Apple Files Patent for Mobile Social Networking (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple is tapping into the social arena with plans to launch a social-networking application. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trade Office describing a social-network application dubbed iGroups.

Ow!! Rough Landing for Spacemen in Russia
Two space station crewmen land in snow; shuttles' retirement means get used to it.



NASA - Soyuz TMA-16 - Space Shuttle - International Space Station - Space

WATCH: TechBytes: Amazon to Offer eBooks for Macs
Amazon plans to offer eBooks for the iPhone and the Touch.



iPhone - E-book - Handhelds - Smartphones - BlackBerry

Malware Infected Memory Cards of 3,000 Vodafone Mobiles (PC World)
PC World - Malware-tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said Friday.

Big Brother at the Movies: Can They Do That?
Privacy experts use film to raise legal issues in high-tech spying.



Big Brother - Privacy - Television - Programs - Reality-Based

WATCH: NASA Spots Creepy Crawly Creature
Scientists find a shrimplike creature living far below an Antarctica ice sheet.



Antarctica - Ice sheet - NASA - Technology - Polar region