Google's Chromebook: Notebook as a service?

Google has revealed the first production Chromebooks - notebooks running Chrome OS - along with a leasing plan that includes remote management tools, support and more for as little as $US20 per month.
 

Google's Street View Wi-Fi cleanup completed months ago

Google has used Privacy Awareness Week to reveal it completed the deletion of Australian Wi-Fi payload data 'mistakenly' collected by its Street View cars as long ago as February.
 

New Ovation MC545 wireless modem smallest in class

Novatel Wireless claims its Ovation MC545 is the world's smallest dual-carrier HSPA+ USB device.
 

Mass global steal by cybercrims facilitated by botnet

A global network of 55,000 computers have been infected by the Mumba botnet, with more than 60GB of personal data stolen from users including credentials from social networking web sites, bank account details, credit card numbers and emails.
 

Jobs explains iPhone 4 antenna issue: 'All smartphones do that'

All smartphones suffer from reduced signal strength when held in particular ways, and the iPhone 4 is no exception, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Few owners are reporting issues to Apple, and return rates are particularly low, he claimed. But Apple has decided to give all owners a free case as this may help ameliorate the issue.
 

BlackBerry eBay app arrives in Australia (and elsewhere)

The official BlackBerry app for eBay has been released in Australia and five other countries, and has come out of beta in North America.
 

Spain claims first complete face transplant

Vall d-Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, has announced that its surgeons have performed the first full face transplant in late March 2010.
 

Hosted services linked to SME revenue growth

New research suggests revenue growth goes hand-in-hand with the adoption of hosted services by SMEs.
 

Mr Bean hacks Spanish EU open source web site

Only days after the Spanish government awarded a 12m Euro contract to maintain the content and security of its EU summit web site the site has been hacked by none other than the bumbling Mr Bean.
 

Spain pays 12m Euros to Telefonica to maintain open source web site

Who said there isn’t money to be made in open source? The Spanish government has awarded a 12m Euro contract to Telefonica to maintain the Presidential web site, a site that is built on OpenCMS, an open source content management system.