More Linux promotion than Linux adoption evidenced at LinuxWorld (BetaNews)
While open source phones have been the talk of this year's LinuxWorld, a majority of attendees and vendors we saw were typing away on their iPhones and BlackBerrys -- neither of which is nearly as open as, say, OpenMoko's NeoFreerunner.

Speak Up, a Computer Is Listening (New York Times)
Ever since ?Star Trek,? we?ve dreamed of being able to give our computers spoken orders. NaturallySpeaking 10, available Thursday, takes some baby steps in the right direction.

HP Pavilion dv6985se (CNET)
The HP Pavilion dv6985se is a well-stocked mainstream machine with a long-living (though heavy) 12-cell battery. We recommend it, provided you like the unique copper-colored case and are willing to schlep around 6.6 pounds of laptop.

Samsung's Instinct is competition for iPhone (CNN.com)
Over the last year, the collective response from most cell phone manufacturers to the iPhone has been rather muted. But now Samsung is trying a different tactic.

Review: LG Dare from Verizon Wireless (Geek.com)
Everyone wants to do touch lately and it seems that mobile phone manufacturers have been trying to get into touch even before the first generation iPhone hit the streets. There have been many attempts at the perfect touch device by Windows Mobile but it really wasn’t until the iPhone hit that the public decided [...]

Nuance Communications Introduces Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, Breakthrough New Release of World's Leading Speech ... (Centre Daily Times)
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech solutions, today unveiled Nuance's Dragon(R) NaturallySpeaking(R) 10 software, a breakthrough new release of the world's best-selling speech recognition software. With Dragon, people can write documents and emails, search the Web, and even control their PC entirely by voice, saving time and boosting productivity. Because ...

Security hole puts users at risk (London Free Press)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design allows criminals to silently redirect traffic to websites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.

Back to School (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
I primarily do two kinds of teaching: Torah classes in a wide range of areas within my extended congregational community and California civil procedure and advanced torts at law school.

Virgin Mobile Arc review (infoSyncWorld)
This prepaid phones has a nice design and a couple surprising features, but why did it leave us disappointed in the end? Check out our in-depth Virgin Mobile Arc review.

Nuance Communications Introduces Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, Breakthrough New Release of World's Leading Speech ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BURLINGTON, Mass.----Nuance Communications, Inc. , a leading provider of speech solutions, today unveiled Nuance's Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® 10 software, a breakthrough new release of the world's best-selling speech recognition software.