Just this past Saturday, it officially became illegal for anyone to unlock a smartphone without the carriers’ consent. Obviously, this fired up a lot of people, who argue that if they buy an unsubsidized phone without a contract, they should be able to do what they want with it. And now, it looks like there’s … Continue Reading
(SA_Steve) A few weeks after a 15-year-old started an online petition to tell Gatorade to get rid of brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient linked to flame retardants, its parent company PepsiCo says it’s pulling the controversial ingredient from the sports drink. But not because of that petition, says the company. Nope, because of everyone else … Continue Reading
(Consumerist) For years, you have been able to just unlock your cellphones and take them from your old carrier to one with a compatible network. But starting this weekend, anyone who unlocks a new phone without getting the permission of their current wireless carrier will be violating the law. In 2006 (and reaffirmed in 2010), … Continue Reading
North Korea says it is proceeding with plans for a third nuclear test, two days after the UN Security Council condemned its rocket launch. SOURCE BBC News – Asia
innocent_white_lamb writes “In what appears to be a more-and-more common occurrence, Ahmed Al-Khabez has been expelled from Dawson College in Montreal after he discovered a flaw in the software that the college (and apparently all other colleges across Quebec) uses to track student information. His original intention was to write a mobile app to allow … Continue Reading
In light of the drones used to prowl the skies while snooping on the everyday person, Adam Harvey has designed a Stealth Wear hoodie that serves as a type of invisibility cloak against the spying equipment. Harvey hails from New York, and is no stranger in the world of surveillance-thwarting apparel. Some of the artist’s … Continue Reading
The Presidential Inauguration is next Monday, and I was all geared up to tell everyone about the Inaugural 2013 app from AT&T and PIC. It’s a beautifully done application, has received rave reviews from the folks who have installed it and looks like it would be really helpful for anyone going to the festivities over … Continue Reading
Unless you have acute nostalgia for AOL dial-up service circa 1998, then you probably shouldn’t get busted pirating copyrighted material on Verizon’s (VZ) network. TorrentFreak has got hold of Verizon’s official “six strikes” anti-piracy policy that’s slated to roll out this year and has found that repeat offenders on Verizon’s network will see their connection speeds throttled … Continue Reading
Who needs precogs when you can use an algorithm to predict crime? Authorities in two states and D.C. are using software created by a University of Penn professor to predict the likelihood that parolees will commit murder, in order to … SOURCE Threat Level
Bob the Super Hamste writes “The St. Paul Pioneer Press is reporting that Andrew Henderson was recording Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies frisking a bloody-faced man, who was then loaded into an ambulance by paramedics. Then sheriff’s deputy Jacqueline Muellner approached Henderson and confiscated his video camera, stating, ‘We’ll just take this for evidence,’ which was … Continue Reading
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