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Rupert Murdoch Tabloid’s Celebrity Phone Hack History Uncovered

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000

In 2006, a U.K. investigation revealed that employees at Rupert Murdoch's 'News of the World' tabloid had successfully hacked into the cell phones of three aides to the royal family. A few months later, Scotland Yard discovered that reporter Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire had also gained access to the cell phones and voicemails of several celebrities, government officials and professional athletes -- all in the hopes of snagging a juicy headline for their gossip section. Only now, however, are all the gory details of the operation finally coming to the surface

Windows Phone 7 remote lock and wipe, find my phone features pictured

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Windows Mobile , Microsoft It was pretty clear from the get-go that Windows Phone 7 would integrate tightly with Microsoft's Live services, and today we've got another glimpse at one way that integration will work. WMPoweruser has shared an image captured from what appears to be a Samsung employee's Windows Live account.

Week in Microsoft: here mousey mousey, best fake malware ever

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Microsoft unveils shape-shifting Arc Touch Mouse : Microsoft has officially announced the $70 the Arc Touch Mouse. The device is available for presale now, starts shipping in December, and officially goes on sale in January. New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page : There's a clever new piece of malware that goes to extreme lengths to pass itself off as genuine software

Weekly Wrap-up: New CEO For Digg, Sue Me Paul Allen, Apple’s Fall Event, And More…

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

For the second week in a row, Digg topped our most-read-stories list. Also this week we launched a brand new channel - ReadWriteHack - and continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: We learned how to use the Internet of Things to hack Nike+ to do automatic Foursquare check-ins; augmented reality helped tennis fans "see through walls"; and Google Docs got real-time collaborative highlighting.

How to Fix iTunes 10’s Vertical Close/Minimize/Maximize Buttons

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

If you're scratching your head over the new vertical orientation of iTunes 10's close/minimize/maximize 'traffic light' buttons -- which diverts from years of Apple design history -- there's a quick fix on the Mac (sorry, Windows users). Boot up the Terminal app (in your Applications folder), and paste in the following single line: defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1 and press Return. Restart iTunes and you'll see glorious horizontal buttons again.

LG’s 31-inch OLED TV set to rein the slim TVs arena

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:17:55 +0000

LG’s 31-inch 3D OLED TV might help establishing the OLED TVs in the mainstream. It’s for the first time that an OLED has gotten so much slim that now it could strongly contend against the already ultra-slim LCD TVs. The 2.9 cm thick TV with 31-inch 3D OLED display has been billed as the world’s slimmest OLED TV yet. Featuring 3D viewing glasses, full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) and “infinite contrast ratio” it’s all set to give you the ultimate, never-seen-before viewing experience

Top 5 Experimental Web Based File Sharing Services

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:24:10 +0000

Share A lot of file sharing services end their services on the Internet after operating for a while. This can usually be attributed to a disparity between server and bandwidth bills and revenue.

Fantastic graphics mark Speck’s Artsprojekt iPhone 4 cases

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:44:17 +0000

I always look forward to Speck cases for the artful and uber-stylish options. This time they unleashed their Artsprojekt line , which sports style just too good for words. Designed for iPhone 4, the cases look ultra-dynamic and vivacious with fabulous graphics like Nikolai Larin’s “Night City,” Smirap Designs’ “A Tribute to Music”, Mimi Yoon’s “Stone” and “Fatigue” by McBess

Lanyrd – Plancast Meets Upcoming For Conferences

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:04:38 +0000

Look out Plancast and Upcoming, here comes Lanyrd . Ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but if it's possible to have a SXSW "tipping point" at an event then Lanyrd just had it at dConstruct , a popular design and developer conference in the UK.

Droid 2 donning R2-D2 simply rocks

TechGeek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:51:56 +0000

The just released Droid 2 is arriving in quite a style. The special edition Droid 2 has been unlocked at the Verizon’s advertorial web site and showed up with a cool R2-D2 style dock. It’s a Star Wars-themed edition with a spaceship-style dock gracing the Droid 2 sitting atop in a rocking style. It also sports the Star Wars logo to directly hit the sci-fi enthusiasts.