Category: Gadget-related Services
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Secret Service Using Distributed Desktop Computing to Read Suspects’ Encrypted Data
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today FirstAdopter.com pointed out a Washington Post article that explains a new distributed desktop computing system called Distributed Networking Attack used to decrypt data belonging to criminal suspects. The article says that the Secret Service hopes to reduce the time necessary to find encryption keys by “combining computing power with detective…
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AOL Modifies its Terms of Service
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoing Boing pointed out that America Online has modified its Terms of Service to “clearly distinguish between the messages you post to public areas and the private messages you send to your friends.” I agree with the notion that this is the right way for AOL to move on and maintain…
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AOL: Your AIM Chat Sessions Belong to Us
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirstAdopter.com pointed out some interesting provisions of the AIM Terms of Service. For instance, America Online says that what you say on AOL Instant Messenger belongs to you, but then it claims “…all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or…
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Roaming Messenger to Support IM with GPS Functions
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeekzone reports that a service called Roaming Messenger will incorporate GPS-awareness with instant messaging using the RIM Blackberry 7520. The service is designed for first responders, corporations, and utilities that want to leverage text messaging services in addition to or in lieu of voice. Roaming Messenger claims to provide these capabilities…
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What’s at Stake as a Result of Recent Mobile Phone Network Security Issues
Reading Time: 3 minutesA friend of mine at T-Mobile USA got in touch with me yesterday about the recent disclosure of Voice Mail access and Sidekick II personal information disclosure issues that have made news this week. He initially contacted me in a “Yo, why are you all over us like this?” kind of way,…
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Movida Communications to Serve Spanish-Speaking Mobile Phone Users in the USA
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA press release from Movida Communications released today indicates that they will provide mobile phone service to Spanish-speaking customers in the United States beginning sometime in the first half of 2005. They will operate as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on the Sprint PCS network. Movida branded handsets and pay-as-you-go…
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SplashBlog Has Treo Photobloggers Buzzing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSplashBlog is a new photoblogging application for the palmOS that hit my RADAR screen a couple of days ago when Josh Rubin metioned it on Cool Hunting. It was mentioned again yesterday on PalmInfoCenter. When I first looked at SplashBlog, I was concerned it was a “walled garden,” meaning that the…
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Student Mobile Phone Create New Campus Management Issues
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently a couple of interesting stories have illustrated the major changes that student mobile phone use has brought to school campuses across the country: In Chelmsford, Massachusetts, parents jammed phone lines at the local high school moments after a security lockdown began. Security personnel were looking for a suspicious man in…
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Article Compares the Wireless Data Plans from the Major U.S Mobile Carriers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLevi Wallach published a good comparison of wireless data plans from the major U.S. mobile phone carriers. If you want to know what the cost and features of the wireless data offerings from T-Mobile, Cingular / AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint PCS, this article is a good place to start.…