Sunday, August 1, 2010

UAE to ban BlackBerry services, Saudi follows suit (AP)

UAE to ban BlackBerry services, Saudi follows suit (AP)

UAE to ban BlackBerry services, Saudi follows suit (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo, a man talks on his smart phone at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Officials in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)AP - The United Arab Emirates outlined plans Sunday to block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web browsing services in a crackdown that could jeopardize efforts to establish the country as an international business hub.

1962 glass could be Corning's next bonanza seller (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

AP - An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.

Twitter down for hours of 'planned maintenance' (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:13 AM PDT

This screen shot taken from the microblogging site Twitter.com early Sunday morning Aug. 1, 2010 shows the Twitter page that greeted users announcing Twitter being down for planned maintenance. According to Twitter the maintenance is scheduled between 2 a.m. 7 a.m. EDT Sunday. As such in that time some users will not be able to access Twitter. (AP photo)AP - The microblogging site Twitter Inc. was out of commission for a couple of hours early Sunday for some of the roughly 100 million users around the world.

OmniFocus for iPad, i Fishing HD among this week’s best iPad apps (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Appolicious - This week's iPad list is big on the "get organized" side, but don't worry--there's a fun fishing game for those times you feel like taking a break from responsibility.

Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:09 PM PDT

In this July 30, 2010 photo, hacker Chris Paget sets up a long range RFID reading devise at the DefCon hacker conference in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.

How New Technology Is Rewiring Our Brains (PC World)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:30 PM PDT

PC World - You think your car radio is broken because it doesn't display the name of the song and the artist. You tap a word on a paperback and wonder why the definition doesn't automatically pop up. You swipe a digit across the screen of your cell phone and all you get are fingerprint smudges.

Japan's NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:23 PM PDT

File photo of a pedestrian walking past an NTT DoCoMo shop in Tokyo. The Japanese mobile phone giant said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services.

Privacy Concerns Hit Facebook (Again) (PC World)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:05 AM PDT

PC World - Another week, another Facebook privacy issue.

Internet Explorer Gains Market Share at the Expense of Firefox (Mashable)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Mashable - Microsoft Internet Explorer continues to make a comeback, gaining market share for the third month in a row, mostly to the detriment of Mozilla Firefox.

LucyPhone iPhone app eliminates your time on hold (Appolicious)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Appolicious - If you hate waiting on hold when you're trying to reach a company, you'll want to download the free iPhone app LucyPhone as fast as your Wi-Fi will let you.

Meet the Man Who Helped Lamo Turn in Manning, the Wikileaker (PC World)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:00 PM PDT

PC World - In early June 2010 security pro Chet Uber got a phone call from Adrian Lamo, a well-known hacker he had worked with for a year in a volunteer-run intelligence organization. Lamo had received classified documents from a U.S. Army intelligence analyst named Bradley Manning and wanted advice about what to do. Uber told Lamo to turn Manning in.

Elite US cyber team courts hackers to fight terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:22 PM PDT

Skull and crossbones reflected in a computer screen. An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more that a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a notorious DefCon gathering here Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more than a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a DefCon gathering.
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