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• GDC 09: 18,000 Attendees, 400 Sessions, and That Metal Gear Solid Guy The Game Developers Conference 2009 runs all this week, but with the recession in force, don't expect the spectacle of recent years.
• Play Xbox Games on Your Cell Phone Want to play home console-quality games on your cell phone? By this winter, you will.
• Symantec Says Credit Card Data May Have Leaked From India Stops routing calls to Indian call center after BBC report of data theft
• China Unicom Plans to Trial 3G Network Soon Rumors say China Unicom has clinched a deal to launch the iPhone 3G on the network
• E-mail Evidence in Madoff Case Includes Another Scam A scam of a different sort found its way into evidence against fraudster Bernard Madoff.
• US Posts Videos of High-seas Encounter With China on YouTube Eight YouTube videos offer more detail on the incident and a glimpse into the thoughts and emotions of the Impeccable's crew.
• Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube Seek Big Break on TV Movies, shows and clips from Amazon, Netflix and YouTube are now available on many (if not most) of the devices that stream Internet video to the living room TV, from connected TVs to DVRs to set-top boxes.
• The Connected TV: Web Video Comes to the Living Room As the quality of Web video improves, more people want to watch it on the big TV in the living room. We discuss the devices that stream video from Internet sources, the video that's available to watch, and the network you'll need to make it all work.
• Is Your Living Room Ready for Internet Video? Web video can dramatically expand your viewing choices on your living room TV, but it's only as good as the broadband network it rides in on.
• 12 Ways to Bring YouTube to the Boob Tube All sorts of devices propose to bring Web video and other connected services to the living-room TV. We evaluate 12 of the most popular and innovative ones, with the pros and cons of each.
• Salesforce Integrates Service Cloud With Twitter Users can track and interact with customers through the popular social messaging service
• Toshiba Delays First Fuel Cell Product Launch Problems securing some components will delay its fuel cell battery charger by several months
• Beware New Malware in Web Apps Rather than attacking operating systems, cybercrooks are increasingly going after vulnerabilities in Web applications.
• New IPhone Tethering Welcomed by Enterprise The ability to tether an iPhone to Windows laptops could prove a boon to tech managers looking to integrate and secure the units.
• Personal Supercomputer Is Coming Advances in multicore processors will help morph PCs into Personal Supercomputers in the next few years, researchers say.
• Internet Archive Upgrades Wayback Machine The Internet Archive is unveiling a massive Wayback Machine data center to preserve Web history.
• Smartphones Win with 'Coolness Factor' iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, HTC G1 and other cool gadgets with deals rake in the cash for carriers.
• Diebold Admits Voting Machine Flaw Software errors may have lost votes in California election.
• New Service Helps Texters Find Each Other Foursquare users can get alerts when other users come into physical -- not just virtual -- view.
• Apple Premium Pricing Buys More Than a Logo It's no secret that Macs cost more than their Windows-based counterparts. But when a higher price tag delivers real value, it's still a smart buy.
• iPod Repairman Charged in Shuffle Theft The feds say a Michigan man stole 9,000 Shuffles from Apple through a fraudulent replacement scheme.
• EBay Yanked Millions of Scam Items in 2008 EBay denies criticism of how it handles hoaxes, saying the service delisted 2.1 million counterfeit items last year.
• Cell Phone Users Plan to Scale Back Budget-conscious Americans are starting to cut back their usage in a tight economy.
• Power Grid Is Found Susceptible to Cyberattack Researchers at IOActive have written a proof-of-concept worm that could spread on next generation power meter devices
• Online Fraud Hits Airlines Hard A report finds airlines worldwide lost more than $1.4 billion to fraudsters in 2008.