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Sony PlayStation 3: Hacker’s Best Friend
You can use the powerful processors in PS3 to cracking passwords, other than gaming, claims a New Zealand-based security researcher Nick Breese.
Breese who has been working on the project ‘Crackstation‘, for the past six months, used the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console for his break-through research.
Breese claims to have used PS3 console to crack passwords [...]
$100 Laptop Goes Into Production
Mass production of the so-called $100 laptop has begun, five years after the concept was first proposed.
The laptop, which was originally promoted as a $100 computer that would change education in the developing world, now costs around $188.
Google’s Open Source Mobile OS
Amid speculations and rumors about gPhone and its features spreading, there was a surprising announcement came from Google. Google joined with other leading handset manufacturers to form Open Handset Alliance and announced Android: the open source mobile operating system.
Water-Powered Cell Phones By 2010
According to Digital Chosunibo’s report, by 2010, your mobile might be powered by water.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced Thursday that it has developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on H20.
“When the handset is turned on, metal and water in the phone react to produce hydrogen gas,” explained Oh Yong-soo, vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ [...]
Ovi: The Door To Nokia Internet Services
Nokia introduced Ovi, the company’s new Internet services brand name along with four new handsets. With the introduction of Ovi, Nokia is expanding from a focus on mobile devices to offering a range of Internet services.
Ovi, meaning ‘door’ in Finnish, enables consumers to easily access their existing social network, communities and content, as well as [...]
Software Freedom Day 2007
This year’s Software Freedom Day will be celebrated on 15th of September 2007. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of the free/open-source software with hundreds of teams from all around the world running local events to help their communities understand Software Freedom.
YouTube Mobile: Launched
Here is a happy news for YouTube fans, now your favourite video site is now available anywhere.
YouTube quietly launched a new mobile portal m.youtube.com over the weekend. This move means the end of an exclusive mobile content partnership between parent firm Google and Verizon Wireless.
Apple: Safari Is Now Available To Windows Users Also
On Monday, Apple Inc. launched beta version of Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs, competing against the two popular browsers Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. Safari is available on only Mac until now.
Like the other web browsers Safari for Windows free of cost. It can be downloaded from here.
Google New Patent Indicates An Extensive Mobile Portal
A recent patent app filed by Google indicates plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices. Not a surprise though.
The services are like Search for a restaurant via portal, and then dial from one click, get a map, or use Google GPS for direction. Keywords, maps, GPS coordinates, use same results in a different location [...]
Nokia Introduces S60 Widgets Through Web Run-Time
Nokia announced that it will include widget support in S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, which means that users will be able to further personalize their mobile Internet experience and customize which content appears on their handsets, such as live weather updates.
This opens up exciting possibilities for Web developers to create innovative applications and services [...]
Mobile Version of Digg DiggRiver is Updated
If you are one of those regular visitors to Digg and missing Digg on the move, here is a reason to cheer. The mobile version of Digg which is called Diggriver has been updated.
Dell to Expand Linux Factory Installed Options
Dell, the second largest computer maker in the world announced recently that it had chosen to offer Linux in response to customer demand. Dell conducted a survey and 100,000 people took part in a Dell survey.
The results were posted on Dell Ideas In Action:
Nokia Announces Two Mobile Ad Services
Nokia recently announced two new mobile advertising services, Nokia Ad Service: a fully-managed platform for advertisers and Nokia Advertising Connector: a private-label solution for third party publishers.
The Nokia Ad Service is designed to support and manage the complete ad campaign lifecycle, including planning, deploying and reporting. According to Nokia, the service targets advertisers launching [...]
Virgin Mobile offers customers free texting
Virgin Mobile has launched a “Summer of free texts” promotional campaign in the U.K., where the MVNO plans to give away 20 billion text messages to its customers through September.
New and existing subscribers can send up to 1,000 free SMS per month as long as they’re to other Virgin subscribers. A print and outdoor campaign [...]
PayPal for mobile in beta
eBay’s online payment service PayPal launched a mobile payment service that includes person-to-person money transfers and “Text To Buy,” which allows users to order products through SMS that they see advertised “on a poster, in a magazine, at an event.” PayPal’s mobile debut has long been expected, but the Text To Buy feature was a [...]
Skype and 3 launch 3G data card
Skype and 3 launched 3G data card, which enables subscribers to make cheaper VoIP calls. Currently the card is priced at £ 39.99 and is bundled with the special starter pack provided by Skype which includes Skype software, a Skype headset and a Skype starter voucher.
Users hoping to get the card at the cheapest [...]
What to expect from 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona
The much awaited and biggest of its kind, 3GSM World Congress 2006 has kicked off today. 3GSM 2006 is being held in
Barcelona this year and is being attended by every major wireless, mobile, telecom related companies.
So, what to expect from this big event? There are plenty of new and interesting technologies, exciting services and hottest [...]
W3C announces Mobile Web Best Practices
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently announced ‘Mobile Web Best Practices’ through Mobile Web Initiative. This document specifies best practices for Web content when accessed from mobile devices, with a primary goal is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from mobile devices.
According to W3C, “Mobile Web Best Practices [...]
