Don't know what to get the kids in your life for Christmas this year? Well it turns out that little people get the biggest thrill out of getting geeky gifts - particularly gifts you do stuff with. So, if you're stuck on what to get your niece, nephew, friend, or even your own little person, take a look at our gift suggestions below.

Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors....

So I took a little a break from working on gdgt to get on Virgin America's inaugural Aircell GoGo WiFi party flight, posting this at altitude. If you haven't already caught one of the early Aircell flights on Delta, American, or Air Canada, their now-active GoGo service provides in-flight internet.

Sometime last year, you bought yourself an iPhone and then realised that a better user experience is indeed possible! So sometime this year, you took the next logical step and upgraded your PC to a Mac - perhaps a Mac Mini to start out small, or a laptop, or even a sexy 20″ iMac.

The iPhone Dev Team has now officially released the jailbreak for the 2.2 iPhone and iPod Touch Firmware. They have released updates to both The Pwnage Tool AND QuickPwn(so it’s available for both windows and macs. Check which one you want below(Pwnage Tool is for Macs. . .QuickPwn is for both Windows and Macs)

"When we met three years ago, I thought: This is it, the browser I've been waiting for. I've found my life partner. Then, last September, Google Chrome came into my life. I admit I was infatuated..." Culture Crash blogger Dan Tynan writes to his old flame, begging forgiveness after a fling with Chrome. Geeky, silly, and funny.

On the eve of its next major release, the distro produces new figures showing that it's ahead of rivals in total users.

Do You Hate Google's New SearchWiki that tried to copy and make a Digg like Interface? Google currently provides NO option to Disable it from your account! Use this quick hack to Turn off SearchWiki from your Firefox & Opera browser! Works like a charm...

Balancing your work and personal life on social networking tools such as Facebook has become more complex than ever -- and the dangers go beyond the well-publicized examples of posting party pictures to your profile.

Time-based usplash package that makes the bootup bar go smoothly instead of jumping about. Makes the boot process look nicer and gives a more accurate time prediction :)

Making a torrent properly is one of the most overlooked aspects in torrenting. Most users of bittorrent only create the .torrent files occasionally, if at all, and others make bad choices and mistakes, which can antagonise people, or make torrents slow to propagate, and lead to an early death.

Somebody explain this witchcraft!

A flaw in Vista's networking has been found that can crash the system, but no fix is expected until the next service pack.

I'm live from Virgin America's Beta run of their Wi-Fi service, over San Francisco, and there are a few things you should know about how its going to work when most airlines go live in 2009. And yes, I posted this live, 15k feet over the Pacific Ocean.

Another fantastic example of what happens when the power of Photoshop falls into the wrong hands.

The first alpha of ubuntu's next release,Jaunty Jackalope, is finally available for download. Those who wish to test it out are welcome to download it. Only the alternate install is available , so no Live CD. User are reminded that this is an alpha release and should not be installed unless you understand the risks.

Last week's patch purged false security software from millions of Windows PCs.Microsoft said that the anti-malware tool it pushes to Windows users as part of Patch Tuesday removed fake security software from nearly a million PCs during nine days this month.

The technologies that helped Obama reach the White House are going to make the president-elect's life more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant.

Running a BitTorrent site can be quite costly. Most of the larger sites need over a dozen servers to keep everything running smoothly. There are some scalable alternatives for BitTorrent startups though. Two relatively unknown meta-search engines have taken a different route by using Google’s App Engine, which provides optimal scalability.

Mark Shuttleworth made headlines not too long ago when he called for the Linux desktop to surpass Mac OS X in both beauty and functionality. While a lot of folks thought that was breathtaking and audacious, I think he's aiming too low. I think Linux should aspire to equal or better the AmigaOS.