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the iPhone 3G/iPod touch 2G is a tougher nut to crack

the iPhone 3G/iPod touch 2G is a tougher nut to crackIt is pretty simpleyou paid a lot of money to buy an Apple product.Shut the heck up and use it the way they tell you to.Or the way they allow you to, in all reality. I mean, it isn't...

Tags: Cellular phones, iPhone 3G/iPod, tougher nut, 2G, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

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News to know: Tech sales and the art of spin; Firefox; Apple; HD streaming

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Brian Sommer: Quit Spinning - You're Making Me Dizzy Ryan Naraine: Firefox rushes out fix for password manager bug Matthew Miller: Microsoft deep sixes...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, Mozilla Firefox, Steve Ballmer, Radio, Apple Inc., Sales, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-29

the iPhone 3G/iPod touch 2G is a tougher nut to crack

The iPhone 3G was unveiled by Steve Jobs back in June, but hackers are having a tougher time cracking the software to make the iPhone carrier-free and jailbreak the iPod touch. It seems that one of the under-the-hood improvements carried out by the Cupertino geeks was making the devices harder...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, 2G, 3G, Digital Music, Cellular Phones, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?

[UPDATE - This is a reposting of a TalkBack comment I made on Ed Bott's post "Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS": Are we disagreeing? ??? I start the post by referring to the PC Tools report (at the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, UAC, UAC Prompt, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Eavesdropping: A little dab'll Dubya

Eavesdropping: A little dab'll DubyaThe other side knows we're listeningWhat's so retarded about all this...a phrase you get used to typing with the current administration...is that intelligence pros know that any unsecured communication medium can be monitored and tracked. That's why operatives don't fax in their daily report over...

Tags: Network security, Fax, SECURITY, constitution, intrusion, expedience

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

Cost questions dog Blu-ray DVD's lead

Cost questions dog Blu-ray DVD's leadTrust Sony? .... NO WAYCan you imagine what Sony has in store for unwary users of their Blu-ray format. Say goodbye to your privacy. Rootkit will seem like a minor annoyance compared to what they probably have in store for anyone foolish enough...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Blu-ray disc, Sony Corp., DVD, disk, Blue-ray

Discussion threads 2005-11-28

Senate gives OK to anti-piracy plan

Senate gives OK to anti-piracy planOutrageousThis is just outrageous. I am no fan of pirating of copyrighted works. I don't do it, and I don't think anyone else should either. That being said, it is plain ridiculous to squander the resources of the Justice Department on such...

Tags: U.S. Senate, piracy, anti-piracy plan, honeypot, government, antipiracy

Discussion threads 2004-06-25

Survey: Spam will beat Bill Gates

Survey: Spam will beat Bill GatesAny industry he doesn't have an illegal monopoly in beats him.never again.Bill CAN help eliminate spamSince a large majority of spam is now sent from infected Windows desktop computers, Bill Gates can reduce spam by producing and selling a secure operating system.That would be a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, survey, spam, Bill Gates, Spoon Jammer, Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2004-04-30