Glenn has written an article for PC World that looks at five technologies that may change how you view your television and use your computing devices: USB 3.0, future Wi-Fi (802.11ac/ad), augmented reality, 3DTV, and HTML5.

Chuck Joiner interviews Glenn in the latest MacVoices podcast talking about the particular features added to Snow Leopard for sharing files, including Wake on Demand. He also talks about the long-expected removal of AppleTalk as a networking option.

An amazing photograph of a snow leopard in its natural habitat has won photographer Steve Winter the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for 2008. The stunning photograph was the result of 13 months spent tracking and photographing the cats in the mountains of Central Asia.

Good news for T-Mobile Sidekick users: after a week of effort, Microsoft has said that it has recovered most, if not all, seemingly lost user data, including contacts, photos, and other material, and is starting a restore process. Microsoft also said it not believes the problem affected only a minority of users.

CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige recounts the story of Kris Rowley, chief information security officer for the State of Vermont, who encountered a young bear while hiking. With nothing else at hand, she threw her iPhone at the bear to distract it, then made her escape. The end result? She recovered the iPhone two days later, but apparently, iPhones are not bear-resistant.

In his "Ask Tog" column, human interface designer Bruce Tognazzini offers suggestions for how the iPhone home screen could be redesigned to scale fluidly to the large number of apps that many people have. His ideas are good, but also interesting are proposals that the iPhone should have an optional home screen that displays scrolling information from apps.

The J.D. Power and Associates research firm found Apple had the highest ranking in a survey that weighted a number of usage factors among both business and personal owners: 811 on a scale of 1,000 for personal use, and 803 for business. The big surprise? LG beat out BlackBerry's RIM for 2nd place for personal use (776 to 759). Over 3,200 smartphone users were surveyed.

CIO.com interviews Carmine Gallo, author of "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience." We haven't seen the book, but the interview makes a number of excellent points that will help you give better presentations and understand why Apple presentations work well.

A new Kindle from Amazon will use the GSM cellular standard to access AT&T's U.S. network as well as 100 networks with which AT&T roams in the rest of the world. It will cost $279, $20 higher than the new price of the one that uses Sprint's network and the more geographically limited CDMA network protocol. Each item downloaded outside the United States will add about $2. The Kindle will now be sold in other countries, too.

The U.S. cell industry trade group CTIA says it officially supports standardizing charging/sync and audio ports on handsets. Handset makers are now urged to use the micro-A or micro-AB USB formats (AB accepts either micro-A or micro-B plugs) for data transfer and charging, and the 3.5mm audio jack for headsets, earbuds, and microphones. This supplements a July 2009 pledge for uniform USB jacks by the GSMA, a trade group representing the majority of carriers worldwide and a host of major handset makers.

AT&T tells the world that iPhone apps may use VoIP over its 3G data network. The company previously restricted iPhone apps like Skype from placing voice calls over 3G data; Apple would only approve apps that use VoIP over Wi-Fi. This could allow Google Voice to appear in the App Store, and prompt revisions to Skype and Vonage Mobile.

The New York Times Green Inc. blog reports on Apple's resignation from the United States Chamber of Commerce over the chamber's opposition to efforts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gases. Apple isn't alone in disagreeing with the chamber - three large utilities have resigned in recent weeks, and Nike withdrew from the chamber board, all for the same reason.

An intriguing court decision found that a man re-selling legitimate licenses to Autodesk's expensive CAD software was acting legally under the first-sale doctrine that enables used book and music sales in the United States. The court said that while Autodesk says it licensed its software, the license walks and talks like a sale, and thus the software can be resold. Many software makers restrict or bar sales, and that may now not hold. Autodesk will appeal the ruling.

The popular Gorillapod, a Gumby-legged camera tripod designed to grip poles, handles, and other oddly shaped objects, now comes in a model designed for the iPhone. The $39.95 Gorillamobile for 3G/3GS enables you to affix your iPhone to a solid object for better still photography and video, or just for tying your iPhone onto something like a baby stroller handle.