It’s your birthday. And thanks to your Facebook profile, everybody knows that. Your wall fills up with well wishes from hundreds of “friends.” Sure, it’s nice to be noticed. But security experts say sharing such information with a broad audience may not be a bright idea.

You know the foolish game of cat and mouse Palm has been playing with Apple? The one where Palm hacks its own Pre phone to masquerade as an iPod and climb unnoticed into iTunes’ bed?

Daniel Gray loves automobiles so much that it almost feels wrong to drive another vehicle: “I’ll admit it. I love my car, but I cheat on it with a different car every week,” he said.

Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday. The Web app from Google combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a “hosted conversation.”

Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday. The Web app from Google combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a “hosted conversation.”

The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.

That Dell is releasing a new laptop for business customers is the opposite of surprising. But the fact that it contains notable features not seen in any other laptops certainly is.

Editor’s note: For more on neurocinema tune into The Screening Room’s Halloween special at the following times: Wednesday 28 October: 0930, 1730, Saturday 31 October: 0930, 1800, 2130, Sunday 1 November: 0630, 1830, Monday 2 November: 0400 (all times GMT)

The 2010 Census is nearly under way, but don’t expect an e-mail from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you personal questions in its head count of America.

Tracy Rodriguez of Houston, Texas, is not a trained private investigator or police officer. But with a gentle tap on her iPhone screen, the mother of three can access information revealing the sex offenders who live within a 10-mile radius of where her children practice sports or watch movies.