Nearly a third of all iPhone 3G users switched carriers to get the new device this summer, some new research has found. A study by the NPD Group discovered 30 percent of all U.S. iPhone users made a move to AT&T because of the 3G phone.
So where’d they come from? A full 47 [...]

eBay’s making more than its share of news today. The online auctioneer already announced it’s cutting 1,000 jobs, plus “several hundred” other temporary positions and numerous as-of-yet unfilled positions — oh yeah, and also spending more than a billion dollars on new acquisitions at the same time. Drawing less headlines, though, is the [...]

A college student accused of using webcams to watch women naked is now facing federal charges.
Craig Feigin, a 23-year-old from Gainesville, Florida, has been formally charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Wired reports. Investigators say Feigin would set up spyware on women’s computers that would cause their webcams to sporadically activate, [...]

Leave it to Weird Al to figure out how to embrace the immediacy of the digital age. The parody-happy singer has announced he’s going to start releasing his new songs online track-by-track, as they’re completed, rather than waiting for a full album to go on sale.
“This is extremely exciting for me,” Al writes in [...]

Skype’s president is responding to reports of a security breach in a Chinese-based surveillance system tied to the service. The flaw, reported Thursday (PDF), was discovered within the Tom-Skype software used throughout China. A public interest group found that private messages were not only being collected, but also were being stored on a [...]

A company developing an interesting “wire-free personal video networking” technology has just gotten $7 million to finish its first consumer product. Avaak, makers of the upcoming Vue system, received the Series A funding today.
Vue is set to be released in early 2009. The company isn’t revealing much about it, but here’s what we [...]

Passport security? What passport security? A group of hackers has released a video showing a forged Elvis Presley passport — the RFID-protected kind that can be scanned by computers — being run through and accepted by a Dutch airport security machine. See for yourself:

The Hacker’s Choice says it used source code intended [...]

Everyone can rest at ease: Skype says it’s helped fix a “security flaw” within a user messaging surveillance system. The system, though, seemingly still exists.
It’s mainly in China, if that makes you feel any better. A report (PDF), by public interest group Information Warfare Monitor (affiliated with Citizen Lab), found Skype’s China-based service [...]

A real-world invention may give new meaning to the symbolic idea of a “thinking cap.” Australian researchers say they’ve come up with an actual cap that can improve brain functionality and unlock your mind’s untapped potential.
The cap works by sending magnetic pulses into the left side of the brain. Scientists say that [...]

Months after starting a bribery promotion to get people to use its search engine, Microsoft is looking to lure users in with more shiny prizes.
A newly launched program, SearchPerks, gives you frequent flyer-style points for every Live search you perform (up to 25 per day). You download and install a program, which tracks your [...]

Social music service Imeem is preparing to launch some new features. The site, which lets you search for and stream songs from a large library of material, has announced a handful of changes on the way as it tries to compete with services such as the recently debuted MySpace Music.
Imeem’s home page will be [...]

Local search startup Zvents has scored $24 million in new money, with AT&T and Nokia footing much of the bill.
Zvents offers searches catered toward everything local. You can use it to find events, businesses, or activities in your area. It tries to set itself apart from the mainstream search engines by [...]