This Week in Geek: Killer Case Mods, Shape-shifting Gadgets, and Odd Speakers (PC World)

PC World - This week saw the Flash battle rage on, a new iPhone firmware released, and Facebook received a redesign. But what went down in the world of geek? Let’s take a look, in our weekly geek round-up.

China 'jails porn website operator for 13 years' (AFP)

A man surfs the internet in Beijing, June 2009. China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.

In rare TV advertising foray, Google runs Super Bowl ad (AFP)

This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the english version of the search engine website Google. In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.

iHound aims to help you find your missing iPhone (Macworld)

At this week’s Macworld Expo, iHound Software will hand out stickers aimed at aiding people who find lost iPhones to reunite them with their owners. And for the month of February, iHound has dropped the price on its iPhone app.

‘Shake and bake’ iPhone app aims to cut waste (BBC News)

An iPhone application designed in Dundee helps minimise waste by suggesting recipes to cook with leftover food.

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (AP)

AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.

Summary Box: New attack shows security chip hole (AP)

AP - CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE: A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal computers.

Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract (AP)

AP - Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.

Apple vs Flash and E-Book Overload on PCWorld Podcast 64 (PC World)

PC World - Adobe Flash has become the overwhelming leader for online video streaming, but Apple’s recent announcement of the iPad has cast a shadow over Adobe’s technology and led many to wonder whether Flash is on its last legs. PCWorld editors Ed Albro, Jason Cross, Robert Strohmeyer, and Nick Mediati take a look at the facts surrounding Flash and HTML5. Is HTML5 almost ready for prime time, or is this just more posturing from Apple?

Report: Google to Add Social Features to Gmail (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - Google will be adding hooks to popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter via Gmail, according to reports. Is this a push version of Google’s Social Search?

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