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Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk — There's a huge security problem in the latest iPhone 2.0.2: if you have your JesusPhone password protected, using a very simple trick gives anyone full access to your cellphone private information in Mail, SMS, Contacts, and even Safari.
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MacRumors, Digital Daily, Portfolio.com, The Register, Engadget Mobile, CrunchGear, TUAW, iPhone Buzz and The Apple Core
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Apple iPhone ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority over misleading internet claims — A TV ad for Apple's iPhone has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog for misleading consumers after it over-hyped the internet capabilities of the smart phone.
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Digital Daily, p2pnet, Apple 2.0, WebProNews, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, MacRumors, Gearlog and All Points Blog
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ASA Adjudications — Apple (UK) Ltd — Media: — Sector: — Computers and telecommunications — Agency: — TBWA London — Ad — A TV ad, for the iPhone, showed the phone in someone's hand and a finger switching it on to reveal the menu page.
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Cisco Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire PostPath — PostPath's Email and Calendaring Software to Enhance Cisco's WebEx Collaboration Platform — Building upon its commitment to provide a comprehensive collaboration portfolio, Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held PostPath …
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Why Cisco Bought Mail Startup PostPath for $215 Million — In order to fight its ongoing battle against Microsoft & Google on the whole issue of “collaboration”, Cisco today added yet another weapon to its arsenal. — The San Jose-based company today announced that is buying PostPath …
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Apple bans a comic book, firestorm ensues — Murderdrome is not Ulysses, Lolita or Lady Chatterley's Lover. It's a dark, bloody comic strip marked by the type of over-the-top violence that has made its genre so popular among young readers with a lot of pent-up rage.
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ReadWriteWeb, p2pnet, Podcasting News, Mike Cane 2008, AppScout, Gizmodo, Guardian Unlimited, The Apple Core, CNET News - Apple, Gadget Lab, PalmAddicts, WebProNews and TechRadar.com
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Microsoft's new “Blue Track” mouse spotted? — We're not really sure if Microsoft is peddling a revolution here or just the mousing tech flavor of the month, but we've got ourselves a much better idea of where things might be going. After that little “Say Goodbye to Laser” …
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A Photobucket Bonanza, for Insiders — A Web-Site Bet Was Lucrative For Venture Firm, but Not Its Investors — When the photo-sharing Web site Photobucket.com was acquired last year for about $300 million, executives at New York-based venture-capital firm Insight Venture Partners made a small fortune.
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A VC, CNET News.com, Silicon Alley Insider, PE Hub Blog, Valleywag, Zoli's Blog, Technology Live and Startup Chatter
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Who's Dumber: Bad Guys ... Or Good Guys? — In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes …
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Chase Jarvis RAW: Advance Testing the Nikon D90 — Woot! Today I get to be among the very first to share with you the planet's newest camera: the much-anticipated Nikon D90. You may have been attuned to all the recent leaks, buzz and rumors of a new Nikon camera coming soon, but I can assure you, this here ain't no rumor.
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CrunchGear, 1001 Noisy Cameras, Gizmodo, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, Engadget, Imaging Insider and Photography Bay
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Computer viruses make it to orbit — A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS). — Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG. — The worm was first detected on earth in August 2007 and lurks …
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ZDNet Government, CrunchGear, Switched, MacDailyNews, F-Secure Antivirus …, SpaceRef and Slashdot
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PC manufacturers seek shelter from Vista's drizzle — If you needed any further testament to the colossal failure that is Microsoft Windows Vista, just read this Wall Street Journal article detailing PC manufacturers attempts to design around Vista's shortcomings, shortcomings that no amount of marketing are going to fix.
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Orange owns up to download speed limit for all 3G devices — Have you ever wondered what it would look like if a mobile phone carrier managed to piss off a fair number of its customers all at once? Well, we're all about to find out, thanks to a gutsy move by France's Orange.
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How To Walk, Talk & Charge Your Mobile Phone — Everyday activities — commuting to work, walking the dog, grocery shopping — could one day help keep your cell phone charged, thanks to an emerging technology that converts regular motion into power. — Boise, Idaho-based startup M2E Power announced …
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Palm Treo Pro Review (Verdict: Best Palm Hardware Ever) — The Gadget: The Treo Pro is a 3G-equipped, Windows Mobile 6.1-running, touchscreen smartphone that's just a sliver bigger than the iPhone 3G. Completely redesigned, it's Palm's best looking phone in years. — The Price: $550 (Unlocked, no contract)
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eWeek
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ESPN Leads $80 Million Investment In The Active Network; Will Pursue Acquisitions — The Active Network, the big provider of sports-related technology, has just closed a huge, $80 million sixth round led by ESPN. Past backers participating in the round include Canaan Partners …
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TechCrunch
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Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for emerging markets — Dell unveiled Wednesday two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size enterprises (SME), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.