Archive for: August 2, 2009

(Credit: Amazon.de) Take this for what you will, but a mysterious listing for a ” Playstation 3 Konsole slim ” has turned up on Amazon Germany. There’s basically no info to go along with the listing except for an Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN). The picture that was added was …

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Possible PS3 Slim listing on Amazon Germany?

Hello August! To kick off the mid year, I’m giving away one copy of RingtoneStudio 2 , an app I featured a couple of days ago . The application has a total retail value of RULES This contest runs from today, August 1 2009 till midnight of August 5 2009. All you need to do to enter the raffle is leave a comment answering the question “What’s the current ringtone on your phone?” You can enter the contest more than once, but you’d need to provide a different answer (and I guess a different ringtone that’s on your phone — go figure) for every entry that you make. Each answer entitles you to one raffle entry. I’ll be choosing the winner using Luck of the Draw, a randomizing ballot application which I have always used for drawing contest winners. I’d like to thank Tim from Pocketmac for continuously supporting contests that I hold in this blog. Pocketmac makes great apps for the mobile phone — and more — so stay tuned for more of these giveaways! [image c/o contest sponsors ] Post from: Cellphone9

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Contest: Giving away RingtoneStudio2

By Andrew Liszewski A new iPhone based payment system known as ‘Square’ is currently being alpha tested at the Self Edge store which recently opened in New York City. The payment system uses a custom app as well as a small credit card reader that fits in the headphone jack of an iPhone or iPod Touch. The card’s swipe data is transferred to the app where the payment is processed, complete with a digital signature confirmation. Besides keeping the whole process paperless thanks to email-friendly digital receipts, the Square system even allows someone like a hot dog vendor on the street to process credit card payments as long as they have a wireless data connection. [ Cool Hunting - Square iPhone Payment System ]

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Square iPhone-Based Payment System Features A Tiny Credit Card Reader

Microsoft has unveiled prices for its forthcoming Windows 7 Family Pack and Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade (WAU) offerings. WAU will allow users to upgrade initial copies of Windows 7 to a higher edition by purchasing an upgrade license in retail stores or over the Web. Windows 7 Family Pack will enable users to upgrade as many as three PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium at a significantly reduced price. “In the U.S., the price for the Windows 7 Family Pack will be $149.99 for three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses,” Brandon LeBlanc wrote on The Windows Blog. “That’s a savings of more than $200 for three licenses.” For Evolving Needs Beyond providing a significant discount from what it would cost to buy three individual licenses, Windows 7 Family Pack delivers extra features that will make it easier to share personal files among family members. “When you run Windows 7 on more than one PC on a home network, you can do more with features like HomeGroup, which allows people to connect to PCs on their network and share files, music and photos with the whole family,” LeBlanc wrote. Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade provides users with an easy way to upgrade at any time to a higher edition of Windows 7 when computing needs evolve over time. For example, some netbook users may realize they need a wider range of software capabilities, LeBlanc noted. If the netbook is running Windows 7 Starter — or Windows 7 Home Basic in select markets — WAU makes it easy to upgrade to the next level of OS performance, LeBlanc wrote. “Moving to Windows 7 Home Premium ($79.99) will allow that customer to take advantage of features such as Aero Peek and other enhanced functionality in the Windows Taskbar in Windows 7 such as Taskbar ...

Samsung’s new e-book reader, the SNE-50K (Credit: Samsung Electronics ) This week has been a hot one here in Seattle and a fun one at Crave. We’ve covered Blu-ray players that cost more than laptops as well as cheap laptops with Blu-ray players included . We don’t have any …

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What we Craved this week: Blu-ray, e-book news, ancient video games

Apple iPhone owners having trouble with SMS messages and other security breaches can now get some relief from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company in the form of an update. A hole in Apple iPhone security can now be fixed with the iPhone OS 3.0.1 update released Friday and only available through the latest version of iTunes. Apple recommends iPhone owners apply the update immediately. The security hole, first discovered by Charlie Miller, a principal security analyst with Independent Security Evaluators, enabled a hacker to run software code on the iPhone that is sent via an SMS. The code can turn on the microphone of the iPhone, allowing the hacker to listen in on conversations, or force the iPhone to become part of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. This method does not use the wireless carrier, so it is free and invisible to the carrier. The security hacker and Collin Mulliner of Fraunhofer SIT wrote the software to exploit the security weakness, targeting iPhones on AT&T’s network and on four different networks in Germany. Apple Aware The duo notified Apple of the security flaw earlier this month, but Apple didn’t make a patch available before Miller and Mulliner demonstrated the possibility of an attack in greater detail on Thursday at Black Hat, a security conference in Las Vegas. On Friday, Apple gave credit to Miller and Mulliner for reporting the issue; Apple released this message in an e-mail with information about its update: “A memory corruption issue exists in the decoding of SMS messages. Receiving a maliciously crafted SMS message may lead to an unexpected service interruption or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved error handling. Credit to Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators and Collin Mulliner of Fraunhofer SIT for reporting this issue.” Security analysts say it’s unclear ...

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