US telecoms giant AT&T has said it will not pursue its $39bn bid to buy T-Mobile USA after running into fierce government objections. AT&T said the actions of the government to block the deal do not change the problems faced by the mobile phone industry. It says it still requires more... Read more...
Wikileaks has released dozens of new documents highlighting the state of the once covert, but now lucrative private sector global surveillance industry. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange unveiled today the latest batch of released files from the whistleblowing organisation. Speaking to a number ... Read more...
Carrier IQ provides software for carriers to track issues on your phone to help make the service you pay for better. So why in the world are so many people spun up about the software? The major news of the week is obviously the Carrier IQ controversy (see ZDNet related links below for lots of cover... Read more...
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09/12/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in apple,
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News,
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Technology,
World News
Isn’t it wonderful? It turns out that a spyware rootkit from a company called Carrier IQ is on hundreds of millions of Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. Only Windows Phone-powered smartphones seems to have avoiding this program that reports on almosteverything you do with your phone. ... Read more...
We’ve heard time and again how time-consuming Facebook can be. Nevertheless, I always find the statistics mind-blowing: Americans spent a total of 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May 2011, according to the latest data from Nielsen. How does this compare to other websites? Well, American... Read more...
The Associated Press this morning reports an exclusive, explaining how the White House can receive real-time updates on a situation on the ground, leading up to a revolution, predicting crime and disorder, or the ‘mood in the air’ shortly after the death of Osama bin Laden. The U.S. Centr... Read more...
Charlie Miller is a well-known Apple hacker who happened across a surprising iOS security flaw, reports CNN. If a malicious developer were to exploit the flaw, he'd gain total control of the compromised phone. It would be effortless to steal a user's contacts and photos or to send te... Read more...
Like most gentlemanly pursuits with their origins in a past era, fine dining has its own set of conventions some men have never entirely managed to adopt. Dining etiquette extends to more than just which fork goes where – sitting at a table and sharing a meal is a social, personal experience, an... Read more...
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31/10/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health,
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The "I Told You So" Files,
The Powder Room
Most women are naturally bi-curious when it comes to sex, a new report has discovered. And what's more, it becomes more pronounced the older they get. In a study carried out by Boise State University found that out of a group of 484 heterosexual women, 60 per cent were sexually attracted to o... Read more...