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Apple ‘iTablet’ Video Keeps Rumors Alive

Adrian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:10:44 PST

Apple-watchers have seen a steady stream of reports and speculation that the iPhone maker has a tablet computer in the works. Apple (NASDAQ: APPL), as is its standard practice, isn’t saying anything about future product plans, but bloggers at the French Web site Nowhereelse have stirred the pot by posting a short video of what [...]

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iPhone OS 4.0 evidence shows up online

Adrian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:07:09 PST

Rumors are starting to circulate about the next revision of the iPhone; everything from front facing cameras for video chat to larger capacities have been rumored. While we don’t know the hardware changes, evidence has surfaced that iPhone OS 4.0 is now being tested. BGR has found evidence of the OS being tested in their server [...]

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Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.glGoogle gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl

Adrian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:01:12 PST

Google ventured into new territory on Monday with the launch of a new URL-shortening service it’s calling Goo.gl. Unlike some existing and high-profile shorteners such as TinyURL and Bit.ly, Goo.gl is not a general-purpose link shrinker that users can access by going to a standalone site. Instead, it’s been built into Google products, beginning with Google’s [...]

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Person of the Year

Adrian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:58:17 PST

Time is running some lame poll asking people to vote for “Person of the Year.” It’s me versus Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs chairman Ben Bernanke, former child actor Stanley McChrystal, and basketball great Usain Bolt. Oh, and “the Chinese worker,” which is ridiculous. Anyway, go here. Vote early, vote often. Source: fakesteve

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iPhone users are delusional, consultants say

Adrian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:09:45 PST

Many people I know are frightfully attached to their iPhones. They treat them as if they were a peculiar and exotic lover, one they can hardly believe they have managed to seduce. The finely calibrated minds at Strand Consult have taken this analysis to a particularly simple conclusion: iPhone users are, the consultants say, really quite [...]

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Inside coming MacBooks: Oh, the possibilities

Adrian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:08:19 PST

Intel is about to roll out some pretty impressive mobile processors, finally bringing its “Nehalem” Core i architecture to the mainstream mobile space. So, what can we expect from Apple? First, a little recent history. Apple, so far, has elected not to use the Core i7 quad-core mobile processors announced back in September in its MacBook [...]

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Mozilla Endorses Bing Over Google Privacy Issues

Adrian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:06:23 PST

A Mozilla official last week pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft’s Bing search engine to the list of the browser’s search engines after Google’s CEO downplayed consumers’ privacy concerns. Citing a clip from a CNBC broadcast last Friday, during which Google chief executive Eric Schmidt discussed online privacy, Asa Dotzler, Mozilla’s director...

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Apple’s universal iPhone, iPod dock concept detailed in filing

Adrian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:38:54 PST

Apple may be developing a universal dock which can conform to the shape of the object being charged, thus eliminating the need for separate chargers and adaptors when switching between products. A universal dock for the iPod/iPhone was revealed in a patent application published Thursday. The dock’s main feature is its ability to change forms to [...]

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Unu hits Kaspersky a second time with SQL injection

Adrian — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:36:42 PST

Unu, who has gained a good deal of attention lately, is known for his vulnerability disclosures that center on SQL Injection. In his latest adventures, he returns to a vendor he has targeted in the past, security software specialist Kaspersky. In February, Unu went public on HackersBlog and disclosed the SQL Injection flaws he had discovered [...]

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SELinux and PostgreSQL: a worthwhile union

Adrian — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:06:20 PST

When your editor was in Tokyo recently, he had the privilege to talk with KaiGai Kohei at some length about the SE-PgSQL patch set. This work, developed by KaiGai for the last two years or so, integrates SELinux with the PostgreSQL database manager, enabling fine-grained control over access to data stored within a database. The [...]

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