They're pretty cool, I guess, but they could use a bit more flair. [The Daily What] More »

That little lock on your browser window indicating you are communicating securely with your bank or e-mail account may not always mean what you think its means. More »

Shadows can be a boon or a hindrance to a photographer. Too much, and you lose your subject to darkness. But use them right, and you can beautifully play with the light/dark dichotomy. More »

Back in 2007, Sony CEO Jack Tretton was dismissive of what he thought was a childish new product: the Nintendo Wii. Thankfully, a wise, old owl is here to make Tretton eat—er, lick—his words. [Penny Arcade] More »

Verizon's not taking the 4G wars lying down. Today at CTIA, they announced that they'd be launching 25-30 LTE 4G networks this year, covering a third of Americans by the end of 2010, and twice that within fifteen months. More »

AT&T's U-Verse Mobile app is coming, and we've gotten our first demo of how AT&T's bringing TV to phones. It's a sleek-looking, intuitive interface that'll let U-Verse customers watch recorded video on their phones. More »

Well, just compare its market cap to the other top five publicly traded US companies—it's sitting pretty at $207.99 Billion, right below Walmart, as of yesterday's market close. BIG. [Data via Mac Daily News via Digital Daily] More »

The Washington Post is reporting that GoDaddy, the biggest domain name registrar on the planet, will soon stop registering domain names in China. Their announcement comes in the midst of Google closing their Chinese search engine, though GoDaddy says their decision is specifically a response to "new government rules that require applicants to provide extensive personal data, including photographs of themselves." Yes, that is a bit creepy. [Washington Post] More »

Why I take the subway: This is what NYC traffic congestion looks like, charted by the GPS units built into cabs. The real surprise is that average travel speeds remain a crushingly slow 7MPH, even when everybody's at work. [NYT] More »

Sure, we kinda think AT&T's cell-reception boosting MicroCell 3G should be like, free, since it's using your pipes to route calls, but I suppose this is about as swell as we could've hoped for—$150 with no monthly fee. More »

You've seen Steve dance before. Today, if you are using Windows, sending emails from your Hotmail account, or even editing Excel spreadsheets, I insist you do a little monkeyboy dance in your seat. For Ballmer—the ever-entertaining CEO. More »

A group of online music industry giants, including Apple, Amazon and MySpace, have teamed up to form "Why Music Matters," a group aimed at turning pirates into purchasers. More »

Days after Google moved from China, Sergey Brin is pushing the US to fight censorship there. But the West has a history of forcing moral and economic standards onto foreigners. This sort of thinking isn't good—it's how wars start. More »

A rumored peek at bestsellers on Apple's iBooks reveals that the $9.99 ebook is very much alive, suggesting Apple does some pricing flexibility with bestsellers, and books that publishers sell for less than the average $26 hardcover price. More »

If being apart from the familiar accoutrements of your preferred desktop environment leaves you anxious and disoriented, these 8-Bit Hangers should make that loathsome meatspace you reluctantly call "home" a little more tolerable. More »

Well, this is the craziest thing I've ever seen. You think Photoshop makes removing elements from images easy now? Take a look at this and prepare to have your brain exploded. Images just got even less trustworthy. [John Nack] More »

Adobe just put up a new page counting down the seconds until the launch of Creative Suite 5 at 11am EST on April 12. We assume all of you have mastered the intricacies of CS4 and are eager to expand your creative horizons with a new set of features. [CS5 Launch] More »

Our military still has big projects like ships or moonbases that slingshot asteroids into Russian submarines, but for grunts—they call them "warfighters" this week—off-the-shelf rules the day. That's why the Army visited Apple. More »

Unless you grew up on Mars or were home schooled or something, you're familiar with Wooly Willy. And now one Instructables user has turned an Ikea coffee table into a gigantic Wooly Willy installation. I want one. [Instructables] More »

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking at CTIA this morning, made clear which 4G standard he thinks will be dominant in the future. And it's not the one his company uses. More »