The world of 4G mobile internet speed is about to expand. Verizon Wireless will be holding a press conference tomorrow, December 1st, to announce their 4G LTE mobile broadband network. The Verizon 4G network is expected to launch, on day 1, in 38 cities throughout the U (see the list of 38 cities below). According […]
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I’ve had a few people ask me about a release date on the Acer AZ3750-A34D 21.5 inch all in one PC. After doing some more digging around, I was able to find a Japanese website that claims the Acer PC will be released on March 12th. Here’s the site translated into English > http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20101126_409578.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 People […]
Apple has just released their newest update for their iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) called 4.2. The features in the 4.2 update are multitasking, folders and Game Center. Another feature with the newest update is the “Find My Phone” feature that allows you to find your lost iPhone or iPad and even shoot a […]
I’ve written before about Sprint’s 4G network coming to New York City. And we even covered the news when Sprint 4G was being tested in New York City back in August. Well today, the rumors and small snippets of news comes to an end. Sprint has made their official announcement that their 4G network has […]
The Motorola Droid X has been one of the best selling Android smartphones in the US since Android was released. Verizon has dominated the Android smartphone market as a result of the Motorola Droid X and the Droid 2. The Motorola Droid X is now set to be released in Mexico as the Motoroi X […]
The casual coffee shop visitor who whips out his or her laptop to enjoy some free Wi-Fi service has more reason to be concerned these days.
Developer Eric Butler has produced a web browser add-on called Firesheep that makes viewing and using people’s private, sensitive information over wireless networks easy for even complete novices.
Butler reportedly had good intentions in creating this very dangerous tool. Because of its ease of use, Firesheep’s potential for doing damage is huge. Butler explains that “it’s extremely common for websites to protect your password by encrypting the initial login, but surprisingly uncommon for websites to encrypt everything else. This leaves the cookie (and the user) vulnerable.” Because of the widespread exploitation of such security holes, Butler contends that he created Firesheep “to demonstrate just how serious this problem is.”
BoyGeniusReport wrote an article today announcing that the Verizon iPhone will be coming (officially) in January 2011. However, this isn’t anything new – back in June I covered a Bloomberg story and associated video that announced the Verizon iPhone would be coming 1Q 2011. Here is what the Bloomberg report stated back in June: Verizon […]