• Alphabet Decides Who Gets Most Spam

  
  Those whose names begin with A are more likely to receive spam that those who start with Z, according to research.

• Photo Contest: Hot Pics for August

  
  Subscribers to Dave Johnson's Digital Focus took these shots; read Dave's September 4 column for the Hot Pic of the Month winner.

Latest News

• Alphabet Decides Who Gets Most Spam Those whose names begin with A are more likely to receive spam that those who start with Z, according to research.
• Samsung Aims at Apple With Slim Laptop Samsung launched its X360 laptop at IFA that claims the title of the lightest 13.3-inch screen machine yet.
• Toshiba to Launch Cell-based TV in 2009 Toshiba is planning to put the powerful Cell chip into a TV that will launch in the second half of 2009, it said Friday at the...
• As Inflation Climbs, Vietnam's PC Market on Shaky Ground Inflation is hitting Vietnam's PC market hard, but next year should be better, IDC said
• Microsoft Buys European Comparison Shopping Site for $486M Microsoft has agreed to buy comparison shopping site Ciao in a deal worth around US$486 million, the companies announced...
• Toshiba's XDE DVD Players Won't Hurt Blu-ray Disc Toshiba's XDE DVD player technology is nice, but it's no replacement for Blu-ray Disc, analysts say.
• How to Buy a Mini-laptop Mini-laptops are among the hottest new products this year and with the back-to-school sales season upon us, I created a list...
• Photo Contest: Hot Pics for August Subscribers to Dave Johnson's Digital Focus took these shots; read Dave's September 4 column for the Hot Pic of the Month winner.
• Atom Demand Still Stymied by Testing Bottleneck Demand for Intel Atom remains stymied by testing bottleneck causing shortage.
• Judge Finds Qualcomm in Contempt of Injunction A federal judge found Qualcomm in contempt of an injunction that prevents the company from selling chips that rely on certain...
• Wall Street Beat: Spending Slows, Dell Does Too Investors betting on tech stocks got some unwelcome news this week that corporate customers are cutting their IT spending...
• Comcast Sets Monthly Bandwidth Limit for Customers Comcast will institute a 250 GB-a-month bandwidth cap for its customers starting Oct. 1.
• Apple Updates Final Cut Express, Releases QuickTime Decoder Apple on Thursday released an update for Final Cut Express, its advanced amateur movie editing application, bringing the...
• Apple Promises September Fix for IPhone Security Flaw A recently discovered security flaw that would allow access to a locked iPhone will be fixed next month, Apple said on...
• Dell Profit Falls as Revenue Grows Dell posted a decline in profit for its fiscal second quarter, while economic doldrums held down its results in some parts of...
• Performance-improvement Integral to Windows 7, IE8 Improving performance are key development goals for Windows 7 and IE 8.
• Google Introduces Android Apps Store Google unveiled plans for the Android Market, where developers can distribute content for Android phones.
• Yelp for IPhone You'd be hard pressed to find a more opinionated, verbose, and downright catty group than the citizen reviewers on...
• Toshiba's XD-E500 DVD Player Toshiba has been hyping the heck out of its new upconverting XD-E500 DVD player but has also been careful not to declare it an...
• Logitech Unveils Squeezebox Boom Tabletop Music Player Logitech announced on Thursday the Squeezebox Boom, the latest addition to its Squeezebox line of streaming-audio products...

Playing in PCW Video

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  Beam Pictures to Your TV with Bluetooth At the IFA conference in Berlin, LG demonstrated the Bluetooth capabilities of its new plasma and LCD sets. Take a picture with your cell phone and you can send it wirelessly to your TV.
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  Garmin GPS Adds 3D Building Views At the IFA conference in Berlin, Garmin showed a new feature for their Nuvi 7x5 series GPS device: 3D city views.
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  Celebs, 3D TV and Cars at Nvidia Conference At Nvidia's first conference, NVISION'08, there was something for everyone: Sci-fi celebrities, 3D gaming on your TV, new car dashboard interfaces, and the Tegra mobile chipset.

Today in PCW Blogs

• Game On
  Stardock Says You Have Rights, PC Gamers In the boldest, wisest, and frankly coolest collection of axioms I've ever seen a developer lobby in three decades of PC gaming, Galactic Civilizations designer Stardock today released a 'Gamer's Bill of Rights' describing what gamers should expect from developers, publishers, and retailers going forward.
• Today @ PC World
  iPhone Girl Becomes Internet Superstar After a British iPhone 3G customer found pictures of a Foxconn Chinese factory worker giving the "V" sign on his phone, the "iPhone Girl" has become an Internet superstar.
• Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks
  The Dark Side of Dual Monitors For the last two days I've talked about dual monitors.
• Community Voices
  Acer Aspire One Netbook Drops to $329 I've been keeping a close eye on which netbooks offer the most value, and to my eye the Linux-version of the Acer Aspire One netbook is the current front runner.