• 12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control

  
  Turn a Wi-Fi thief's world upside down. Send an e-mail that self-destructs. And ensure that your boss thinks you're always hard at work. These tweaks and tools let you gain the upper hand.

• Nikon D90 Digital SLR Can Record Video, Too

  
  Nikon's latest digital SLR delivers a range of improvements over its predecessor, the D80, the most intriguing of which is video capture.

Latest News

• Sony Opens Lithium-ion Battery Plant in Singapore Sony was scheduled to open a lithium-ion battery plant in Singapore on Thursday to meet rising demand.
• Nortel Uses USB Drive to Secure Remote Work Nortel hopes to tackle the security of remote work with an "office on a stick," a USB drive for VPN sessions.
• Sonoro Combines Internet and FM Radio Sonoro released a cube-shaped radio that supports both Internet and FM broadcasts, priced at about US$585.
• Japan's Ricoh Buys Office Supplier Ikon for US$1.6 Billion Printing equipment manufacturer Ricoh announced plans to buy Ikon for US$1.6 billion.
• LG to Launch DVD Player With Divx HD Support LG is launching in early October a couple of stylish DVD players including one with Divx HD support, it said Wednesday at IFA...
• Visual Voicemail Patents to Have (another) Day in Court Hey--it's a mobile phone lawsuit that doesn't involve Apple. Mark this down as a red-letter day.
• Olympic Gold Medalist Gives Props to Google Earth Kristin Armstrong, a U.S. Olympic Cyclist, credited Google Earth with helping her to find the ideal training route.
• Fujitsu Siemens Shows Its First Netbook Fujitsu Siemens officially launched its first netbook, the Amilo Mini, at the IFA electronics show in Berlin on Wednesday.
• Altec Lansing Integrates Subwoofer Into Desktop Speakers The latest speakers from Altec Lansing have the subwoofer built in to the main speakers, the company announced at IFA on...
• SanDisk Offers Fastest SDHC Cards to Date SanDisk will ship the fastest SDHC cards it has ever made in September, the company said on Wednesday.
• Bulk-add Mail Addresses to Address Book Reader Bob Nixon is about to make a major life change and he'd like a helping hand. He writes:
• Intel Developer Forum Introduces Your Next Mac First Apple drops "Computer" from its name to expand its focus to music, phones, and settop boxes, then Intel devotes six...
• PCalc for IPhone Update, OS X Update Coming Soon TLA Systems released a new version of PCalc for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, bringing the current version to 1.0.2...
• Can JavaFX Make a Play for Rich Internet Apps? Sun's latecomer technology vies with established options from Adobe and Microsoft.
• LG Unveils Netbook PC With Embedded 3G at IFA LG Electronics will launch in October a netbook-class laptop PC based on Intel's Atom processor that also includes 3G...
• EU Project Promises Safer Traffic A more advanced system to avoid traffic jams, accidents and other dangers will be demonstrated at IFA.
• Linux End-User Summit Planned Event scheduled for October in New York City is intended to bring together users, senior Linux developers.
• Nikon’s D90 SLR Shoots Hi-def Movie Clips Nikon announced a new digital SLR camera that it claims is the first digital single-lens reflex camera capable of shooting...
• Solid-State Disk Lackluster for Laptops, PCs Laptops, desktops won't see a cost/benefit advantage in SSD for about two years.
• Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Can It Outfox Firefox? New features give IE 8 a better look, better security, and better conformance to Web standards, but the revised browser is still playing catch-up with Firefox.

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  Celebs, 3D TV and Cars at Nvidia Conference At Nvidia's first conference, NVISION'08, there was something for everyone: Sci-fi celebrities, 3D gaming on your TV, new car dashboard interfaces, and the Tegra mobile chipset.
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  Navigating Photos in 3D with Photosynth Photosynth.net takes your large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then reconstructs them in 3D space. You can navigate through a scene to see photos from multiple angles. Senior Associate Editor Danny Allen takes a look.
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  World Tech Update: Google's Android, OlympicsTechnology, and UnCool Cuil This week: Cuil proves to be not so cool, a look at the technology behind the Olympics, Google readies Android, and Taiwan investigates Microsoft.

Today in PCW Blogs

• Game On
  Exclusives are Dead, Long Live Exclusives The era of exclusive video game deals is winding down, says an analyst for Reuters, citing rising development costs making third-party studios gun-shy about putting blockbusters like Grand Theft Auto IV on one-platform leashes.
• Today @ PC World
  iPhone Ad Ban Brings Back Memories Apple's latest iPhone ad has been banned from the UK's airwaves -- and it's not the first time the company's faced claims of misleading its customers.
• Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks
  UltraMon, The Ultimate Monitor Tool Yesterday I told you about my dual monitor setup and gave you a few ideas for doing the same thing in your office.
• Community Voices
  Acer Aspire One Netbook Drops to $329 I've been keeping a close eye on which netbooks offer the most value, and to my eye the Linux-version of the Acer Aspire One netbook is the current front runner.