WikiLeaks Suspect’s YouTube Videos Raised ‘Red Flag’ in 2008

Bradley Manning, now 22, was three months into his 16 weeks of training as an intelligence analyst when about 25 of his fellow students got together to report him for the videos in July 2008, says the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Manning, who enlisted in October 2007, had completed basic training and was receiving his advanced individual training at the Army’s Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Amazon unveils new generation of Kindles

Amazon on Wednesday officially unveiled a next-generation Kindle that is what many tech pundits thought it would be: smaller and lighter, with a better screen and some Wi-Fi thrown into the mix.

The new e-reader comes in a couple of flavors, one with both Wi-Fi and 3G wireless for $189, and a Wi-Fi-only version that costs $139, some $10 less than Barnes & Noble’s Nook Wi-Fi. The new Kindles are available in graphite or white and ship on August 27, with Amazon taking pre-orders for both e-readers now.

Poken Makes the Business Card More Social

When Stéphane Doutriaux was leaving business school and graduating, he faced a problem many of us have probably faced at some point in our lives: How to keep in contact with people who he may never otherwise see again. Think about the last social event you attended and how you made sure that you got the right contact details of the people you met. Did you scribble an email address on a piece of paper?

Smart earplugs know when it’s too loud

When it comes to the health of your hearing, how much noise is too much noise? Sometimes it’s hard to know.

A pair of intelligent earplugs, however, can make that determination for you. In quiet environments, the Quietpro+ earplugs “open” so wearers can hear normally. When the noise level rises, the ‘plugs automatically filter out the clamor while continuing to let speech through.

Jailbreaking iPhone apps is now legal

The U.S. Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress, has authorized several new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which will allow mobile phone users to “jailbreak”—or hack into—their devices to use apps not authorized by the phone’s manufacturer. The new rules will be published on Tuesday in the Federal Register.