A recent survey of Ontarians has revealed that a wooping 90% are in favour of upcoming legislation that will ban texting while driving across the province. Over 20% already have necessary hands-free hardware, but that leaves a significant opportunity for accessories (be they Bluetooth or wired headsets and speakerphones) to fill a mandated demand. Sadly,…
Sprint Launches Camera-Less BlackBerry Tour
For awhile after the 8800, it was starting to look like every BlackBerry was going to have a camera included, but the Bold, 8350i Curve and now the Tour have shown that there’s still a market for high-security corporate customers who would rather not worry about sneaky pictures of sensitive information being taken. This always…
iPhone OS 3.1 Enforces Exchange Encryption
If you’re in one of the few companies that allow iPhones for enterprise use and haven’t got around to updating to version 3.1 of the iPhone released earlier this week, you might want to double-check with your IT guy before taking the plunge. Apparently, Exchange policies properly recognize the new OS and enforces e-mail encryption…
Disable your Windows Mobile Standard phone’s Application Lock with ease
First, it’s important to know that this really only applies to WinMo fans with Windows Mobile Standard smartphones. What is Application Lock? The WM Standard operating system uses Application Lock to keep unqualified Windows Mobile applications from accessing core parts of the Windows Mobile platform. This essentially cripples apps without privileged signatures from running on…
Net neutrality fight loses Ted Kennedy to brain cancer
US Senator Ted Kennedy lost his fight against brain cancer on Tuesday night, giving pause to Democrats and Republicans who have rallied to remember the Senator’s career. And, with his passing, the Net Neutrality movement loses one of its biggest supporters. The illustrious Senator Kennedy accomplished much in his political career. His politics reach far…
UK carriers to block prostitutes’ phone numbers, help curb sex trafficking
There are some out there that might disagree with London’s push to clean up the seedier side of metropolitan life, but wireless carriers in the UK are apparently on board with new program to block phone numbers known to be tied to prostitution rings. The Times Online is reporting that the Metropolitan Police, the Crown…
RIM Announces New Bluetooth Smart Card Reader
RIM is obviously best known for making BlackBerry, but they’ve actually had a Smart Card reader available for government and high-security enterprise customers since 2005. The latest model, announced today, hosts a slimmer profile and a few new features. What does it do, exactly? Well, it plays nice with BlackBerry, for one (go figure). By…
Sexy text messages will land you in a Chinese jail
China might soon overtake the US as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t necessarily mean China’s Communist ways are going to evolve. In fact, China’s backwards policies are being enforced more vigorously than ever. Forget internet censorship. Forget about all those journalists jailed for speaking on China’s human rights issues. Chinese authorities are now…
Palm Pre phones home with user location data
Palm Pre users, take note, your shiny new smartphone is spying on you… kinda. Palm is collecting all kinds of user behavior data from their US fleet of Palm Pre smartphones. How’s that, you ask? Well, there’s apparently a bit of code hidden within the Pre’s WebOS that instructs the handset to send Palm information…
Apple says iPhone jailbreak supports terrorists and drug dealers
Apple has fired another salvo against the iPhone jailbreaking scene with their claim that jailbroken iPhones could be used to attack and disable cell-towers, as well as helping drug dealers avoid getting pinched by the “fuzz.” In the ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone hackers, Apple would have us believe that iPhone hackers could levy…