Safari 5.0.2 released with security patches

After the iWeb update from earlier (which just fixed some MobileMe issues), Apple has released Safari 5.0.2 for download:
This update contains improvements to compatibility and security, including the following:

Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms
Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing a Google Image result [...]

Six reasons I’m avoiding Facebook

“David, you’re sounding like an old dude!” Matt Flannery, who runs social-lending website Kiva, couldn’t understand when I explained that, no, I wouldn’t be keeping in touch with him via Facebook. “What are you worried about?” he teased in a break at the PINC conference in Holland. “Only old guys get worked [...]

Revealed: the real mayor of London

Don’t tell Boris, but he’s been dramatically ousted as the Mayor at City Hall. Today over at London’s seat of government, the reigning Mayor is now officially one Christine Chau — a woman who, her profile states, enjoys taking her dog to Harrods’ extravagant pet department, when she is not swimming [...]

Health Month is a self-improvement RPG

Health Month is a game that’s good for you. On the surface, it’s a clever goal-tracking system that tests whether you keep promises that you make to yourself. But on deeper inspection, it’s a psychological torture tool that demands that you to choose between having a pint with friends, or scoring [...]

Rock around the clock with a Last.fm infographic

Personalised radio service Last.fm has launched a new data visualistation called Listening Clock, which tracks how much music you listen to at different times of the day.
When you play a track through any service that Last.fm has its database hooked into (like Spotify, iTunes, Windows Media player and Last.fm itself), it logs it. [...]

WebOS 2.0 Beta Screenshots Emerge

A huge number of leaked WebOS 2.0 Beta 1 screenshots have hit the internet, surfacing in China of all places, giving us a look into what will be offered in the next big release of Palm’s mobile operating system.
There is Dropbox support, MobileMe integration, the ability to set default apps for certain filetypes and a [...]

HTC: The Next Apple?

Apple is renowned for its product launches; small pieces of information are fed to us a number of months before a large Apple event, some via “leaks”, others by analysts who have key sources within the industry. It all comes together with a brand new Apple product or service that nobody could quite call, blasting [...]

Hacking up Justin Bieber at Music Hack Day

Every so often, in cities across the world, a group of digital music professionals get together for a Hack Day, where they’ll cobble together hardware, software, and anything else they can get their hands on into innovative musical mashups.
London’s event took place last weekend, and it was an orgy of creativity, with [...]

Google TV Coming This Autumn

Google’s TV project will be coming out this Autumn, CEO Schmidt has stated. The long awaited television project from the internet search giant will be in direct competition with Apple’s latest Apple TV offerings.
What is Google TV? Our own Mike Carlucci has this to say:
Announced in May at Google I/O the Google TV strategy is to [...]

Craigslist censors adult services

The “adult services” listing on Craiglist was removed late Friday from its US-based sites and replaced with the word “censored”.
Craigslist did not announce the move and its blog was not updated as of Saturday morning. Craigslist did not immediately respond to e-mail and voice mail messages seeking comment. Adult services listings continue to be available [...]