EEE PAD TAKES ON IPAD

This fall, Asustek, the maker of popular netbook computers, is coming out with its own version of the iPad, called the Eee Pad. We like Eee… Read more

NEW TO HOTMAIL

Microsoft’s “Hotmail” email service just got a big makeover to make it more like Google’s Gmail. It now has better spam protection and other… Read more

JUST CHECKING

FourSquare.com is one of those social networks where users “check in” to tell friends where they are, and earn “virtual badges” (meaning not… Read more

FRIENDING YOUR CHILDREN ON FACEBOOK

Retrevo.com surveyed parents to find out how many of them “friend” their children on Facebook. Turns out that 48 percent do, though we imagine… Read more

PROTECTING YOUR SMART PHONE

If your “Smart Phone” is lost or stolen, you’d probably like to know if anyone is using it. For $20 a year, WaveSecure.com will not only tell… Read more

SOLAR CELLS PRINTED ON PAPER

Those people at MIT are at it again. This time, they’re printing solar cells on paper. This is still in the laboratory stage but it seems… Read more

STAR GAZING

With a new free app called “Sky Map,” you can point an Android phone at the sky to identify what stars or planets you’re looking at. It uses… Read more

GOOGLE’S ECONOMIC IMPACT

We went to TSS-Radio to hear Chicago’s Mayor Daley and a couple of others talk about Google’s impact on the state of Illinois and beyond. We… Read more

FACEBOOK VS. TWITTER

On Facebook, you can send a message to anyone you find there. (We recently got a note from someone with the last name of Schwabach, wondering if we… Read more

UP IN SMOKE

We all have read of executives embarrassed to have said one thing only to have it revealed later that they wrote something quite different in their… Read more