Decades-old glass finds high-tech use
Corning invented Gorilla Glass nearly 50 years ago. Gorilla glass is hard to break, scratch or dent. It's also flexible, making it ideal for gadgets like touch-screen phones and TVs. Analysts predict the expensive glass will become a billion-dollar business.
AT&T & Verizon to turn phones into credit cards?
Bloomberg reports that AT&T and Verizon Wireless are working with Discover and Barclays to launch a service that would allow people to use their smartphones as credit cards
Jailbreak released for iPhone 4
Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office determined hacking an iPhone is legal. Now, a jailbreaking tool has been developed for iOS 4. iPhones, iPads and iPod touches running the latest software can be jailbroken. Apple says that hacking the iPhone can violate its warranty
RIM lights up its BlackBerry Torch
Company takes the wraps off its next-gen device at a New York event Tuesday morning. As expected, it has a touch screen and runs the new BlackBerry 6 OS
Microsoft squashes shortcut bug
Microsoft has released a fix for a desktop shortcut flaw discovered last month. The flaw could allow a hacker to take control of a target computer. All Windows versions are vulnerable. The patch was sent out via Windows Update
Estimate: two years and $100 million to "Internet Armageddon"
A former NSA computer espionage expert was asked how long and how much money it would take to bring down America's cyber infrastructure. The answer: $100 million, using about a thousand "cyber-soldiers" and requiring about two years of work
U.S. Customs inspects Wikileaks editor's gear
Customs officials detained a volunteer editor for Wikileaks. They searched his laptop upon his arrival in New York. He visited the United States to attend a hacker convention in Las Vegas. FBI agents also questioned him at the convention.
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