A few weeks ago we stumbled upon an Apple iPhone-optimised website called iApps, but we didn’t get around to flagging it up at the time.

Well, we want to put that right today because iApps is rapidly becoming one of our favourite iPhone websites. Recently, for example, iApps added a link to a web service that lets UK users easily read MMS messages sent to an iPhone.

So what is iApps? Put simply, it is home to a growing list of web pages designed to look and feel just like an iPhone app you might’ve downloaded and installed from the App Store. What’s the point of that? More after the cut.

If you thought WPA Wi-Fi encryption was the bullet-proof alternative to the wide-open WEP, think again. A German graduate student Erik Tews claims to have discovered a security exploit in WPA encryption and plans to present a paper on his findings at the PacSec conference in Tokyo this week.

It’s far from a gaping security hole – the exploit takes up to 15 minutes to effect and does not allow the WPA encryption keys to be discovered. In fact Tews states that so far, it simply allows correctly-encrypted information to be injected into the network so that they appear to be sent from the router. In other words, it cannot be used to break into a wireless network, nor decipher all of its data – yet.

Click the Labs icon in Gmail (/Google Mail) today and you’ll find a bunch of new experimental features. The one most people seem to be talking about is the addition of SMS (text messaging) to Google Chat but be warned, for the time being this is for US-based GChatters only.

However, there are three other recent additions to Labs that to our mind are just as noteworthy.

It’s now possible, for instance, to add a Google Calendar gadget to the Gmail sidebar, as well as a Google Docs box. But we think the most interesting newcomer is the 'Add any gadget' option. More details after the cut.

New stuff appears in Apple’s App Store all the time and yet, there’s no RSS feed to flag these additions. So, there’s no quick and easy way to find the latest additions to App Store.

Sure, you can check the New Releases section in iTunes, or even just keep a close eye on the Top 100 charts on the iPhone (as these provide a good idea of what’s hot and what’s not on App Store), but come on – we all want an App Store RSS feed. But there isn’t one. At least, not an official one. But wait – what’s this? Find out after the cut.

There’s a lot to like about Google Reader but its iPhone implementation has one intensely irritating flaw – folders are displayed alphabetically.

Of course, the default sort order in Google Reader proper is also alphabetical but the full-blown version allows users to drag and drop folders to suit their preferences. But any such personalisation is lost when viewing subscriptions on the move, as Google Reader for iPhone imposes an alphabetic view. Frustrating, especially if there are particular folders that you like to keep near the top.

So, what’s the solution? Well, read on after the cut for our little tip to keep the important stuff on top.

Although we haven’t had much of an opportunity to put it through its paces, iTunes 8 has made a pretty positive first impression so far. The new Genius auto-playlist and music recommendation feature is both clever and genuinely useful

What we don’t like, however, is Apple’s decision to foist the Genre column upon us in iTunes’ Browser view whether we want it or not. Previous versions of iTunes had the option to disable this column, but the option is missing in iTunes 8 – for no good reason.

So, rather then simply complain about yet another example of Apple’s “we know best” philosophy getting seriously out of hand, we thought we’d figure out a fix. So, if you want to get rid of the Genre column in iTunes 8 (both for Windows XP and Vista) in Browser view, read on.

With the launch of Mobile Telegraph on Monday, the Barclay brothers' broadsheet joins the ranks of free mobile news services. With competition decidedly lacking, this effort jumps almost to the top of the pile, from a technical point of view at least.

An uncluttered front-page provides truncated summaries with links to full stories that load in less than a second on a 3G connection. News, sport and travel sections are readily accessible, and the site is a pleasure to read even on the modest 2in display of a Sony Ericsson K800i running Opera Mini.

In comparision, the ill-fitting Times mobile site and the convoluted sign-up procedure of The Guardian fall way behind, though the BBC's suite of mobile services continue to lead the way. However, we'd be hard pushed to recommend any dedicated mobile news site over a mobile RSS reader and your own favourite brand of impartial reportage.

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Not so long ago, the simple way to ensure that private data stored on your laptop stayed that way was to encrypt it. Not any more. Now that that US Department of Homeland Security has reiterated that its Customs officers have the power to search any electronic device being carried across the US border, your private data is anything but.

This isn’t a new policy – US Customs officials have long had the power to search and seize documents and information storage devices – but it’s hit the headlines again after a spate of recent Customs confiscations and a Senate hearing into the legality of the practice.

The fact that the DHS is only trying to ensure that material being brought into the country complies with Federal laws is little consolation when a Customs official is mooching through material that's perfectly legal, but also highly sensitive or legally privileged. So what’s the solution? Well, the good news is that there is at least one…

If you own an Eee PC with a Celeron-M processor, here’s a useful tip. The Super-Hybrid Engine utility that’s designed for Asus’ Intel Atom-powered netbooks also runs on Celeron-M models, which means you can underclock your Eee PC 900 or 904 to get longer life from the battery.

Alas, this won't work on the Eee PC 701, since its Celeron-M processor is underclocked by default from 900MHz to 630MHz (though you can restore it to full-speed with these instructions).

How many websites do you visit to update your status each day? There's a strong chance you do this on at least one – probably Facebook, in the little box on your profile that lets your friends know what you're up to. Or, if you've bitten the microblogging bug, you might use Twitter.

But perhaps you use more than one, or even many services with this feature, in which case Ping.fm might just prove to be your killer social networking app.