Archive for: October 2010

From Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site » TRS-80 Computers: TRS-80 Pocket Computers:
Radio Shack puts big computing power in the palm of your hand with the amazing new TRS-80 Pocket Computer, the first complete, portable copmuting system you can program in …

From Using Firesheep is illegal in the US, UK, and most of the world:
One thing that many sites have glossed over is the inherent illegality of using Firesheep. “Go on! Try it! It’s cool!” — yes, it is shockingly cool, …

From The big FCC story about Verizon today is not mystery fees – John Taylor’s Posterous:
A much bigger story is that the FCC issued a public notice in the special access docket which requests data from incumbent local exchange carriers …

From Communities Dominate Brands: Apple Q3 Results, major milestones reached by iPhone… and Apple the Computer Maker too:
Apple has now crashed into the Top 5 of global handset makers! It was just a year ago that Apple entered the top …

From Why Firesheep’s Time Has Come | Steve (GRC) Gibson’s Blog:
In case you’ve been somewhere off the grid, and have somehow missed the news, Firesheep is an incredibly easy to use add-on for the Firefox web browser that, when invoked …

From Post Tech – Verizon Wireless pays FCC $25M for years of false data charges:
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it has reached a record $25 million settlement with Verizon Wireless for wrongly charging subscribers “mystery” Internet fees over the …

From ARS: Who “ruled the air” in 1910? (and who rules it now?) « Center for Innovation News Study:
Revolutionary, democratic, unprejudicial—Verizon’s [Rule the Air] campaign comes as Americans debate whether the wireless broadband airwaves really represent any of these wonderful …

From an article on Cnet announcing a mobile security product:
The [product] runs on all mobile operating systems and devices. It includes antivirus, personal firewall, antispam, and remote monitoring and control services. It remotely backs up and restores data and …

From CHART OF THE DAY: If AT&T Is So Bad, Why Is It Beating Verizon Every Quarter?:
If the conventional wisdom is that AT&T wireless blows, why is it beating Verizon Wireless — supposedly the best carrier of them all — …

From Check Point isn’t for sale, says Shwed – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News:
Two months ago, antivirus systems giant McAfee was sold to Intel for $7.7 billion. At the time, a number of analysts suggested that Check Point Software …