It is becoming easier to break free of paper and pen and instead rely on computers to take notes that can be archived, cataloged and searched.

A new multiweek series testing high-tech running gadgets and applications.

Pentax adds a new mid-range D.S.L.R. that’s compact, rugged and packed with features.

Yahoo’s voice recognition software, oneSearch, is ready for the iPhone.

Amazon will now charge 15 cents to send text to your Kindle–but there are ways around this.

President Obama unveils plans for a US cyber security tsar, saying digital infrastructure is a “strategic national asset”.

AFP – President Barack Obama said Friday he would name a White House “cyber czar” to deter and defend against mounting criminal, espionage and hacker attacks on US government and private computer networks.

AP – One of the world’s largest magazine publishers appears to be having second thoughts about giving away most of its articles on the Internet.

AP – Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you’d store soup in.

AP – The final act of the year’s biggest pop culture sensation will not be seen on TVs, beamed out to multiplexes or heard much on the airwaves. Well, at least not in America.