Archive for August, 2008

Sarah Palin Wikipedia edits–fast and furious (CNET)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

CNET - Sarah Palin’s life has been abuzz since she was officially selected as John McCain’s running mate on Friday. Her Wikipedia page has, likewise, been awash with activity.

Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels (AP)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Idaho Rancher Paul Nettleton takes his Iridium Satellite phone from its protective case Tuesday, August 26, 2008 near his ranch in Silver City, Idaho. Nettleton was one of seven rural Owyhee County cattlemen to receive a satellite phone from the Bureau of Land Management in order to help alert land managers of wildfires in rural portions of the state. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage.

German customs raid Hyundai at Berlin tech fair (Reuters)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Reuters - German customs police raided South
Korea’s Hyundai IT Corp (048410.KQ) in Berlin on Saturday,
seizing flat-screen televisions from its stand at IFA, the
world’s largest consumer electronics fair.

Adobe gets an e-earful, and listens (CNET)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

CNET - A lot of people use Adobe Systems software, and apparently a lot of them feel the need to vent.

Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav (AP)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

55 a.m. EDT Saturday Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami called the storm 'dangerous' and said it had reached the status of a major hurricane, the second one of this Atlantic season after Bertha in July. 5 a.m. EDT Saturday, Gustav's eye had left the Caymans behind and was about 255 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It was moving northwest near 12 mph. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - The hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country’s wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.

New video game depicts Venezuela mercenary attack (Reuters)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Reuters - A video game depicting mercenaries
storming Venezuela, which has been criticized in the oil-rich
South American country as a blueprint for an invasion, will be
released by a U.S. company this weekend.

Audio slideshow: Video game orchestra (CNET)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

CNET - With video game software now a $10 billion industry, video games are becoming central to entertainment culture, not to mention television and movies.

Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom (CNET)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

CNET - Intel Corp. has acquired Opened Hand, a London-based company which specializes in mobile Linux development and services.

Soft economy speeds newspaper decline, job cuts (AP)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

AP - The newspaper industry’s downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and forces more rounds of job cuts and other trims.

CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones (CNET)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

CNET - This guest post is from Marc Weber Tobias, an attorney and physical security specialist.