Cell phone risks to planes

""Few rules are more confounding to airline passengers than those regarding the use of cellphones and portable electronic devices." I'd add the quart-sized plastic bag to that list, but I digress: Smith is right. Is it really true that something as innocuous as a Treo left on...

A new way to measure the popularity of the iPhone

"I was in an AT&T (formerly Cingular) mobile phone store. There was a big video display for the iPhone, but no phones on the counter. "Did they sell out?" I asked the clerk. "Nope. Someone broke in and stole them," he said. "We saw it on the surveillance video. They were...

Coming soon: a "software brain"

Jeff Hawkins, the guy behind the Palm Pilot and the Treo, says he has created software that engages in true learning like the human brain. The artificial intelligence breakthrough will be unveiled soon by Numenta. Unlike other electronics which are only capable of acquiring...

How to fix your crashing Treo 650

Tired of having to delete all of your programs and starting over when your Treo begins acting up? Here is a handy video that shows you how to identify the offending program.

Fox uses Treo to break N.Y. plane crash news

"Scott Wilder, a cameraman for the network, had been about 20 blocks away on another assignment when the crash occurred. Wilder ran uptown and reported live from the scene using a hand-held Palm Treo smartphone that uses the existing mobile network to transmit video to the...