A recent report showed that less than 10 percent of U.S. consumers use their mobile phones for banking. The biggest factor: security concerns.

A team of researchers hacked VeriSign’s RapidSSL.com certificate, demonstrating what they say is a means of launching nearly undetectable phishing attacks. The team achieved it with the help of 200 Sony Playstations.

Record labels are now thinking of competing with YouTube, instead of just using it as a preferred channel. But will their efforts succeed?
Wired blogged about the plans for the four major labels to either move to a Hulu-based site, start a premium section on YouTube or perhaps even a standalone service, according to the Financial Times.

 Acer’s launched a new notebook to showcase Intel’s latest mobile quad-core processor. The processor in question is the Intel© Core™2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000.

Telcos are likely making money hand over fist judging by the revelation that text messages cost them next to nothing. Considering how much their consumers for the privilege – we’ve certainly been had.

Spammers are finding job hunters easy targets in these troubled times. So be wary about using the Internet – the spammers just might decide to drown you in their unsolicited emails.

Verizon Communications has won a case against OnlineNIC for cybersquatting. Its $31.15 million judgment in damages might set a precedent for other names seeking justice against the same registrar -Microsoft and Yahoo.

Amazon.com Inc reported what it called its “best ever” holiday season this year. Despite the economic downturn, at least one retailer is enjoying some measure of success.

Following MySpace’s lead, Facebook’s caved in to RIAA pressure to remove the Project Playlist app. Project Playlist is already facing legal action from record companies, having only managed to come to an official agreement with Sony so far.

Microsoft’s released emulators for the new IE6 mobile. Early reviews have criticized the browser for its high technical requirements and missing features such as tabbed browsing.

Palm has the gadgets blogs abuzz with news of it unveiling a surprise at CES. Will Palm finally be able to reclaim its status as a smartphone innovator?

In a timely move, Flickr has finally made some adjustments to its mobile site. iPhone and iPod Touch users will get a snazzy new upgrade – viewable mobile video.

One of Britain’s local councils published details of a highly sensitive spy center online. The premise, a covert MI5 operations center, now has potentially dangerous information about it available in the public domain.

Netbooks are in the news again, but for different reasons. Michael Arrington is proclaiming their insignificance, while Intel is having second thoughts about the machines they were touting as if they were the Second Coming.

After the bad publicity of a security hole in its servers, Red Hat has better news to crow about. The latest version of its Fedora OS is out and from the rave reviews, Fedora 10 looks like it might give Ubuntu serious competition.

Google’s added voice as well as video to its popular chat program, Gchat. Looks like popular Yahoo! Messenger and Microsoft’s Live Messenger have more to fear from the rival IM.

Sarah Palin lashed out as bloggers in a Fox interview, calling them “kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents’ homes”. That statement’s already earned the ire of a Huffington Post blogger.