For those of you who think that your iPhone will thwart any criminal, we’ve got news for you: Someone can find your password in less than six minutes without any password cracking.
Researchers Jens Heider and Matthias Boll at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute Secure Information Technology (Fraunhofer SIT) performed a fast jailbreak and …
You’re going to want to fill that new Verizon iPhone with tons of apps. If you’re looking for games in particular, EA Mobile is doing a huge sale 99 cent sale on 30 of their most popular mobile games. The sale started on February 7 and was extended until 9PM today, and any device that uses iOS technology is eligible not just Verizon …
Verizon made the first successful VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) commercial call in the world yesterday morning, the system that is one of the candidate 4G networks. The mobile communication standard will allow people to surf the web and use other phone functionalities while talking on the phone. Though the first call – made in Basking Ridge, …
For a while TiVo was the device to rely on if you wanted to DVR a program. Now that so many other companies provide this service, a judge has ruled that Dish Network can reopen their 2005 case against TiVo regarding DVR patents.
“The patent in this case withstood two re-exam petitions by TiVo seeking to invalidate it. We look …
Today is the day you’ve been waiting for iPhone customers: AT&T is offering free mobile-to-mobile calls to qualifying customers. (Nothing is suspicious about the company launching this new plan today… nothing at all.)
“Mobile to Any Mobile is an exciting offer that will keep our customers connected to the people they want to talk …
In David Pogue’s NY Times article “It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology,” he argues that it’s the idea that you’ll save a bunch on things that you could potentially want more than the actual savings that makes social buying seem great. It’s what made Groupon the fastest-growing Internet company in history, gaining a $1.5 …
Before you use that copyrighted image on your blog you might want to think twice: It could cost you up to $150,000. Still, if you’re willing to take the risk because you think you won’t get caught since a lot of people are doing the same thing, one law firms is on to you. They know how the troll the web and are using the power of viral …
If you enjoy Google’s online translation services, there’s now an iPhone app that will bring that functionality to the smartphone. The free app will translate 57 languages by text input and 15 languages by voice input, according to the official Google blog. Your translation can also be spoken out loud in 23 different languages, using the …
If you follow Sony’s (among other things) VP of Realistic Movements Kevin Butler, you might have been shocked that he retweeted the famed Playstation 3 jailbreak code. Travis La Marr (@exvia) tweeted the METLDR root key at Butler, who didn’t recognize the infamous PS3 hack. Although Butler made light of it by asking if it was some kind …
Not to be left behind in the scuffle, but T-Mobile is entering the Verizon vs. AT&T fight with a great offer of their own: free phones. While the coveted iPhone won’t be included in the promotion, all phones – including 4G-capable phones – will be gratis on February 11 and 12. The last time the company attempted this on Father’s Day …
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and …
Get ready to open your wallets: Last.FM is going to start charging. While the streaming music and Internet radio service is still going to remain free on the website and and for US and UK users of Xbox Live, the company is going to charge for other devices that use the service on Feb. 15. Relax, it’s only going to set you back $3 a …
