Features Dear iPhone Users: Your Apps are Spying on You Recently, Palm came under fire when programmer Joey Hess discovered the Pre's smartphone OS was sending users' GPS locations back to Palm on a daily basis. Although this information was disclosed in the company's privacy policy, the majority of the phone's owners were unaware. The incident raised questions about consumer privacy and the extent to… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Internet of Things Kovio & The Search for Low Cost RFID Tags In our analysis of the RFID market, we noted that the cost of RFID tags was a major reason why the technology hasn't taken off as many had predicted. However various experiments are underway to produce a low-cost RFID chip. We mentioned MIT's bokodes in our analysis; others include Alien Technology, PolyIC, and ChronoTrack Systems' D-Tag. Kovio… Richard MacManus View comments
Startups Words of Wisdom from the First Wave In the heady days of the mid-nineties, Mark Jeffrey was cooking with gas. He made the pages of Entertainment and Variety with a dotcom startup and lived through the excesses and financial irresponsibilities typical of that period. Yet, unlike so many with whom he shared the global stage in those days, he lived to tell the tale and fight the… Jolie O'Dell View comments
News Wikipedia Passes the 3 Million Article Mark Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, got its three millionth article in English tonight. The family of sites as a whole has more than 13 million articles in more than 260 languages, not counting discussion pages and other errata. Wikipedia's millionth article was about a train station and the two millionth was on a Spanish TV… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments
Music You're the Backup: Pirate Bay Archive Available for Download The Pirate Bay is like a gigantic inch worm. If you cut it down, it's various pieces rise up and keep growing. As The Pirate Bay prepares to be passed on to Global Gaming X AB, the service is offering the ultimate legacy gift to users. It looks as if an anonymous user uploaded the entire site's archive in order to ensure that multiple backups exist… Play Dana Oshiro View comments