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        Mobile: 12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At Airports 2008-07-03 18:02

      Posted by timothy on Thursday July 03, @06:02PM
      from the dignity-lost-even-more-often dept.
      kthejoker writes "Apparently companies are even worse about losing our data than we suspected. From the article:'According to a study of 106 major U.S. airports and 800 business travelers published by the Ponemon Institute and Dell Computer, about 12,000 laptops are lost in airports each week. Only 30 percent of travelers ever recover the lost devices. Nearly half of the travelers say their laptops contain customer data or confidential business information.' Kinda scary ..."
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       [+] story, mobile, portables, hardware, security, transportation, usa

        Mobile: Using AI With GCC to Speed Up Mobile Design 2008-07-02 13:46

      Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday July 02, @01:46PM
      from the leave-it-to-the-machines dept.
      Atlasite writes "The WSJ is reporting on a EU project called Milepost aimed at integrating AI inside GCC. The team partners, which include include IBM, the University of Edinburgh and the French research institute, INRIA, announced their preliminary results at the recent GCC Summit, being able to increase the performance of GCC by 10% in just one month's work. GCC Summit paper is provided [PDF]."
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       [+] story, mobile, programming, software, skynet, gnu, singularity

        Mobile: OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? 2008-07-02 09:36

      Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 02, @09:36AM
      from the stop-texting-me-dammit dept.
      theodp writes "If you thought gas prices were rising too quickly, writes CNET's Marguerite Reardon, check out what's been happening to text messaging. Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major carrier networks have doubled from 10 cents to 20 cents per message. If the same pricing was applied on a per-byte basis to a single MP3 song download, it would set you back almost $24,000 according to one estimate. So why are carriers gouging their customers so? Because they can, concludes Reardon."
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       [+] story, mobile, cellphones, omgponies, !news, greed, duh

        Mobile: Geomicroblogging, Buzzword or Reality? 2008-07-01 15:36

      Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 01, @03:36PM
      from the or-maybe-a-little-of-both dept.
      An anonymous reader writes "The iPhone 3G and Android devices are coming this year, opening the mobile world for rich applications, while sites like Fire Eagle and byNotes are ready to move your blogging habits into the geospatial world. Are we going to watch the next boom when those devices and geospatially enabled sites get combined? Sure, the posibilities this would open are endless, but are users going to embrace these services?" I don't see how it can't change the world ... it has 'Micro' and 'Blog' in the name, and I'll always know where I was when I twittered to tell everyone I was in the john.
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       [+] story, mobile, handheld, internet, buzzword, twinkle, timetodisconnect

        Mobile: iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFi/VoIP Switching 2008-06-30 03:50

      Posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @03:50AM
      from the voices-in-the-ether dept.
      alias420 writes "You can save on long distance and air time with the new 3G iPhone. iPhone Hacks has the scoop on an upcoming iPhone 2.0 App named 'iCall', that will let you switch between VoIP and normal GSM calls anywhere in North America. You can check out their recently released video proof of call switching in action . This software requires no hacks and will be completely official. Here is a little quote from the developer: 'We are part of the Apple iPhone developer program. This is not an application for you naughty jail breakers ;-)'"
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       [+] story, mobile, cellphones, apple, communications, handheld, voip
      Submitted by itsybitsy on Monday June 30, @01:23AM
      itsybitsy writes ""To our great disappointment, Rogers Communications Inc. [in Canada] has announced VERY unfair rates in comparison to AT&T in the United States and to other authorized wireless service providers around the world. As a result, a consumer movement was born yesterday (June 27th) in protest against these rates."
      Rogers Ruined iPhone in Canada

      From the time I signed the online petition at 3pm on Sunday till the time I posted this six hours later over 2400 people had also signed the petition!

      "Everyone would like to say "NO THANKS" to Rogers/Fido for screwing our iPhone Canadian dream with poor data/voice plans. If you consider these plans not suitable, please sign this petition. On July 11th 2008, we will send a printed copy of all these messages to Rogers HQ to demonstrate our indignation toward them. We would like to say "Thank You, You" for signing this petition and helping the iPhone cause in Canada."

      "More than 100,000 unique visitors in 48 hours!"
      Ruined iPhone Blog

      If you live in Canada please sign the petition if you fell Rogers is being too aggressive in their prices and plan limits."
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       [+] submission, mobile, cellphones

        Mobile: Cell Phones Tracking Nightlife Activity 2008-06-29 15:20

      Posted by timothy on Sunday June 29, @03:20PM
      from the ignores-all-cb-radio-based-night-life dept.
      Roland Piquepaille writes "A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies. It is also distributing a free version of this software, named Citysense, which shows on your cell phone where the wild things are happening in your own town. Citysense 'uses advanced machine learning techniques to number crunch vast amounts of data emanating from thousands of cell-phones, GPS-equipped cabs and other data devices to paint live pictures of where people are gathering.' Citysense is available today in San Francisco, before being soon deployed in Chicago and five other U.S. cities."
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       [+] story, mobile, communications, wireless, entertainment, privacy, bigbrother

        Mobile: Dark Alex Releases 4.01 M33 Firmware For PSP 2008-06-29 13:24

      Posted by timothy on Sunday June 29, @01:24PM
      from the your-boy-zoolander's-on-the-move dept.
      Croakyvoice writes "Dark Alex, the PSP hacker from Spain, and his Team M33 have released a new version of the custom firmware for the PSP, which now supports the very latest official firmware from Sony. Benefits for the end user include the ability to play the many hundreds of games, demos, applications and emulators written by the homebrew community for the PSP."
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       [+] story, mobile, handheld, portablegames, sony

        Mobile: Netgear Launches Open Source-Friendly Wireless Router 2008-06-28 20:10

      Posted by timothy on Saturday June 28, @08:10PM
      from the market-linksys-chose-to-mostly-ignore dept.
      An anonymous reader submits news of Netgear's release of the "open source Wireless-G Router (model WGR614L), enabling Linux developers and enthusiasts to create firmware for specialized applications, and supported by a dedicated open source community. The router supports the most popular open source firmware; Tomato and DD-WRT are available on WGR614L, making it easier for users to develop a wide variety of applications. The router is targeted at people who want custom firmware on their router without worrying about issues, and enjoy the benefits of having an open source wireless router."
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       [+] story, mobile, wireless, hardhack, communications, hardware, bigwhoop

        Mobile: What Happened To Palm? 2008-06-28 15:43

      Posted by timothy on Saturday June 28, @03:43PM
      from the tides-of-fortune dept.
      Ian Lamont writes "Palm's fourth quarter results came out a few days ago, and they were not pretty: Palm reported losses of 40 cents per share, for a quarterly loss of $43.4 million. It's the fourth straight quarter of losses, and it's clear that the company is not faring well in the rapidly evolving smartphone market. The Treo line is lagging after seven years, and while the Centro has done well, it's not well enough to compete with the likes of the iPhone 3G and RIM's surging BlackBerry line. New competition is on the horizon, with developers and manufacturers working on the Google Android platform and the recent news that Symbian is being open-sourced. What happened to Palm? What can the company do to effectively compete in the mobile market, and turn its fortunes around?"
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       [+] story, mobile, communications, handheld, portables, palm, makeitcoolagain

        Mobile: Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel 2008-06-28 10:44

      Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 28, @10:44AM
      from the move-over-cb-radio dept.
      theodp writes "TIME interviews 21-year-old Taylor Leming, creator of the 600-member Facebook group I Text Message People While Driving and I Haven't Crashed Yet! While Alaska and Louisiana just became the latest states to pass laws banning text-messaging behind the wheel, Virginia resident Leming is still happily texting away while driving despite some near-accidents. 'Sometimes it just seems easier to text 'Be there in 5' instead of calling,' explains Taylor."
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       [+] story, mobile, cellphones, idiots, transportation, timewillwin, darwin

        Virgin Mobile acquires Helio[->] 2008-06-27 14:55 Dan Posluns

      Submitted by Dan Posluns on Friday June 27, @02:55PM
      Dan Posluns writes "Virgin Mobile USA has announced that they are acquiring Sky Dayton's notion of a trend-bucking, surfer-philosophy wireless carrier company ("don't call it a phone").

      As an unimpressed and frequently frustrated Ocean user, I was already teetering on the verge of breaking my contract with Helio to get a new iPhone next month. Knowing that my carrier just got acquired by corporate scumbag Richard Branson just cemented the deal for me. I wonder if others are liable to jump ship at this news?"
      http://www.helio.com/page?p=virgin&
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