A Google Street View car cruises by a protest near the company’s campus in Mountain View, Calif., in August. James Martin/CNET Google has been given the go-ahead by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office to delete the data it collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View operation. Over the past year, the …

We know the Dell Inspiron Duo, a hybrid device that can switch from tablet to netbook in a unique way, has a number of you rather excited. Well, it doesn’t look like you have much longer to wait before the dual device hits online stores.  Dell is expected to officially release the 10-inch Inspiron Duo next week, possibly on 23 …

Ever heard the term “kludge”? It refers to a workaround, a cobbled-together solution to a problem. Usually, it ain’t pretty, but it works. Collect3’s CoBrowser is a kludge, a way around Apple’s limitation on apps that enable tethering. With it, a Wi-Fi iPad can tap an iPhone’s 3G connectivity–no jailbreaking required. It’s extremely limited, and it ain’t pretty, but it …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 4.2 for Apple iPad, hands-on 2:48 Apple’s iOS 4.2 update for the iPad is coming, and unless you’re inconsolable over the decision to change the screen rotation lock switch into a mute switch, this free update is nothing but win. We’ve already run though the nuts and bolts of the update in last week’s 4.2 …

An HTC handset that received approval from the FCC last week has the making of Sprint’s next 4G smartphone. Though we don’t know anything official, the HTC Evo Shift 4G should be a lot like the existing Evo 4G, save for a smaller size and a sliding keyboard. Also known as the HTC Knight or PG06100 (that’s HTC’s model number …

If there’s one company in the world that could afford to take some time off as reward for a job well done it’s Onkyo. It’s worked tirelessly to provide home-cinema enthusiasts with high quality AV receivers over the last few years and we think it’s done a bang-up job. But there’s no such laurel-resting for the company, which has announced …

The “ultimate” 2D version of Avatar will be released on November 24 but fans will have a longer wait until the 3D edition officially hits stores. While the Avatar 3D Blu-ray is available as part of a bundle with Panasonic 3D televisions a date has yet to be set for the retail version. “We really have to see how 3D …

Business software maker SAP says it is working to adapt its market-leading enterprise resource management software to Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet and that mobile versions of its software will be ready to go by the gadget’s launch date of early next year. SAP Chief Information Officer Oliver Bussman told The Wall Street Journal that all of the company’s ERP …

It appears the first Motorola smart phone running Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor will be called Olympus rather than Terminator, and could run Android 2.2 instead of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Olympus name had been thrown around, and now a posting of what looks like the raw device ID has been sent to Androidandme.com, which seems to confirm the name …

We’ve already told you about Amazon Wireless’ cell phone deals for the holiday shopping brouhaha, but now AT&T is getting in on the act as well. From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, the carrier will be offering a deal a day for many if its phones. Here’s what you’ll see. November 26: AT&T says it will offer “some of the …