Operation Gadget
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My.T-Mobile.com Website Still Has Some Potentially Dangerous Vulnerabilities
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, I reported on the publication of Paris Hilton’s personal information that was stored in her T-Mobile Sidekick II. I did some more research and learned that the information published today is at least similar to information that Nicolas Jacobsen stole during the period from August to October 2004. This…
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Release of Paris Hilton’s Personal Info Illustrates Worrisome Security Situation with T-Mobile Sidekick II
Reading Time: 2 minutesA number of outlets reported that hackers posted Paris Hilton’s Sidekick II address book on-line. Although it is not clear from the stories I’ve read whether this incident is a continuation of the security breach that was the key element in the Nicolas Jacobsen case or if this is a new breach,…
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February 14 – 20, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of February 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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1up.com Brings Us the 50 Most Important Computer Games of All Time
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m impressed with 1up.com’s Essential 50, a list of what they consider the 50 most important computer games of all time. The authors have a good sense of history for placing games such as Spacewar from the PDP-1, Pong, Space Invaders, and Adventure at the top of the list. All of…
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Motorola and Skype Establish Alliance for “Seamless Mobility”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the other interesting developments that came out of the 3GSM World Congress was the announcement of an alliance between Motorola and Skype designed to set VoIP free from the PC for small office and home users. Skype is a Luxembourg-based VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service provider. It’s hard…
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Motorola SLVR V8 Photos Posted on MobileBurn
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobileBurn published a good set of photos of the recently-announced Motorola SLVR V8 mobile phone. The photos were shot at a Motorola-sponsored dinner in Cannes, France that was organized around the 3GSM World Congress. I was particularly interested in the photo comparing the SLVR V8 and the RAZR V3. The RAZR…
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EA Sports Platinum Series is Worth Buying for NHL ’95 Alone
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy wife gave me EA Sports Platinum Series Controllers from Jakks Pacific for Valentine’s Day. For some reason, Amazon.com‘s catalog says this controller set has three games built in, but it actually has only two games: Madden ’95 and NHL ’95. This was a nice gift for me because enjoyed playing NHL…
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CDMA and GSM Versions of Treo 650 Compared by Treocentral
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Hromadka of TreoCentral.com outlined the differences between the unlocked GSM version of the Treo 650 and the CDMA version that he refers to as the PCS version. This is because Sprint PCS is the carrier where that phone can be used. I’m not keeping score, but that’s two technology bloggers…