Apple hasn’t officially commented yet, but according to the New York Times , Steve Jobs may finally cooperate on an authorized biography. Other biographers have attempted to tell Mr. Jobs’s life story without his express involvement or even consent, prompting him to respond by yanking books by the same publishers from Apple stores.

She’s a precocious learner, TED speaker, published author, and teacher of other kids. Twelve-year-old Adora Svitak talked to us for a few minutes about how she ended up at TED, what interests her in technology, and why she likes Twitter . During her time on the stage at TED , Adora advocated a sort of “Kid’s Rights” sentiment, arguing that adults should take young people more seriously and be more interested in learning from kids to foster a more reciprocal relationship between age groups

Disclosure: Nokia is a sponsor of Mashable’s TED Channel We had a chance to sit down at TED with Henry Tirri, Senior Vice President and Head of the Nokia Research Center, to talk about what the mobile landscape of the future holds.

With over 9 million posts and comments in two days , Google Buzz has stormed the web like a swarm of locusts. An array of strong features, integration with Gmail, and lots of press have turned Buzz into an overnight phenomenon.

After four years of infertility, all it took was a simple download for 30-year-old Lena Bryce to get pregnant, making her the proud mother of Britain’s very first “iPhone baby.” Last week we learned that your iPhone can save your life , this week, it turns out that it can create life as well.

Bored at work whilst waiting for the gap between Christmas and New Year’s to be bridged?

A German software engineer and encryption expert named Karsten Nohl told a group of hackers at the Chaos Communication Congress that he and a group of enlisted contributors had broken the primary encryption code protecting GSM phone calls.