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The Subscription War: You're Bleeding to Death [Subscription War]

Jan 18 |03:25 AM

You know what's great? My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! You know what's unsustainable? Paying for it all. Here's why: a well-equipped geek will, in our research, have a subscription and service bill total of between 200 and 750 dollars a month. Let me break it down. You've got your smartphone bill, your cable bill, your home broadband bill. Those are unavoidable expenses—there's not much you can do about them. Then think about the must-have gadgets on the horizon: a smartbook that requires a data plan. A tablet that'll require Wi-Fi HotSpot access or a 3G dongle. The same for a thin-and-light notebook. And those are just your 1:1 service fees for devices. Now throw in all of the wonderful content and service subscriptions you either already have or will soon. You've got TiVo, which is

Source: Windows Mobile 7 Handsets Coming Late 2010, Will Support 6.x Apps [Rumor]

Jan 18 |03:25 AM

Another week, another treat from our mole: Windows Mobile 7, which we should see for the first time at Mobile World Congress next month, is intended for release before the holiday season of 2010—not 2011. And there's more.For a release to follow a debut by six months or more isn't unprecedented for Microsoft, where long public beta testing periods have become the norm, if not the rule. And a late 2010 release is in line with older estimates, which have been recently derailed by claims that it would be pushed off until 2011. Even more interesting, though, is that the OS still seems to be in a state of flux. Here's what we've heard: &bull It'll be shown at MWC, but don't expect Microsoft to give a firm release date estimate—they're not ready for that yet. LG slipped up and hinted at a September release for their first Windows Mobile 7

MiFi Exploit Shows GPS Position and Security Settings for Your Mobile Hotspot [Security]

Jan 18 |03:25 AM

We're fans of Novatel's MiFi hotspots, which allow a 3G connection to be converted into Wi-Fi. What we are not fans of is a new exploit that lets hackers reveal your location and all your security info. The exploit, which affects the MiFi 2200s sold by Verizon and Sprint, kicks in when users visit a certain website. "Among the information the MiFi 2200 will readily share is the WiFi security key – sent in clear text – and with some Javascript Baldwin showed it was possible to change the hotspot's settings to the point where a factory reset is required in order to restore functionality to the user. Even if GPS is turned off, a remote command can be used to switch it back on. A further exploit can extract the entire configuration of the MiFi, again in clear text, including all of the security settings." If you're a MiFi user, just be careful

Frustrated Passenger Gets Arrested for Tweeting Airport Bomb Threat [Twitter]

Jan 18 |03:25 AM

Meet Paul Chambers. Like thousands of frustrated passengers, this British finance supervisor thought he wouldn't be able to travel because of the snow. So frustrated, in fact, that he tweeted an obviously exaggerated threat that got him into jail. "Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high." Not long after that—on January 13—the police knocked on his door carrying a copy of the tweet. He tried to explain that he was only venting his frustration on Twitter, but they didn't even know what Twitter was. The officers arrested, interrogated, and jailed him under the Terrorism Act, only to release him under bail until a February 11 hearing. In addition to that, the threatening tweet was deleted, and his computers and iPhone was confiscated. I understand that some people are a bit paranoid, but couldn't have they

Quick, to the Batumbrella! [Concepts]

Jan 18 |03:25 AM

When rain is afoot, there's only one tool in Batman's arsenal that will keep his logo dry: The Batumbrella. [MaxiGlob via SuperPunch via ComicsAlliance via technabob]

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The Subscription War: You're Bleeding to Death [Subscription War]

Source: Windows Mobile 7 Handsets Coming Late 2010, Will Support 6.x Apps [Rumor]

MiFi Exploit Shows GPS Position and Security Settings for Your Mobile Hotspot [Security]

Frustrated Passenger Gets Arrested for Tweeting Airport Bomb Threat [Twitter]

Quick, to the Batumbrella! [Concepts]

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