Mac OS X users now can read their Amazon e-books with the new reader application. Kindle now spans several phones, computers, and e-reader devices.

A video, created originally for educational publisher Dorling Kindersley, offers a brilliant argument for why books, whether on the iPad or other format, have a future.

An auto center employee, having been laid off, allegedly hacks into a Web-based vehicle-immobilization system and interferes with more than 100 cars sold by the dealership.

The consensus at the Cloud Connect conference seems to be that cloud will begin to dominate as early as 2013. Looking over the agenda for a seminar discussing the law and cloud computing, I wonder if that's music to your lawyer's ears.

Open source is being subsumed into the clouds. Virtualization is paving the way and Red Hat thinks they can put up a fight against VMware.

After private sector outcry, Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller has rewritten a cybersecurity bill that was criticized for giving the president emergency power over the Internet.

McAfee warns of password stealer hiding in attachment that comes with an e-mail purporting to be from Facebook.

FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour says she doesn't believe consumer privacy played any significant role in Google's thoughts when releasing Buzz.

We take a close look at Xobni for BlackBerry, an uberutility that complements--or replaces--your address book.

A new study by Retrevo finds that 40 percent of respondents don't mind being interrupted for a message, and almost 10 percent admit they'd check a message during sex.

Another security firm finds Mariposa malware on a new Android-based HTC Magic from Vodafone, according to PandaLabs.

The benefits of a smart grid are far clearer to utilities than consumers at this point, but changes in regulations could spur more interest, say a panel of industry execs.

Google, Intel, and Sony are reportedly working on Internet-connected set-top boxes and TVs that use Intel's Atom chips, Google's Android software, and Sony's hardware.

Information is coming in three-year copyright battle that is "potentially embarrassing" to both sides, sources say.

Google updates Chrome for most of its multiple versions, with some critical security fixes coming to the stable Windows version and bookmark fixes for the Mac.

Waledac botnet is "decimated," ad companies in China worry their businesses are in danger if Google pulls search operation, Bing Maps goes stargazing.

A partnership with Hello Music lets unsigned bands create personalized stations on Slacker for free.

Industry group is launching a $30 million campaign touting video-on-demand that comes as Internet services make gains with viewers.

Wireless operator is going green with a new cell phone charger that will save energy.

According to iLounge, the ban is going to cover both film-only products and cases that incorporate protective screens. It applies to products both decorative and protective across all Apple product lines.