Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann spent 20 seconds yesterday on the first day of Pwn2Own “hacker” conference in Canada, to hack an iPhone and steal all the text messages (SMS) in the phone, including sent, received and even deleted messages. They also said it was possible to get your contacts, e-mails and pictures, using the … Read more →
Chatroulette. I tried it out once when I first read about it in an online newspaper. It didn’t take me many minutes before I saw certain things I will never forget (but I wish I could), and I haven’t been back there since – and I’m not going to, either, as I was just curious … Read more →
Google already pulled the plug when it comes to abide by the censorship rules set by the Chinese government. Initially Google just redirected traffic from censured Google.cn to Google.com.hk in Hong Kong, uncensured. It didn’t take many hours before the Chinese censorship authorities put their own censuring in place though, and so, Google remains censured … Read more →
Norwegian software company, Opera, now has a Opera Mini 5 version ready for the iPhone. It has already been submitted to Apple for approval in the App Store, but I wouldn’t hold my breath to see it being approved anytime soon. I seem to remember having read that Apple doesn’t want applications that duplicates functions … Read more →
Steve Jobs has been answering e-mails from (potential?) customers these past days, according to TUAW and 9to5mac. One customer sent an e-mail to Steve Jobs, asking if Apple was losing focus on Macs by putting so much effort into the iPad, to which Steve Jobs replied “Not to worry”. Same day, another customer asked Steve … Read more →
This is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. The first you’ll see at the front page of Just Host’s website, besides a blue-eyed blonde girl, is the catch phrase “The last … Read more →
Yesterday I wrote how Google decided to redirect from censured Chinese Google.cn to the Hong Kong version, Google.com.hk. It didn’t take many hours for the Chinese government before censored results were once again censored, but from Google.com.hk. How exactly they’re doing it, I don’t know, but New York Times reports that it’s only results that … Read more →
A few months ago, Facebook popped up on most user’s screens, asking to modify privacy settings according to new settings offered by Facebook. Undoubtedly, many users just clicked through it and adapted the privacy settings suggested by Facebook, probably leaving your profile more open than it was before. No matter what, it’s a good idea … Read more →
I’ve been writing about this several times already and last week Google was 99.9% certain to shut down in China – now it seems they finally made the decision to go ahead and stop the censorship of search results on Chinese Google.cn. For now, Google.cn is being redirected to the Google based in Hong Kong, … Read more →
I don’t watch that many Microsoft TV ads. Maybe because they’re mostly shown in the US or UK? I rarely see them where I watch TV, but every now and then, Microsoft release an ad that’s so bad it’s a must-see. Like the one with Microsoft Songsmith. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can … Read more →
This is a sponsored post, paid for by Sponsored Reviews. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Still too many webmasters and site owners are not aware of the importance that SEO, Search Engine Optimization, has on how well … Read more →
An organization within Denmark published a study yesterday, made by Dwarf and Userneeds, showing that Facebook is the cause of $2 billion in loss of working hours. In a country with a population of 5,500,000 people, around 55,000 of them spend more than 30 minutes of their work day on Facebook, meaning a loss of … Read more →
I’ve been writing more about Google these past few weeks, than what I usually do. Most of the reason is because of the issues between Google and China, and sometimes I also mention how I’m not totally crazy about the fact that Google is becoming more and more The Internet, if you know what I … Read more →
Most advanced Mac users are used to seeing Microsoft copying many of the thinks that comes out of Apple in Cupertino (like Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista, as shown in this video by David Pogue). Well, it’s no surprise that Microsoft probably is a bit jealous of Apple’s success with iPhone, so they’ve … Read more →
CNNMoney.com reports, based on calculations done by Investor Village, that 120,000 iPads were sold during the first day of iPad pre-orders. They estimate that 69% ordered the Wi-Fi only edition, while the storage capacity was almost equally divided with 33% each (16GB, 32GB, 64GB). Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, said: “Apple has … Read more →
The Enterprise Desktop Alliance recently surveyed 260 IT administrators in the United States to learn which computer environment they believe is the cheapest to manage, when it comes to Macintosh vs PC. Their results showed that Mac’s cost less to manage than PC’s, according to 65% of the IT admins, with 19% of them saying … Read more →