Chatroulette collecting IP addresses, screenshots

After too many users engaged in “inappropriate” conduct, Chatroulette has decided to record IP addresses and screenshots of the offenders in the hopes of stopping some of the nonsense.

Posted on: July 27, 2010 9:00 am

Sixteen Years in Prison for Videotaping the Police?

Anthony Graber was not videotaping in North Korea or Iran, he was videotaping a traffic stop in the state of Maryland. But the police have raided his home and confiscated his computers after he posted the video on YouTube.

Posted on: July 27, 2010 9:00 am

Yahoo Japan Spurns Bing in Favor of Google Search

Yahoo may have an agreement with Microsoft but that isn’t preventing Yahoo Japan from using Google’s search engine instead of Bing.

Posted on: July 27, 2010 9:00 am

Facebook Testing Delete Account Option

Facebook is testing a new method to allow users to delete their accounts. The current process is quite involved and takes about two weeks to complete.

Posted on: July 27, 2010 9:00 am

New U.S. rules allow unapproved iPhone apps

While Apple has tried hard to lock down their iPhones, the federal government has announced that unlocking phones is legal. The ruling won’t prevent Apple from disallowing updates for jailbroken devices.

Posted on: July 26, 2010 9:00 am

Documents To Go Premium Edition Now Available for Nokia’s N900 Mobile Computer

DataViz, Inc. has announced Documents To Go Premium Edition for Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo 5 software. Documents To Go Premium Edition will provide Nokia N900 users with the ability to view, edit and create Microsoft Word and Excel files and email attachments on their mobile computer.

Posted on: July 26, 2010 9:00 am

UAE Says BlackBerry Data Handling Violates the Law

In 2007 the United Arab Emirates passed a law saying data could not be stored on equipment outside the UAE, approximately a year after RIM started providing BlackBerry services in the country.

Posted on: July 26, 2010 9:00 am

Is This HTC’s First Windows Phone 7 Device?

A photo of a device with a 3.7-inch Super LCD screen is alleged to be a new HTC Windows Phone 7. The device is said to have 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 8-megapixel camera, and three touch-sensitive buttons.

Posted on: July 26, 2010 9:00 am

HP Tablet Goes Enterprise, WebOS Tablet Due Too?

If you’ve been wondering about what type of tablet HP is really planning to release… this article might clarify things, at least a little.

Posted on: July 23, 2010 9:00 am

Unlucky Thief Steals iPhone Used in GPS Tracking Tests

Some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. A bicycle-riding thief stole an iPhone while it was being used in a real-time GPS location test. The stolen phone led police straight to the thief.

Posted on: July 23, 2010 9:00 am