Apple's iPad could seriously disrupt the e-reader business of Amazon, Sony and others, according to a survey last month that queried American consumers on their purchase plans.

There's good reason tweets are limited to 140 characters - the microblogging social network was developed specifically with mobile in mind and 140 characters is the size limit for a text message. With that in mind, it's no surprise that Twitter has experienced a 347% jump since a year ago in people accessing the site via mobile browser.

YouTube may be one of the biggest success stories of the Web 2.0 era, but if you are hearing impaired, the site is only of limited value. Starting today, however, Google will begin to offer auto-captioning for all English-language videos on YouTube. Until now, only videos from a select number of YouTube's partners were captioned using the Google's automated speech-recognition software.

“In order to be successful against today's cybersecurity threats, we must continue to seek out innovative new partnerships — not only within government, but also among industry, government and the American public," announced Howard Schmidt in his keynote address at this year's edition of the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

A study published in the March 2010 issue of Psychological Bulletin claims that it proves a connection between violent video games and aggressive children.

Microsoft on Monday formally commenced its plan to update Windows 7, XP, and Vista systems with a so-called "ballot screen" that lets users in Europe more easily select a browser other than Internet Explorer as the default on Windows-based systems.

Following a ban on social networking by some sectors of the U.S. Department of Defense, the agency has now decided that social networking is integral to its operations and is to be encouraged.

The Internet, famously, has a long tail, but a new analysis has revealed another characteristic of this vast slew of obscure websites. Huge numbers of them are never visited.

In "The Future of Money," Daniel Roth of Wired offers a brief evolution on the flow of cash, and describes how the credit card is poised upon the brink of decline. With the current system of point-of-sale card readers, banks and credit card companies, businesses are at the mercy of an antiquated queue of fees, transfers, and other headaches.

Jump down off that scud missile and holster your brew Droid owners, the stats are in for smartphone gender preferences. The numbers reported above are based on a AdMob survey of 963 total respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users in english speaking countries.