WIRELESS INCREASE: The Iowa Utilities Board says more and more Iowans are using wireless telephone connections The Iowa Utilities Board says the number of wireless telephone connections in the state grew by 12 percent from mid-2007 to mid-2009. Read more on WHO-TV 13 Des Moines ... Read More

Avast says, 'Yer ship be secure' Security vendor Avast takes a cue from its own name and a slightly aged Internet meme to bring you a pirate-themed approach to home computer protection. In honor of the upcoming annual "Talk like a pirate day" on September 19, Avast rebrands its main interface in pirate-speak for people who opt in to the feature through September 22. There's not a lot to the changes, but check out the our ... Read more on CNET ... Read More

Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal - 'Potentially Catastropic', Says Apple Compulsive iPhone jailbreakers now don't have to worry about having to face criminal charges for mangling the Apple iOS and running unauthorized apps on the Cupertino company's smartphone. Last week, Federal regulators announced that it is lawful for iPhone users to jailbreak their iDevice -- citing that there's "no basis for copyright law to assist Apple in protecting its restrictive business ... Read more on Tech Pinas ... Read More

APNewsBreak: FBI says cyber mastermind of botnet arrested in Slovenia, more arrests planned The FBI says international law enforcement authorities have arrested the computer hacker responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected about 12 million computers and invaded major corporations worldwide. Read more on Times & Transcript ... Read More

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Holmes says flight attendant had it out for him in IPod incident Santonio Holmes was held up with security at Pittsburgh International Airport. A flight attendant accused Holmes of “failing to follow regulations by not turning off his IPod as the plane was landing”. Now come on, are you serious, having to get security away from and possibly more important issues, just for not turning Read more on The National Sports Review ... Read More

IPad to Boost Tablet Sales Sixfold by 2014, IDC Says (Update3) May 20 (Bloomberg) -- The popularity of Apple Inc. ’s iPad will spur a sixfold increase in industrywide shipments of tablet computers by 2014, research firm IDC said. Read more on Bloomberg ... Read More

Apple says iPhone leak has cost it big bucks Apple officials told police investigators that the publication of photos of an iPhone prototype was "immensely damaging" to the company and represented a "huge" loss, recently released court documents show. Read more on ITBusiness.ca ... Read More

April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Dan Costa, executive editor at pcmag.com talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li about Apple Inc.'s ipad. The touch-screen device that lets users surf the Web, read e-books, watch videos and play games goes on sale starting at $499 this weekend. (Source: Bloomberg) ... Read More

More computer security needed, renowned computer hacker says at Cal Poly Pomona competition POMONA - In the cyber world, there are no boundaries. Read more on Inland Valley Daily Bulletin ... Read More

AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OK AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. Read more on USA Today ... Read More