The iPhone is the worst phone in the world – Crave at CNET UK
That’s right, we said it — and we’re not taking it back. The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It’s certainly the touchscreen face that launched a thousand apps. But as an actual call-making phone, it’s rubbish, and we aim to prove it.
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Secure computers aren’t so secure – MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks…
You may update your antivirus software religiously, immediately download all new Windows security patches, and refuse to click any e-mail links ostensibly sent by your bank, but even if your computer is running exactly the way it’s supposed to, a motivated attacker can still glean a shocking amount of private information from it.
Twitterers Keep Current
NEW YORK So what links are Twitterers actually clicking on? Based on a user sample released Friday by Chitika, an online ad network, Twitter users most frequently accessed links directing to information about current events and news 28.49 percent.
I am surprised it isn’t more. It is all I use twitter for.
-hakujin
Android 2.0 First Look: Fresh Face, Sick Speed – android 2.0 – Gizmodo
While Android 1.6 is still writhing around in amniotic fluid, BGR had the nerve to publish shots of version 2.0 “Eclair,” which doesn’t even have a formal due date yet. They look great. Sorry, 1.6: I’m already over you.
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Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Settings in Snow Leopard | Terminal, Finder, Dock/Exposé/Dashboard, iTunes + iPod | Mac OS X Tips
Every time Apple brings out a new version of OS X, we compile a list of our favourite Terminal commands for enabling hidden features and changing hidden settings here are the lists for Tiger and Leopard.
14-Year-Old African Turns Garbage Into Wind Power – Asylum.com
Every now and then we come across a heartwarming story that also makes us feel like indulgent, do-nothing slackers. William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi a country that most of us geographically challenged Americans probably know as ‘that place where Madonna’s adopted kid is from’.
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Apple Moves To Block Jailbreaking In New iPhones
For the past seven months, jailbreaking opening an iPhone to applications not signed by Apple for installation has relied on an exploit dubbed “24kPwn”. We’ll skip the technical voodoo for the sake of not putting you straight to sleep, but here’s the important bit: in the latest batch of iPhone 3GS units to hit the shelves, the exploit has been fixed. Unless a new exploit is discovered and, with each patch, this is becoming less and less likely, any iPhone 3GS to ship after last week will not be jailbreakable.
Facebook Now Has 30,000 Servers « Data Center Knowledge
How many servers does Facebook have? For some time now, the stock answer has been “more than 10,000 servers,” a number the company began using in April 2008. Facebook has continued to use that number, even as it has soared past 300 million users and dramatically expanded its data center space
via Facebook Now Has 30,000 Servers « Data Center Knowledge.
Scientists identify brain cell which keeps us awake, raising hopes of a cure for jet lag | Mail Online
A pill that cures jet lag is a step closer today, after scientists discovered how signals from the brain control our biological clocks.
