iPhone Spy Gadget Tracks Your Every Move by
Exploiting Location Tracking

post from prMac on 26 May 2011 08:27:00 PM. © prMac

Paraben Corporation, a leader in the digital forensics industry, announces the release of tracking history for its iPhone consumer forensic tool the iRecovery Stick. This new feature takes advantage of the iPhone's location tracking data that is saved on every iPhone below firmware 4.3.3. The iRecovery Stick downloads these tracking points from your iPhone and displays them in Google Earth as well as gives you the details in a spreadsheet.

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Something Newsworthy at WWDC Doesnt Necessarily
Mean Hardware

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 07:04:16 PM. © Daring Fireball

Electricpig:

A source tells us that Apple?s UK iPhone PR team is approachingjournalists from major publications to fly out to the event in SanFrancisco next month. The obvious conclusion would be that Appleis announcing a new iPhone. Or rather, an updated model.

My spidey sense says it’s true that Apple PR is spreading word that it’ll be worth it for journalists to attend the WWDC keynote. Something is up. I truly have no idea what, though. And I think it’s far from an “obvious conclusion” that the only such announcement could be a new iPhone. Again — Apple spread word just two months ago that WWDC wasn’t going to be bring new hardware. It’s possible, of course, that they did that as deliberate misdirection, but in my experience Apple doesn’t work that way.

Simplest explanation: Apple thinks the new stuff in iOS 5 is so good it’s newsworthy on its own.

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Ryan Block: Its Time for Bill Gates to Come Back
to Microsoft

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 06:04:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Ryan Block:

I’ve long seen it as a foregone conclusion that Ballmer isn’t theguy to be running what was until quite recently the world’spreeminent technology company. I don’t think many would shed atear if Microsoft’s board put to an end what I like to callBallmer’s “reign of error”, but the more pressing question is: whoshould replace him?
I think we all know damn well who — but I’m not so sure he’savailable. Yet.

“Who should — or even could — succeed Ballmer?” is indeed a good question. Most of the internal candidates have been run out of the company recently: Ray Ozzie, Robbie Bach, J Allard. I don’t think Microsoft would hire an outsider — if Ballmer does leave, they’ll play it as a planned transition, not a shit-canning.

Sure would be dramatic for Gates to return. I don’t think he wants the gig, though.

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Google Wallet

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 06:04:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Ambitious NFC-based plan to replace just about anything in your wallet — credit cards, drivers license, retailer discount cards — with digital versions stored on your Android phone. But even by Google’s standards, this announcement seems very early. It’s “coming soon” to two cities (New York and San Francisco), on one phone (Nexus S 4G) on one carrier (Sprint).

I can’t help but wonder whether Google wanted to announce this ahead of any possible NFC-related announcement from Apple at WWDC. Everyone knows Apple is working on this stuff, but I have no idea whether they’re ready to announce anything. But, presuming that Apple is working with some of the same retailers and banks, Google might know.

But, Apple clearly spread word back in March that there wouldn’t be any new hardware coming at WWDC, and Apple would need to announce a new NFC-capable iPhone in order to announce an NFC payment service. So maybe Google is way out in front of Apple on this.

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Urban Outfitters Rips Off Another Indie Artist

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 05:04:50 PM. © Daring Fireball

Shameless.

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This Is a First-Launch Experience of a Popular
Highly-Rated Camera App on Android

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 05:04:50 PM. © Daring Fireball

I’ve long been opposed to Yes/No buttons in dialog boxes — button names should be verbs, and can always be better than Yes/No. But this one takes the cake, because it’s a negation.

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NYSE Claims Trademark Infringement Over Images of
Its Stock Exchange Floor

post from Daring Fireball on 26 May 2011 05:04:50 PM. © Daring Fireball

Josh Marshall:

The New York Stock Exchange now claims that you have to get theirpermission (express or implicit) before you use images connectedto the New York Stock Exchange. So if you find a wire photo of thetrading floor and use it to illustrate a story on Wall Street,you’re violating the NYSE’s trademark because they’ve trademarkedthe trading floor itself.
We found this out yesterday when we got a cease and desist letterfrom the NYSE based on an article published at TPM back inNovember.

Man, talk about bullshit copyright harassment.

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NYSE Claims Copyright Over Images of Its Stock
Exchange Floor

Josh Marshall:

The New York Stock Exchange now claims that you have to get theirpermission (express or implicit) before you use images connectedto the New York Stock Exchange. So if you find a wire photo of thetrading floor and use it to illustrate a story on Wall Street,you’re violating the NYSE’s trademark because they’ve trademarkedthe trading floor itself.
We found this out yesterday when we got a cease and desist letterfrom the NYSE based on an article published at TPM back inNovember.

Man, talk about bullshit copyright harassment.

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Amazon Launches Mac Downloads Store

Have to say, I didn’t see this coming. Notable among the titles Amazon has but Apple’s Mac App Store does not is Microsoft Office.

Interesting too, in the context of Apple’s legal pursuit of a trademark for the term “app store”, is that Amazon went with “downloads store” rather than the closed-up “appstore” they use for their Android store.

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EZ-Log Software for Commercial Drivers Economic
Stimulus Pricing Change

EZ-Log announces that EZ-Log, their new cross platform application for long haul commercial drivers using paper logbooks is now only $19.95 USD. The price adjustment makes EZ-Log the most affordable, complete software package for complimenting paper logbooks. EZ-Log is a complete set of software logbook tools for commercial drivers subject to U.S. Department of Transportation logbook rules. EZ-Log looks and works like a paper logbook.

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