Apple's patent filing for a technology called iGroups suggests the iPhone maker wants to get into the business of mobile social networking because it will sell music and will become a standard on all contacts applications.

Color e-reader screens that can imitate video playback were on show Thursday from the company that makes the Kindle for Amazon.com, as similar technologies move closer to debuting in finished products.

A smartphone is only as good as its apps. Here are 10 free ones to supercharge your shiny new Palm phone.

We're roughly two weeks out from the arrival of the iPad, and the pre-orders are apparently pouring in. So far, most of the focus has been on the three Wi-Fi versions of the device, mostly because those of us who want to get our hands on an iPad now don't want to wait until later in April, when the 3G-capable models arrive.

A knock-off MacBook Air running Windows, a tablet computer shaped like a big iPhone and another tablet meant to rival Apple's iPad were all among the devices shown off by a small Chinese gadget maker on Thursday.

The Nightstand Charging Dock for iPhone lets you create a nightstand alarm clock effect for your iPhone/iPod, while the LaDiDa iPhone app lets you turn your normal singing voice into something that replicates today's music stars.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, not Apple's Safari, will be the first browser to fall in next week's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, the contest organizer said today.

Content providers are increasingly streaming 3D video over the Internet, but many computers are not yet 3D-ready and users may not be all that interested in that viewing option, analysts said.

Research In Motion announced a new push service for BlackBerry software developers to help enable rapid delivery of application-content to BlackBerry smartphones.

Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Google has made its new gesture search application compatible with smartphones based on Android version 1.6, and is also opening it to users outside the U.S., the company's said in a blog post on Tuesday.

The FCC's National Broadband Plan, released today, calls for a new "minimal" fee on all U.S. broadband users to help pay for a new $16 billion nationwide wireless emergency response network.

Google began selling its Nexus One phone for AT's network, but only a full-price version is available, highlighting the challenges the search company faces in trying to achieve its vision of an open mobile environment.

Details of Windows Phone 7 and the development environment are coming to light at Microsoft's MIX10 Web developer conference.

Tyfone is putting the pieces together for a commercial mobile wallet offering, forming an alliance with First Data.

One thing is clear about our recent CIO.com story, Are Macs Really Cheaper to Manage than PCs--readers have vehement opinions on this topic. One other thing: there is no "right" answer to this question.

Orders for Apple's iPad fell off sharply over the weekend after a big opening day Friday, an investment blogger claimed today.

A strange trend has emerged that violates the more-is-better ethos of American consumer culture: Some products and services are touting limitations as desirable "features." And consumers are loving it, writes columnist Mike Elgan.

The iPhone was a radical reinvention of the phone as an internet device. The iPad is a reinvention of computing in general, says columnist Michael DeAgonia.

The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.