands of TVs: Panasonic glasses with Panasonic TVs, Samsung glasses with Samsung TVs, and so on. Xpand may be the first with a pair that works with all manufacturers.

Apple Now Accepting iPad Pre-Orders

Apple is now accepting pre-orders for its hotly anticipated iPad tablet.

OpenGL 4.0 Spec Announced

The new spec helps OpenGL close the feature gap with Microsoft's Direct3D 11.

Intel's 'Gulftown' Tops Desktop PC Processors

Intel on Thursday formally announced that the Core i7-980X Extreme processor - the 6-core chip code-named "Gulftown" manufactured on the company's 32nm process - are up this morning, and the results are pretty much what you'd expect. But AMD is waiting in the wings.

Rugged Casio G'zOne Brigade Arrives on Verizon

Following the release a few months ago of the Casio G'zOne Rock comes the Casio G'zOne Brigade, a more powerful sibling to the Rock, on Verizon Wireless.

Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are

Facebook may not be quite ready to commit to location-based services (at least not until April), but Twitter is making no bones about jumping onto the super-hot trend.

Comcast Defends NBC Deal

Comcast again defended its proposed merger with NBC Universal Thursday, telling the Senate Commerce Committee that while the success of the deal is "not a sure thing," it will not adversely affect competition, cable rates, or the availability of Internet-based TV.

Verizon's LTE Mobile Phones Could Ship Early

4G handsets from Verizon Wireless could hit the market by mid-2011, about six months earlier than expected.

OCZ Delivers SSD for Under $100

On Thursday, OCZ announced the Onyx, the first solid-state disc to be priced at under $100.

Samsung Films Black Eyed Peas Concert in 3D

All of the big TV brands are promoting 3D, and Samsung last night tried to get some attention for its new line of 3D LED TVs by bringing the Black Eyed Peas to Times Square, and then filming their performance in 3D, using a crew headed by Avatar director James Cameron.

What Happens When Your Webmail Gets Hacked

This is a story about a friend whose webmail account got hijacked by a scammer, and the long ordeal that my friend had go through before she regained control of her account--and how she regained her account only after the scammer had used it to extract more than a thousand dollars from one of my friend's friends.

Surprisingly, Motorola Turns to Bing for Search

Motorola announced Thursday that it is teaming up with Microsoft to include a pre-loaded bookmark for the Bing search engine on Android-powered Motorola devices.

Android Keeps Climbing in Mobile OS Share

Industry research firm comScore has unveiled the latest round of wireless industry numbers, and it's looking better and better for Google's smartphone OS.

Zeus Botnet Crippled When ISP Goes Down

On Wednesday, the Swiss security blog abuse.ch reported a significant drop in active Command and Control servers for the notorious Zeus botnet.