In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network. Read more »

Japan's Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user. Read more »

Dell Inc is poised to announce a new mini-laptop computer later this week, a source familiar with the company's plan said Tuesday, confirming a Wall Street Journal story. Read more »

The era of unlimited Internet usage for a flat monthly price is one step closer to its end, as cable giant Comcast officially announced today that residential subscribers would top out at 250 gigabytes (GB) per month of data bandwith availability, beginning October 1. Read more »

NASA has confirmed that laptops taken on to the International Space Station (ISS) last month carried the W32.Gammima.AG virus, which steals the login details for online games popular in the Far East, such as "Maple Story" and "Talesweaver." Read more »

Corporate America is having the hardest time getting its customers to pay their bills since the last U.S. recession in 2001, according to a study released Wednesday. Read more »

NPR Labs says in its more than 260-page study of digital coverage and interference analysis it found the impact of a 10 percent digital power increase to analog service varied considerably. Read more »

Apple is offering to replace faulty batteries in iPod nanos in Japan following a government warning that the popular music players may pose a fire hazard, a company spokesman said Thursday. Read more »

Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry. Read more »

Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said Tuesday. Read more »