Your cellphone or laptop feels hot enough to light the fire in a barbeque. That sounds just about normal for most compact devices that pack a lot of hardware in an itsy-bitsy case. Here's how to tell if you have cause for concern, however, and what the recommended temperatures are.

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Want to save your mobile data minutes and stay connected on the go for free? If you're a Bright House, Cablevision (Optimum Online), Comcast (Xfinity), Cox, or Time Warner Cable customer, you'll be able to get free wireless Internet access in select cities, thanks to these cable companies' agreement today to offer free access to 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots for customers.

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At an investor conference earlier this week, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo revealed Verizon's plans to kill unlimited data plans--even for customers supposedly grandfathered into unlimited data. Instead, the company would be moving everyone onto a shared data plan, so instead of needing a separate data plan for every device you carry around or for each member of your household, you can have one plan to rule them all. While shared data sounds great if you're a multi-device user, the move to backtrack on grandfathered plans still sucks. Facing the uproar from unhappy customers, Verizon now says you can keep your unlimited data--for a price.

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Officially, like other wireless carriers, T-Mobile charges for tethering or using your phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot--$14.95 a month. Unofficially, however, many T-Mobile users have been able to share the data plan on their cellphone with their computer over Wi-Fi or with a USB cable without incurring any extra charges. This free pass may be coming to an end with the Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") update.

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