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Friday, 17 November 2006 |
Since my earlier comments on reports that mobile phones can be compromised and calls intercepted, simply by sending an SMS that contains reprogramming instructions, the originator of the technique has responded to the questions I raised.
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Friday, 17 November 2006 |
German security company, SecurStar, claims to have uncovered the first
serious threat to the security of cellphone conversations, but the
reality is that these compromised long ago. (Note a folllow on item in which SecurStar has responded to issues raised is available here .
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Thursday, 16 November 2006 |
Microsoft and Sprint have formed a strategic alliance to develop and deliver a range of new services for Sprint's business and consumer mobile customers, starting with the introduction of Windows Live Search on their cellphones to search location-based content from the Internet, but this is just the beginning.
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 |
You have to admire the chutzpah of Cingular Wireless giving its new Windows 5.0 based 'prosumer' PDA a name not dissimilar to that of Research in Motion whose recently launched BlackBerry Pearl device it is squarely positioned against.
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 |
Boost Mobile and loopt in the US have launched a cellphone based social networking service that enables users to plot the location of their friends on a map on their cellphone. Optus launched a similar service in Australia a few months ago, but this one takes the functionality to a whole new level.
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Monday, 13 November 2006 |
Fruit juice marketeer Tim Pethick (the guy who brought you Nudies) has turned his marketing skills to cellphones with the launch of the Gecko kids phone. He's up against the big T with its TicTalk.
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Sunday, 12 November 2006 |
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has come up with a bright idea: get a free mobile phone if you are willing to watch advertisements. I have a better idea.
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Friday, 10 November 2006 |
There's been numerous reports today about Microsoft launching a preview of a new photo-compilation system, Photosynth, but this has been available since August, as iTWire reported.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
Microsoft has enhanced Live Search with a new service, Virtual Earth giving searchers the option to display search results as two-dimensional views or three dimensional models. However another technology Microsoft debuted earlier this year gives it the potential to create three dimensional images of any location from user-submitted photographs.
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
Nokia has been bragging for months that it is the world's largest manufacturer of digital cameras. That was just the entrée. Next it plans to eat Apple's lunch by stealing dominance of the MP3 player market from the iPod, and for dessert chew up video camera sales.
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Monday, 30 October 2006 |
You may have heard of a new gimmick, aimed at teenagers: a downloadable ringtone for their cellphone that is of such a high pitch that the older ears of parents, teachers and other such undesirables can't hear it. The ringtone is free but it comes with some rather unpleasant baggage.
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Monday, 30 October 2006 |
There's a bit of a battle at the moment between suppliers of broadband over powerline (BPL) gear and of wireless lan technology for the deliver of video signals around the home.
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Friday, 27 October 2006 |
ACCC boss, Graeme Samuel, has been getting a good deal of coverage this week for his stern words to ISPs about misrepresenting the speeds of their broadband services. But he has saying exactly the same thing over two years ago. Surely it's time for less talk and more action.
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