Author Archives: Hal

Identity Theft: Tips to Reduce Your Risk

Identity theft is quickly becoming the number one concern for Americans, topping life-threatening terrorist attacks and deadly fast foods.  With the number of software and hardware security exploits rising at an almost exponential rate, more and more people are becoming … Continue reading

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Is technology making our kids stupid?

I have heard many people complain that technology is dumbing down our society.  Calculators make us bad at math, microwave ovens make us bad cooks, digital clocks make us forget how to use sundials… you get the gist. The question … Continue reading

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iPhone 4 unlock now available; Apple investigates

No sooner has an unlock for the iPhone 4 been released by Dev-Team called ultrasn0w than Apple has announced that it is looking into the security flaw that allows this unlock to work. The unlock is a simple executable that … Continue reading

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Library of Congress allows you to root your phone legally with new DMCA exception

I really wasn’t expecting to be reporting on this anytime soon, but it looks like the Library of Congress has added DMCA exceptions for anti-circumvention for personal phones.  What this means is that you are no longer breaking the law … Continue reading

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World’s Easiest to Lose Cellphone: Modu

I’m confused.  In the technology world, is smaller still better, or is bigger better now?  I suppose “better” is a very subjective measurement… is small cooler or is larger cooler?  I think if every electronic device was the size of … Continue reading

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FCC Chairman Genachowski under fire for unambitious National Broadband Plan

While I find a National Broadband Plan to be a reasonable and positive national priority, I’m a little concerned about it’s weak modest goals.  The aim is to have 4Mbps Internet service in every home (including the often daunting last … Continue reading

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Hand-held “Lightsaber” Blue Laser: So Good Yet So Very Bad

If you polled every 8 year old Star Wars fan about what they wanted for Christmas, a light saber would easily top the list.  Not some cheap plastic light saber that lights up.  No… a real one that can cut … Continue reading

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Teflon Mouse Pad: Gamers and Chefs Rejoice!

Just in time for the Fourth of July, Rude Gameware is announcing a mousing surface you could grill on — not that you’d want to. The Fierce Teflon & Steel Mouse has a durable steel core mounted on a non-slip rubberized base, coated with Teflon. Te… Continue reading

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Apple Now Hiring iPhone Antenna Engineers

It wasn’t long after the first iPhone 4 models started shipping that we began to see hardware complaints by the boatload. And nearly all of them were rooted in the same problem: reception. More specifically, when the phone is held, the presence of the human hand at certain points has the tendency to knock out a few bars. Continue reading

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Good Tech Bad Tech

Technology meets reality.  The result isn’t always pretty, but every once in awhile something new simply works well and in a way that becomes a positive addition to our lives. Of course it’s always fun to slow down by the … Continue reading

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