Green Lantern Costume Revealed, Brings 21st Century Look
The new Green Lantern costume has been revealed on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and in my opinion Hal Jordan (played by Ryan Reynolds) has never looked better. The suit was created using CGI and it gives off an “alien” type feel with glowing accents that brings the costume into the 21st century
Fring sends explanatory email to users about feud with Skype.
I’m publishing the email i just got from Fring about the issue with skype. Hello fringsters, As you may have noticed, Skype has blocked fring. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this Skype policy has unfairly caused you
I recently wrote an article that dismissed the use of fake MX records as an email security measure, on the basis that it did more harm than good for preventing spam. I was reminded this week of an incident in which a customer was confused as to how spam was making it into their email systems. Actually this has happened on more than one occasion with the same ultimate outcome. The confusion mostly comes from the client thinking that because there were no MX records in public DNS zones that pointed to their email servers that the spammers and hackers shouldn’t be able to find them. The fatal flaw in that thinking is that spammers and hackers don’t just use MX records to find places to send email or attack mail servers. When they really want to find email servers, say to try and locate some open relays that they can exploit, they will use port scans instead. A “port” in networking terminology is a communications end point that is specific to a process or service running on a computer. In the case of SMTP, the protocol that email users, the port is TCP 25
HTC Hero Receives Android 2.1 Update OTA on T-Mobile
The HTC Hero has been with us for around a year now, and still has a loyal following amongst HTC fans, with its early implementation of the Sense UI and decent spec for an Android device of its time making it the phone to have back then. And even now, the Hero still ranks as one of the top devices on the market, but one thing that has been holding it back is the fact that the Hero, or G2 as T-Mobile prefer to call it, still runs on Android OS 1.5 This means that some of the newer updates for Google applications and apps from the Android Market are incompatible with the Hero, which quickly led to user frustration, and a long patient wait as deadline after deadline for the promised update to a later Android OS version came and went.
Symbian S60 malware found to be creating a mobile botnet network?
Mobile security firm NetQin has apparently found a malware spreading via Symbian S60 handsets that is being used to build a mobile botnet. The company has identified three piece of malware masquerading as mobile games or special offers, infecting Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition devices.
Found under: HP , Windows Phone 7 , webOS , Windows , , Windows Phone 7 is one of the mobile platforms were waiting to hit this fall and it looks like we have more information on whos going to work with Microsoft on new Windows Phone 7 handsets for the near future. Companies like HTC LG and Samsung have already been rumored to launch WP7 smartphones this year but besides those we also have Dell Garmin Asus Toshiba and Sony Ericsson
Motorola Taking Serious Steps Against Droid X and Droid 2 Hacking?
Found under: Motorola , Android , Droid X , Droid 2 , , If you cant wait to get your Motorola Droid X or Motorola Droid 2 from Verizon this summer and start running your own custom Android OS versions then we definitely have some bad news for you. It looks like Motorola is taking some serious steps for these two new smartphones in order to prevent any kind of hacking.
Found under: Sprint , T-Mobile , UK , Merger , USA , , Everything Everywhere is the name of the company resulted between the merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK and it looks like thats not the only merger well see a T-Mobile child-company involved in. The German communication giant has already signed a partnership with its French counterpart and now it looks like T-Mobile USA and Sprint could be the next merger of the future.Apparently according to Dan Hesse the CEO of Sprint a merger with T-Mobile might just be the thing to do in a Read More Read more in mobile format
ColorWare offering custom-painted iPhone 4 with antenna fix
The folks over at ColorWare are at it again, this time offering their custom color design services for the iPhone 4 . The interesting bit here, though, is that while they aim to make your iPhone 4 more stylish, they are also in the process of confirming that letting them add a bit of style to your device will also solve any death grip antenna woes you may be experiencing. Now, a $29 Bumper Case from Apple will do the same thing, and that’s a hell of a lot cheaper than the $250 ColorWare will charge you while also offering protection from damage—however, some of us choose style over function, and that antenna fix is just a nice value-added bonus to getting a spiffed up custom device. Tags: apple , colorware , colorware pc , custom , death grip , iphone , iphone 4 , iphone 4 antenna , iphone 4 antenna fix , iphone 4 colors , ColorWare offering custom-painted iPhone 4 with antenna fix originally appeared on Gear Live on Wed, July 14, 2010 – 12:47:53
As mentioned previously, the Samsung Captivate launches on July 18th on AT&T for $199, making it the first respectable (in our opinion) Android smartphone on the AT&T network. So while you’ll have to wait until Sunday to get your hands on one, we were able to get an early look at the device thanks to AT&T, and while our review is forthcoming, we put together an unboxing gallery showing off the device
The term ‘iPhone killer’ has been applied to many handsets, as manufacturers have strived to produce a mobile phone that matches the market appeal of the Apple iPhone. And, although there are many worthy alternative handsets available nowadays, none have really achieved the status of the ‘iPhone killer’. However, that may be about to change, and the contender for the title is a handset that no one could have predicted just a few weeks ago….. ….We’re talking about the iPhone 4
When the iPhone 4 launched, there was a rush and quick shortage of the iPhone 4 Bumper Case . When Apple announced the cases, there were five colors announced (black, white, orange, blue, green, and pink,) but when the device launched, only the black case was available.
NY Convergence 1.3 for iPhone – Exclusive NY Digital and Technology News
Announcing NY Convergence , the developer of NY Convergence, has released their latest update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. While NYConvergence.com has been around since 2008, it remains the only site in existence that offers latest developments for the digital media and technology industry for the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region. The NY Convergence app now puts all that same information at a user’s fingertips. All reporting is professional, independent and relevant, incorporating not only news coverage but also a free daily newsletter, media/tech event announcements and an industry job board, to help users keep up with the New York Tri-State area’s digital revolution. The NY Convergence website was launched in 2008 by CEO and publisher, Lloyd Trufelman.
Hey now…we know that the new Xbox 360 S has been pretty hard to find since it launched at E3 , so we just wanted to quickly let you know that Amazon just got a bunch in stock this morning. If you’ve been looking for one, this is likely your best bet, as they are shipping them immediately. Check out the Xbox 360 S on Amazon for details! Tags: amazon , new xbox 360 , xbox 360 , xbox 360 250gb , xbox 360 s , xbox 360 slim , New Xbox 360 in stock at Amazon right now originally appeared on Playfeed on Wed, July 14, 2010 – 8:50:34
If you use an Android device user you options for web browsers just got an update. The latest version 5.1 of Opera Mini is available for all Android devices on the Android Market right now. The big claims for the new browser are a better user experience and better performance. According to Opera the 5.1 version is able to offer significantly better browsing thanks to compressing data by up to 90% before sending the content to the phone. Opera claims that this compression makes surfing the web cheaper for people who are on metered plans.
Astraware Announces OddBlob and Police Range for Windows Phone
The folks at Astraware have announced the release of two fun new games for Windows phone and Windows Mobile devices called OddBlob and Police Range. OddBlob is a fun puzzle arcade game created entirely from modeling clay. Help OddBlob bound across the squishy maze to grab bonuses, chomp fruit, and win points as quickly as he can as the chasing tiles disappear behind. Bounce and double bounce tiles can help you reach your goal or throw you through the gaps to impending peril below, and cake slices earn you a try at the Cake Or Doom mini-puzzle! Police Range is Astraware’s take on the classic shooting range game.
Skype Blocks Fring From Using Skype Chat Protocol….No Skype? No Fring
Found under: Fring , Skype , Block , iPhone , Video Call , VoIP , Fring has just lost all means of usefulness Fring without Skype is like sex without the pleasure meaningless. Skype has threatened Fring with legal action unless they drop support for Skypes chat protocol that means you wont be able to do no more video calls with all your Skype buddies while mobile.Im hearing all this have got to do with Fring going over to the iPhone and then a host of bad video calls quality when using Skype Skype wasnt pleased and all this went down. I feel so Read More Read more in mobile format
Found under: Ubuntu , Google , Hack , Nexus One , Android , Linux , Port , Now Im a huge fan of Ubuntu but not probably such a huge fan that Id want to go through all the trouble to port it to my mobile phone I personally fail to see the use of it. However for the sake of seeing that it works how the hell could I resist such a temptation I couldnt and Im sure neither can you.Some guy from NexusOneHacks found a way to get Ubuntu running all smooth like on the Google Nexus One with Froyo 2.2 inside I must add that it looks pretty neat. Getting Ubuntu on Read More Read more in mobile format
Motorola WX445 Budget Android Handset Coming To Verizon
Found under: Motorola , Verizon , Android , WX445 , Budget , Android 2.1 , Verizon and Motorola are at it again but this time they are not collaborating on a killer handset like the DROIDS instead this new offering is a budget Android smartphone. The handset has recently being leaked to Engagdet with photos galore not the most powerful Android offering but it looks good.We understand that it is called the Motorola WX445 it comes with Android 2.1 a camera without flash but currently the exact MP count of the camera lens is unknown it is likely 2MP will be Read More Read more in mobile format
Windows Live Application For iPhone Passed 1 Million Downloads
Found under: MSN , Windows Live , Microsoft , Application , iPhone , Million , Windows Live Messenger application for the iPhone is said to have passed one million downloads in just 5 days good to see Im not the only MSN junkie out there now with iPhone users getting in on the action MSN addicts like myself can access their addiction while mobile.From what I can tell users of the application are pretty satisfied apart from them being signed out of the Desktop client whenever they sign into the mobile application I tend to have that same problem and it can be Read More Read more in mobile format
Found under: Apple , iPhone , iPhone 4 , Fire , Faulty , Burn , USB , Some unlucky iPhone owner nearly got his hand burnt off when his iPhone 4 went ablaze out of nowhere pretty cool huh From what I could gather this guy bought his iPhone when he hooked it up to a computer using the official Apple USB cable the section where the USB plugs in went hot burst into flames and slightly burnt the owner.As you can tell from the pictures the USB port in the phone is burnt and the cord is severely melted away luckily this dude didnt pick up severe burns or Read More Read more in mobile format