The eStarling 2.0 Wi-Fi isn’t just a way of displaying your digital pictures, it’s a great way to keep in touch with your family and friends by letting them share their photographs too.

With full Web-based access you can connect the Photo Frame to your local Wi-Fi network and display pictures via email, or from an online photo archive source such as Flickr or Photobucket.

H.D. Moore has released instructions on writing a critical exploit that leverages a bug in how Apple’s iPhone handles TIFF image files and, to enable the writing of exploits, has put out a new version of his Weasel debugger that can handle the peculiarities of the phone’s ARM processors. At this point, the exploit can only take over phones that have been tinkered with, but Moore is promising to post instructions on how to exploit unmodified iPhones soon.

The vulnerability in question is in libtiff, the iPhone’s library for reading and writing TIFF files. From the get-go, Apple shipped the iPhone with a vulnerable version of libtiff and didn’t bother to fix it in the recent 1.1.1 update–“fortunately for the iPhone development community,” Moore noted in an Oct. 11 posting that was the first of his two-part series on cracking the iPhone. The vulnerability can be exploited through the phone’s MobileSafari Web browser.

Philips and Lite-On have re-designed their standard external DVD writers. This October, a new external Lite-On DVD writer will hit the market, the 20 speed DX-20A3P. The DX-20A3P will be a high speed 20X DVD writer in a trendy black & white casing. The new presentation, even though very robust, gives the drive the elegant look.

In addition, compared to previous external Lite-On DVD writers, the DX-20A3P is more compact in size and thanks to the stand (included as a standard accessory), the drive can be mounted vertically to save even more desk-space.

In space, no one can hear you scream. Apparently, the same is true if you’re Han Solo and you’re trapped in carbonite. It’s the whole trapped in carbonite theme that made us very curious about Carbonite, a company that does Internet-based backups. Their offer is compelling. Unlimited backup for $49.95 per year. But, we wondered, if you back up your data to Carbonite, would you then be trapped there? Just how unfortunate might the name Carbonite be?

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

The PhotoVu PV2265w is a 22-inch wireless digital picture frame sports a 16:10 wide format and 1680×1050 pixel display. “Whether for digital signage use in a business, displaying art and photos in a gallery, or enjoying your digital photo collection within your home, this big digital picture frame with its huge 22-inch LCD display is one that you won’t miss,” said Robert Jordan, Partner, PhotoVu. The PhotoVu PV2265w is available now for $1299.

Palm and MobileOne announced the Treo 500v smartphone on the MobileOne network in Singapore. The new smartphone combines multiple forms of communication and multimedia capabilities with high-speed 3G/UMTS mobile Internet capabilities. The Treo 500v, with the new and exclusive Vodafone user interface on Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition–a first in Asia–delivers unparalleled usability and ease of navigation to customers who want to keep on top of their work and social lives while on the go.

The Treo 500v smartphone has a full keyboard, large screen, audio- and video-streaming capabilities, comprehensive multimessaging functionality (Instant Messaging, SMS and email), phone and personal-information-management software in a new design.

Palm and Movistar announced that the Treo 680 smartphone will be added to the wide range of innovative smartphones offered by movistar in Venezuela.

The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone, available in graphite grey and crimson, runs on the Palm OS and boasts Palm’s hallmark ease of use. It is packed with features beyond its stellar phone capability–such as email, Web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar, contacts and more.

Jataayu Software announced the release of its Truly Mobile Browser–jB5 for Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition mobile phones. jB5 is a mobile browser that can deliver true Internet browsing experience on the widest variety of phones. It can embed seamlessly on smartphones and feature phones as well as other Internet devices. jB5 provides one of the most complete mobile Web browser implementations, covering not only all relevant Web standards like HTML4, CSS2, ECMAScript but also complete WAP2 specifications. Completing the picture is its extensive support for requirements of leading operators around the world. jB5 has already been integrated into many diverse platforms proving its versatility and ability to fit into differing requirements quite easily. Downloads for Windows Mobile 5 and 6, Windows PocketPC, and all Editions of S60 are available.

Proporta has come up with a couple of solutions to help you look after your HTC TyTN II, including their trademark Alu-Leather Case. For even more protection, Proporta has produced an Advanced Screen Protector to protect the HTC TyTN II/P4550 from scratches, scrapes and dust evasion.

The SyncPix digital picture frame from Smartparts includes image sorting, automatic download and resizing and an energy saving motion detector. SyncPix also plays video clips from most digital cameras without the need of specialized video modes and that can store up to 3,000 images. The 8-inch SyncPix digital picture frame retails for $179.99 and is available in an Espresso colored frame with beige matting.