Disclaimer: I am an AT&T customer with a data plan. I'll do my best not to let this "conflict of interest" interfere with my opinions expressed below.

You have to hand it to AT&T; they've got chutzpah! That, by the way, is not a formal psychiatric term. I could have said that AT&T is delusional, grandiose, or narcissistic, but everyone understands chutzpah.

While I have to admit to an overwhelming curiosity about Apple's next-generation of iPod Touch devices, I can't help but look at what Archos is doing in the tablet space.  On September 9th, Apple will release this years round of iPods but a few days later, on September 15th, Archos will unveil bigger five-inch mini tablets with 3G access as well. 

If Apple doesn't release a mini-tablet, some people in the market for this type of device might head over to Archos.

This pilot fish is invited to a district meeting to explain the company's new Internet filtering system to the local bigwigs -- and he makes sure he's prepared.

Apple today confirmed many suspicions that their next generation OS would be released a month sooner than had been announced earlier. Apple posted the launch date on their website, the Apple Online Store and in a press release that the release date will be Friday, August 28th.

My work and social life runs around instant messaging, if yours does too, then the newest version of Pidgin, now available on Windows and Linux, is a must

In its "Windows 7 Sins" campaign, the Free Software Foundation has labeled Windows 7 as "treacherous computing," and accuses Microsoft of such acts as "poisoning education." This is just the latest in a long line of attacks by open source lovers against Microsoft. But Apple is arguably even more closed than Microsoft, yet always gets a free ride from vociferous open source proponents. Can anyone explain this hypocrisy?

Update: Ever wondered what happened to Terry Childs? He's the San Francisco network administrator who was jailed last year after allegations of hacking the city's network. Now it seems that most of the charges have been dismissed, after he's been rotting in jail for more than a year. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers read between the lines, and ask, "Political shenanigans or management stupidity?"

By Richi Jennings. Your humble blogwatcher has selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention meow mix...

In today's podcast: Apple: We didn't reject Google Voice app; Intel acquires RapidMind; and Chinese court convicts four software pirates.

Back in March, I reviewed two e-readers: Amazon's Kindle 2 and the Sony Reader PRS-700. While I preferred the Reader's interface, the Kindle was obviously ahead of the game. Now -- maybe not so much.

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Cell phones sometimes give us more security at the risk of less privacy. Does that mean we should or shouldn't let our children have them?

We know about the classic hardware and software that Snow Leopard leaves in the dust. But did you know you won't even be able to write to your old disks, either?

The toy maker gets better results with mommy blogs than it does with traditional advertising. What's wrong with that?

This compendium of problem-solving code snippets is a worthwhile addition to a programmer's reference shelf.

While WPA2 is not vulnerable to the latest TKIP hack, it does have a flaw that no one is mentioning. In and of itself, WPA2 is not a guarantee of good security.