Another Porn App Gets Booted From Apple&...
Week after week, Apple sees controversy swirl around its App Store like no other smartphone maker. Yet again, the controversy has focused on pornographic content. The latest application to attempt to make its way into the App Store is called BeautyMeter. The app lets iPhone and iPod touch users view...
Facebook Will Simplify Confusing Privacy...
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Facebook will again tweak its privacy controls to give its 200 million users simplified control over what they want the public and their friends to see. In the past months, Firefox has added multiple privacy controls that confused and angered its members. Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly said Wednesday...
Firefox 3.5 Increases Speed, Protects Us...
Mozilla on Tuesday released a Web browser that it said is 10 times faster than its original browser. One year after releasing Firefox 3.0, the Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit released Firefox 3.5, which it said is two times faster than Firefox 3.0 and 10 times faster than Firefox 2. The free open-source...
Veracode To Assess Mobile-App Security R...
Burlington, Mass., June 30th, 2009 - Veracode Inc., provider of the world’s leading Application Risk Management Platform, today announced expansion of its SecurityReview cloud-based subscription service to support mobile applications. With more than 100,000 mobile applications already in the market...
Android-Based Mobile Device May Be Comin...
Dell engineers are developing a pocket-sized, Internet-connected device that will use the Google-backed Android mobile operating system, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the company’s plans,” said two people who have seen prototypes described...
iPhone OS 3.0: The Delight Is in the Det...
As most iPhone owners already know, the iPhone rocks. More importantly, what makes it come alive isn’t so much the svelte touchscreen form factor but the software. The great thing about the iPhone is Apple’s dedication to improving it, and Apple’s third major version of its iPhone...
Sony Ships Green Dam-Equipped PCs with D...
Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University...
Steve Jobs Returns To Part-Time Work as ...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs returned to work Monday, ending a controversial medical leave of absence. Apple said Jobs will work in Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters a few days each week and from home on the other days. Last October, Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said his weight loss was...
Mobile-Phone Chargers Will Become Univer...
Bowing to a request from the European Commission, 10 major device manufacturers have agreed to adopt a universal battery-charging design for their mobile handsets. Though the agreement only applies to mobile-device sales within the member states of the European Union, the standard is expected to have...
Hot iPhone 3GS Is Getting Too Hot, Repor...
News reports have cited overheating problems with the iPhone 3GS, but are the reports justified? Or is Apple’s latest device headed for a major recall? Le Journal du Geek, a French technology Web site, posted a story and a photo describing one consumer’s issues with the iPhone 3GS. The story...
Marketers Connect With Consumers Via Mob...
Marketers of everything from beer to couture are dialing up mobile-device applications for their brands. As people have become enamored of how the software works for them without having to go to a mobile browser, they’ve made more than 1 billion downloads of free and paid “apps.” Apple’s...
The $99 iPhone Is James Bond. The Other ...
While it’s not being talked about too much, the $99 iPhone 3G is a very interesting play by Apple. It takes what was previously a just out-of-reach device for many, and puts it at a magical price-point. Sure, it still won’t sell everyone, like the people who only care about getting the phone...
Gadgets- Understanding and Controlling MotorsDriving motors from a microcontroller will be required for a project eventually. This video by NerdKits will go over some of the basics that are needed. Thanks Humberto. "Electric motors are a key way of converting electrical power (voltage and current) into mechanical power (torque and speed), and because electric motors are simple and reliable […]