The revamped WD TV Live media player includes 802.11n wireless connectivity and support for a range of Internet content providers - but no Australian TV catch-up services are on the list.

According to a rumour, Apple is preparing to drop the $A119/$US99 annual subscription for its MobileMe Internet-based services.

Google has followed through on its threat to stop censoring search results for users in China.

First, it was Street View cars capturing panoramic views of our streets. Then the Street View trike arrived to gather images of pedestrian areas. Now Google's Street View has taken to the snow to produce panoramas of Whistler, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

How much do you depend on Google? What is stored in your Google account? Whether you use just one or many of Google, Gmail, Picasa, Google Earth, YouTube or the many other Google products and services you'll now find it in one single place.

A new version of Google's Picasa photo editing and management application includes face recognition. Other new features include Google Maps integration for geotagging.

A study from the University of Cambridge has found that photos shared on social sites are often still accessible even after the user has deleted them.

If you use Picasa as a way of making an off-site backup of your photos as well as sharing them with others, the latest version of the Picasa Web Albums Uploader makes recovery easier.

A particular complaint I've heard from Windows switchers concerns the absence of Google's Picasa from the Mac. But that may be about to change.

The French are best known for their love of romance, wine and fine dining. Now they have another claim to fame, as a spam magnet...