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The Carrier IQ stuff just proceeds to get freakier. Yesterday it was revealed that the FBI is using the data collected by Carrier IQ for “law enforcement purposes.” Initially people thought it was just about phone carriers wanting detailed marketing info; by now it seems the trail of breadcrumbs leads to something potentially more...
You win some, you lose some, as the saying goes. Well, it seems that these days, Apple’s losing more battles than it’s winning in the great patent war of many fronts. Today the High Court of Australia dismissed Apple’s appeal, an overturning of the company’s initially successful ban on the sale of the Samsung...
The market for i-device docks has tended to favor smaller, more portable solutions for music on the move. But audio specialist Behringer stuck two fingers up to this trend and created an iPod dock the size of a car. The iNuke Boom (see what they did there?) is a four-foot tall, eight-foot long, 700-pound...
The name Speedo is a funny one. On the one hand, it’s the “I just got sand kicked in my face” swimsuit of nerd lore. On the other, Speedo is all about the advanced science of swimming and making athletes faster. The U.S. swim team is now getting an upgrade, courtesy of the brand,...
Almost 15 years ago, “girl power” was a term of female empowerment made popular by the lovey-dovey Spice Girls, who were constantly on MTV. Nowadays, that phrase has faded out on the network, and the MTV girls have a different type of spice: catty and competitive. A new study by the Parents Television Council found...
Click here to follow AskMen Fashion on Twitter.One of the fastest ways to ward off winter dreariness is to take up a cold-weather sport. Snowboarding is a top choice for thrill-seeking guys, and if you take to it, you’ll suddenly find yourself whooping with joy when the forecast says snow. To prepare you for...
People hoping the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was going to be the perfect Android phone will be saddened to find out that Verizon is cockblocking Google Wallet from the device. The awesome NFC (near-field communication) based payment system was presumably stripped from the phone’s app set because it competes with Verizon’s Isis NFC payment system....
Just as we were about to tell the Motorola Droid RAZR to step aside to make (little) room for a new, ultra-skinny Android mobile, we saw the specs and decided not to. Today, Fujitsu announced the Arrows ES IS12F, a cryptically named phone that is only 6.7-mm thick, 4-mm thinner than Motorola’s wafer-thin offering.The...
Well, the Carrier IQ cellphone-tracking fallout continues with the latest bomb being dropped that AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile have all been using the software to play Peeping Tom on their users. After Senator Al Franken went buck wild on Carrier IQ and the recent spate of lawsuits aimed at handset makers using the software,...
Click here to see the $30 for 3 months of GameFly deal! November is already kicking ass and taking names. But don’t let your mood plummet alongside your core temperature. The early winter chills, coupled with a 5:00 p.m. sunset, are the perfect excuse to stay indoors and play. How It Works This week,...