Daily Archives: April 12, 2012

California senate bill would need warrant for GPS info

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A new bill introduced in California would restrict government tracking of cellphones without a warrant, the LA Times reported. State Senator Mark Leno introduced SB 1434 as a proposed amendment to the Penal Code. Leno believes that the state government’s laws aren’t reflecting the newly available technology and access to the sensitive location information isn’t adequately supervised…. Continue reading →

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Remains of the Day: Inside job

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Marketplace goes into a Foxconn factory, a judge lets Apple tag into the Lodsys case, and I hope you have some 5.25-inch floppy disk to put into this Mac prototype. Continue reading →

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AT&T: early Nokia Lumia 900 sales ‘exceeded expectations’

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AT&T showed early clues that the Nokia Lumia 900 may be selling well enough to be positive for the company. Retail president Paul Roth in remarks late Wednesday asserted to the Wall Street Journal that sales had ‘exceeded expectations.’ At least some stores had sold out, most often of the more distinctive cyan model, by Tuesday night…. Continue reading →

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Court allows Apple to defend developers in Lodsys suit

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Courts have finally allowed Apple to involve itself in an ongoing lawsuit filed by Lodsys against a number of app developers. Apple in June filed a motion to intervene, however the request was met by opposition from Lodsys and further stalled as the case was swapped to Judge Rodney Gilstrap…. Continue reading →

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Metakine debuts Hands Off! 2.0, adds wildcard support

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While almost all legitimate Mac applications make at least occasional connections to outside web servers for perfectly legitimate reasons (validating registrations, checking for updates and so on), some programs “phone home” for other reasons, often without the user’s active knowledge. Metakine has updated its own outgoing-connection monitor program, Hands Off! to version 2, adding support for wildcard options along with small general improvements…. Continue reading →

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Google: we’re ‘quite focused’ on lower-end Android tablets

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Google chief Larry Page hinted at a shift in his company’s Android tablet strategy during his company’s quarterly results call on Thursday. When asked about what Google would do to improve Android’s poor showing on tablets, he believed that most success would come at the lower end of the market. Google was “quite focused” on the category, he said, without saying what that meant…. Continue reading →

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Review: Sleek HP Photosmart 6510 printer ideal for home

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With its touchscreen LCD and sleek styling, this MFP looks good and delivers nice output for light-volume home or student users. Continue reading →

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AT&T faces class action suit for not stopping stolen phones

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AT&T faces a class action lawsuit with accusations that the network helps cellphone thieves by reactivating stolen phones and telling customers that the calls to and from the handsets cannot be blocked. This comes after an agreement by the FCC and major carriers to form a stolen phone database in an attempt to prevent this happening in future…. Continue reading →

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Apple granted motion to intervene in Lodsys patent dispute

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Ten months after filing for the motion, Apple has finally been granted the power to intervene on behalf of numerous iOS developers that have been hit with a slew of patent suits by Lodsys. Continue reading →

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Barnes & Noble unveils Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight

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New model will be the only E Ink e-reader for sale with an LED-based light built-in. Continue reading →

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