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High tech police gadgets: Warning! You are under surveillance. It may be through Peacemaker police surveillance vans parked in your neighborhood, or through "sound DNA" or even heartbeat detectors. There are even gadgets that are meant to be deterrents for anti-social individuals; these devices emit sonic blasts that can be heard only by teenagers.

Forget about hackers targeting smartphones or your PC because now security and transportation experts are concerned about car hackers. Not car hacking as in modding your set of wheels, or theft via car hijacking, but as in how your vehicle is vulnerable to cyberattack.

The iPad 3 ships in weeks and iPhone 5 already on plan, now Apple has extended its litigation against former ally Samsung, just days after laying the smackdown against Motorola's attempt to subvert industry standards in that company's Google-sponsored war against the iPhone. Apple wants Samsung's Galaxy Nexus banned in the USA.

Whitney Houston's cause of death was hinted at on Twitter, it seems, supporting the rumor that she drowned. And it happened more than 40 minutes before the mainstream media picked up the story. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers mourn the sad loss of a great talent, but are fascinated by our brave, new, interconnected world. Not to mention: Debunking the "no melt of Himalayan glaciers" canard...

It now seems inevitable that Google and Apple will face each other in the courts. The great irony is that Apple will be fighting for open standards for the smartphone industry, while Google appears set on a course to make FRAND deals a whole lot less friendly. So much for the 'open' OS...

Google is working on a home-entertainment system that will wirelessly stream music to speakers throughout a home -- and Microsoft, more than any company, has the most to lose if Google succeeds. Music is only Google's first target. Next up are television and movies, which Microsoft wants to control in the home as well.

Windows 8 is coming, and now we know that Windows on ARM (WOA) will include four Office 15 apps. In Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) latest spot of kimono-opening, we gain surprising new insights into the new OS. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers dig into the details. Not to mention: Off and on and off and on and off...

When you buy a MP3 from iTunes, do you own it? What if you could resell some of the ton of digital music you don't listen to, but that is taking up hard drive space? You can buy and legally resell "used" MP3s on eMarketplace ReDigi, the brainchild of former MIT programmers. Like the RIAA which refuses to change a broken business model, Capitol Records had a copyright infringement cow and objected in court. However a judge handed the first round victory to ReDigi, not Capitol. It's looking good for music lovers.

Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich release is slowly trickling out to devices around the world -- and today, HTC has promised to send the upgrade to three more of its phones.

Google's new Chrome Android browser has a powerful link-beaming feature called Chrome to Mobile -- and it turns out there's even more to the feature than meets the eye.

Google's new Chrome for Android browser lets you wirelessly beam info from your PC to your phone -- but if you don't know how to find the feature, you might not even know it's there.

Google's Chrome browser is finally available for Android phones and tablets. Here's a hands-on look at the new app and how it transforms the mobile browsing experience.

Craving some Swype with your Ice Cream Sandwich? Fear not: An Android 4.0-ready version of the popular keyboard is almost ready for digestion.

Google is moving to bridge the user experience divide between the iPhone and Android devices, delivering security enhancements and hinting at future product integrity improvements to improve devices within the Android ecosystem. Is that enough as Apple preps the ground for the next-generation of mobile devices?

The Windows Phone 8 OS, code-named 'Apollo', will have the same kernel as the Windows 8 for PCs and tablets. A leak of a Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) partner video tells us this and much more info about the new smartphone platform. It's now been confirmed by people who were under a non-disclosure agreement. Redmond isn't commenting though. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers cheer the death of Windows CE. Not to mention: Canadian Lego Man... IN SPAAACE!..