Paul Twomey has announced he will leave ICANN at the end of 2009, leaving the organization responsible for Internet governance looking for a new leader.
LG and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling 30,000 LG 830 Spyder phones because of poor voice quality on calls to 911 emergency services.
Navigon's new 7300GT, 4300GT, and 3300 max individualize navigation by offering three route choices factoring in speed limits, construction, traffic...and users' driving habits.
The OLPC project has announced an internship program to send up to 100 teams of student interns to Africa with 100 OLPC laptops and up to $10,000 for expenses.
Reports have print publisher Hearts preparing to launch a large-format wireless electronic reader designed for magazines and periodicals, rather than books.
Microsoft says it has been listening to tester feedback on the Windows 7 beta...and has outlined a set of changes users can expect to see in the release candidate.
Japan's DoCoMo has suspended sales of RIM's BlackBerry Bold due to overheating, marking another unpleasant chapter in the troubled handset's brief lifespan.
Dreaming of a Kindle? Maybe you don't need one: the new service Shortcovers puts magazines, chapters, and full books on the BlackBerries, Android devices, and the iPhone.
Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says his company is actively looking at the market for notebook computers as smartphone and computing continue to converge.
Physicians have described a case of "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis," where heavy PlayStation gaming produced sores and lumps on a 12-year-old's hands.
ABI Research finds that some 17 percent of smartphone users spent more than $100 on applications in 2008..and 16.5 percent spent between $100 and $499.
The FCC has proposed fining hundreds of telecommunications companies for failing to file an annual report on how they safeguard sensitive consumer information.
Last year when hard drive maker Seagate sued SSD maker STEC for patent infringement and hinted it might go after other SSD makers. Now, Seagate has dropped the suit.
Mobile email provider Visto has made a deal to buy enterprise communications outfit Good Technology from a struggling Motorola...but no one is saying how much Visto paid.
Digital video service Vudu has become the first to offer high-definition movies on a download-to-own basis...although they're starting out with just 50 titles.
Olympus's new E-620 camera claims to be the smallest DSLR with image stabilization, and it features in-camera filters to inspire photographers' creativity.
Rambus has been awarded supplemental damages in a patent infringement case against Hynix...but the same patents were ruled unenforceable against Micron earlier this year.
Microsoft is stepping deeper into the job training game with Elevate America, a program that aims to let up to 2 million people get technical skills via online training.
Nielsen says Americans are finding time for both TV, averaging 151 hours of TV viewing per month - and even more for people who watch online or mobile video.
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a California law barring the sale and rental of violent video games to minors violates the Constitution's free speech guarantees.
Comcast says its DOCSIS 3.0-based wideband capacity is now available across 30 percent of its network, and thinks it'll make it to 65 percent by the end of 2009.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has shipped for Windows PCs extends adds fully-cooperative multiplayer campaigns to the real-time strategy and combat franchise.