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Monday, August 27, 2012
Security Sleuths Lay Blame on Apple for SMS Vulnerability
Research released last week fingered the iPhone as the source of a text messaging exploit that could be used to steal sensitive information from smartphone users or work mischief on their hardware. The flaw, revealed by a well-known security researcher and jailbreaker of iPhones, involves the "reply to" line in SMS messages.
2012 Toyota RAV4 EV first drive: The electric SUV stands alone
Among the handful of electric cars hitting the market, the Toyota RAV4 EV scores a point for being the only SUV.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Debt Collection Harassment is Illegal
If you find yourself struggling to make ends meet, you are not alone. Millions of Americans have fallen on hard times and unable to pay on their monthly obligations, which includes; credit card debts, car payments, mortgage payments, etc.
Shanghai film fest kicks off with honor for Mike Medavoy
The Shanghai International Film Festival kicked off Saturday night by honoring a native-son turned Hollywood producer, Mike Medavoy.
Switched On: Trading places
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
If widespread rumors hold true, the coming weeks will see two of the most successful tablet vendors invade each other's screen size turf. Apple, which once rebuked the 7-inch tablet as unfit for normally proportioned human hands, appears ready to try its own hand at an iPad rumored to be on the larger side of the 7- to 8-inch range. Amazon, which lagged its bookselling rival Barnes & Noble in bringing out a color tablet, stands ready to introduce an infernal successor to the Kindle Fire that may include a display that is close to 9-inches or larger.
It's not quite the first ride along the screen size escalator for either company. For Apple, a smaller iPad would fill in the iOS screen size gap between the iPhone and iPad. For Amazon, also rumored to be working on a phone, a larger color tablet would revisit the ground it explored to lackluster results with the Kindle DX. That product hasn't kept up with even e-paper-based e-readers with advances such as touchscreens and side-lighting, both of which are found in the latest Nook Simple Nook.
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