Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 4:29 pm by Jeff Porten, Macworld.com
Google Voice users can now use their existing phone numbers with the service, which will come as good news to people who don’t want to give out a new number to all of their existing contacts. But there are some catches.
First off, this [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 29, 2009
Use your own number with some Google Voice features
October 29, 2009
Survey shows iPhone threatens BlackBerry; Palm holds steady
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A recent survey shows that while Research In Motion continues to lead as the smartphone of choice among consumers, Apple’s iPhone is quickly catching up.
ChangeWave Research on Tuesday released the results of its week-long September survey of 4,255 consumers, which showed that RIM retains its lead in smartphone ownership with 40 percent market share. That’s [...]
October 29, 2009
Brightkite 2.0 brings more privacy, social control
Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 10:35 am by David Chartier, Macworld.com
Location-based social networking service Brightkite recently gave its website a 2.0 makeover. Users now have per-post control over privacy and social broadcasting, and a new “friend/fan” model removes the pressure of having to accept requests from strangers. For iPhone and iPod touch users [...]
October 29, 2009
eBay-toting iPhone users like to Buy It Now
Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 10:01 am by Scott McNulty, Macworld.com
eBay, the Internet’s garage sale or auction house, depending on your point of view, is reaping the benefits of having a free iPhone app. According to this Financial Times report, users of eBay’s iPhone app have spent over $400 million over a variety of [...]
October 29, 2009
Sprint plans to release Palm Pixi in mid-November
Sprint is promoting two main plans for the Pixi, and pitching them as much less costly then comparable AT&T plans for the Apple iPhone.
October 27, 2009
Apple fixes iPhone ‘coma mode’ with OS update
By Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK
Posted on ZDNet News: Oct 13, 2009 5:09:45 AM
Apple has begun distributing an iPhone and iPod Touch software update that fixes several glitches in its recently released iPhone OS 3.1, including a bug that stopped the devices emerging from sleep mode.
When iPhone OS 3.1 was released in early September, users on [...]
October 27, 2009
Smartphone security threats likely to rise
Security analysts say they’ve already seen all of the major online threats — Trojan horses, viruses, worms — spreading on smartphones, often through e-mail attachments sent to the phones
October 27, 2009
Windows 7 Security Defaults Worry Experts
Corporate IT departments should be pleased with new security measures in Windows 7, but consumers are still at risk of getting hit by malware despite changes in the User Account Control (UAC) feature designed to help people be smarter when using applications, security experts say.
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October 27, 2009
Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers
A gaping security hole in cable modems distributed to Time Warner/Road Runner customers could potentially be exploited remotely to access private networks and possibly capture and manipulate private data.
That’s the warning issued by David Chen, a blogger and start-up founder who discovered he could trivially access a customer’s of Time Warner’s SMC8014 series cable [...]
October 12, 2009
The bug… Bitten again?
The past several months have been months where I felt I was burned out on the hobby. Got my new car at the end of July and I haven’t installed the 2 meter/440 rig in yet. Mainly I haven’t decided how I want to install it in the car, but part of me was enjoying [...]
