Personal Technology

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In its bid to make TV advertising more accountable -- and to sell more of it through its online auction service -- Google has teamed up with TiVo, the companies are set to announce Tuesday. Full Story »

In spite of rumors that the first USB 3.0 products wouldn't surface until the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Buffalo Technology has beaten all comers to the punch by announcing today it was shipping its new DriveStation HD-HXU3 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drive. Full Story »

OfficeMax has the HP Pavilion dm3 laptop for $525 with free shipping, which is $125 off the retail price for this configuration and $50 lower than what competing vendors charge. This ultraportable laptop has a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processor, an ATI Radeon HD 3200 discrete graphics card, a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, a 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 preinstalled. Full Story »

Amazon has the Samsung PD-P3600 Blu-ray player, which sells for $219 with free shipping; that's $80 off the retail price and about $20 lower than competing retailers' prices. This Blu-ray player made waves earlier in the year for its slick design, 1GB of internal flash memory for BD-Live content, and support for Netflix and Pandora streaming over Wi-Fi. Full Story »

Amazon.com offers the Casio Exilim EX-S5 digital camera for $105 with free shipping, which is $25 under the retail price. The Exilim EX-S5 has a 3X optical-zoom lens, face-detection features, a 2.7-inch LCD display, and an SD/MMC card slot for storing photos and movies. Full Story »

In a battle between AT&T and Verizon Wireless that never seems to end, AT&T's partner Apple now appears to be getting into the mix with two retaliatory iPhone TV ad that air Monday night. The ads comes hot on the heels of AT&T's TV ad campaign that aimed to "set the record straight" around Verizon's "there's a map for that" campaign. Full Story »

Have a laptop or netbook and want to get more out of it? You're not alone. We've experienced the frustration of trying to keep data or bookmarks on a portable synchronized with those of a desktop PC or other laptops. We've struggled with diminishing battery life. We've needed assistance getting connected at hotspots or staying safe once online. And we've wondered how to take full advantage of USB flash drives. Full Story »

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said. Full Story »

Is an iPhone an acceptable device for business users? Verizon Wireless and AT&T have been involved in a public multimillion-dollar spat over the question with dueling television advertising campaigns -- and a lawsuit to boot. Now Apple is stepping into the fray with its own ads. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator. Full Story »

Twelve South on Monday announced the BassJump, a portable, USB-powered "subwoofer" designed to enhance your MacBook's audio output by adding midrange and bass frequencies that the MacBook's built-in speakers can't adequately produce. Full Story »

A report from AdMob has people claiming there is now proof that iPhone users now account for more than half of mobile data traffic. For months now many have suspected the iPhone -- with its data-hungry applications -- is a network bandwidth hog. But a closer look at the AdMob report reveals iPhone users probably aren't as hoggish as some in the blogosphere are claiming. Full Story »

Thursday is Thanksgiving in the U.S, so in this week's super-sized edition of iPhone hints we give thanks for the few, the proud, the useful—the iPhone’s physical controls. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Patent holding company Klausner Technologies Inc. on Monday said it's suing Motorola Inc. and the maker of BlackBerry smartphones for allegedly violating its patent for visual voicemail. Full Story »

San Francisco - InfoWorld released today the fifth entry in its "Deep Dive" series of special PDF reports, covering the now-crucial area of server virtualization. InfoWorld, a Web-based publication devoted to emerging technology and hands-on business tech expertise, had previously released "Deep Dive" reports on cloud computing, Windows 7, enterprise iPhone, and next-gen mobile devices, as well as a quick-start guide to Windows 7. Full Story »

About 10 percent of software applications turned down by Apple's App Store are "inappropriate," either because they will steal personal data, are meant to help users break the law, or contain "inappropriate content," an Apple senior executive reportedly said. Full Story »

Just two weeks after Apple iPhone users in Australia reported jailbroken iPhones came under siege by attackers, a new version of the iPhone worm is posing a threat. Symantec reports the new worm targets jailbroken iPhones running SSH that are still using the default password. The worm can reportedly steal data stored on the iPhone as well as connect back to the attacker, giving them control of the phone. Full Story »

Of all the Mario Kart games, the best was probably the first, and now you can see why for 800 Wii Points, or about eight US dollars. We're talking the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) original here, born 17 years ago in 1992. It supported 1 to 2 players, packed eight playable Mario-verse characters, and offered three championship cups divvied into three distinct 'kart' classes. Full Story »