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- Chinese protesters defy media control with text power
- Get ready for the new grassroots organizing tool ... the cellphone. In China, where traditional media is tightly controlled, activists are using text messaging to quickly generate protests against government activities, reports the Washington Post Foreign Service.In June 2007, when a giant chemical factory was slated to be built in...
- Tags: Mobile/wireless, International, Censorship, China
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- In abduction of cleric, operatives leave cellphone trail leading to CIA doorstep
- In the game of cat and mouse, it's best not to leave footprints. But that's just what the CIA did in 2003 when it's effort to carry out an "extraordinary rendition" failed due to a cellular transmissions trail left by the officers, reports Wired News.Twenty-five CIA agents are facing trial...
- Tags: Law enforcement, International, Intelligence
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- EU con raises awareness of Internet safety in Europe
- In order to educate the public on an increasingly difficult problem, the European Union hosted the fourth annual Internet Safety Day on February 6, reports the BBC. Thirty-one countries participated in events to raise awareness of Internet safety among parents, teachers and kids. "I am calling upon all...
- Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, International, cell phone, Internet, Internet Safety
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Cellphones, YouTube expose government abuse
- YouTube is about more than exploding bottles of Pepsi, political gotcha video and segments from The Daily Show. Among the videos being shared are documentary evidence of police and other official misconduct and the speed with which Internet services like YouTube enable the dissemination of such evidence is providing an...
- Tags: Government technology, International, Web
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
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- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Mobile access to your SIS
- Several student information system SIS vendors offer to sync data with a Palm Pilot or Windows Mobile PDA. This is a handy feature for teachers on field trips, assistant principals stalking the halls, etc. It's fairly limited in it's utility, though since it generally only provides a static...
- Tags: Mobile, SiS, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...
- Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?
- How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic National Convention? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.
- Tags: Phone, Twitter, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, delegates, mccain, obama, clinton, texting, cell phones, internet
- Videos 2008-08-28
- We can change your cells and cure your diabetes
- We can change your cells and cure your diabetesWe can change your cells and cure your diabetesThat's cool that they are one step closer to curing diabetes. I'm curious to see what the raw food dieters have to say comparing this technique verses going raw.http://www.rawfor30days.com/http://www.truthpublishing.com/haltdiabetes_p/yprint-cat21267.htmIf either one really does...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Food & Beverage, raw food, diabete, virus, cell wall, cell, food
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- First images of Google-powered HTC Dream
- First images of Google-powered HTC DreamHopefully, we can eventually break the lock on cell phones. There is NOreason that the carriers are involved in your cell phone purchase. Imagine how outraged we would be if the ISPs required us to buy out computers from them and told us what applications...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, First image, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, image, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- First images of Google-powered HTC Dream
- It was rumored that the HTC G1 Dream would be the first Google powered phone on the market, and if everything pans out, those rumors will end up being true with a launch date sooner than later. Android Guys have the first mock-up drawings of the Dream, and it's...
- Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Digital Media, Digital Video, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Perot: Making sure "everybody has access to the truth"
- He doesn't "do a lot of Internet work." He's not on Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. He's not an iPhone guy. He prefers to get "instant feedback from the people,'' from face-to-face contact and phone calls. But Ross Perot, now 77, is back and using...
- Tags: Nominee, Ross Perot, Truth, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Palm Treo Pro (unlocked)
- Photo gallery:Palm Treo ProWhile not the best-kept secret in the technology world, with leaked photos and videos all over the Net, we were still amped over Palm's official unveiling of the Palm Treo Pro. And why wouldn't we be? The smartphone looked pretty sharp, both inside and out. However, now...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Treo, Palm Inc., Treo Pro, Palm Treo Pro
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?Very simply put, It became a religious war....Software is simply NOT a religion.So the software religious community needs to learn to sleep with itself.In retrospect, the OLPC has changed the world. Sure, it has spawned anindustry that is more to serve rich consumers...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, NPR
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Review: Palm Treo Pro brings thinnest Treo to the world
- Review: Palm Treo Pro brings thinnest Treo to the worldAlarms working?Thanks for the comprehensive review. I really would of appreciated knowing if the alarms are functional when the device is in power saving suspend mode. The last HTC device I had wouldn't and that was a pain.RE: Review: Palm Treo...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Treo, thinnest Treo, Palm Treo Pro, Palm Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?
- Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...
- Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Global cell phone market to grow 11% in 2008
- Gartner expects cell phone market growth to slow to 11% from 16% in 2007, and in US dollar terms growth would slow to 9% from 11%. Handset vendors sold 304.7 mln mobile phones globally in Q2 2008, with strong demand in emerging markets lifting sales 11.8% from Q2 2007. The...
- Tags: Phone, Emerging Market, Cell Phone, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Suddenly, Android is hot again
- After months of silence, the double-whammy of new software and hardware has gotten everyone talking about Android again. Earlier this month Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch was wondering if anybody cared about Android any more. Now TC is practically gushing over the mobile platform. What happened? Two things:...
- Tags: Phone, SDK, Shout-out, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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