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Citibank Warns Of iPhone App Security Flaw

Mobile banking customers in the U.S. who use Citibank’s Citi Mobile app have been advised to update the app. Citibank has updated its iPhone banking application to correct a security vulnerability that left user bank account information unprotected. The update, issued on July 19 through Apple’s iTunes App Store, addresses a programming design flaw that stored personal [...]

Sprint EVO 4G Battery Saving Tweaks

The EVO 4G from Sprint has been a great phone so far during initial testing except for the fact that it sucks power like an air conditioner on a 105 degree day if you let it. I put together a few power saving tweaks that will help preserve your precious EVO 4G go-go juice. You [...]

Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot

LOS ANGELES - The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion. Computer scientists are developing machines that can teach people simple skills, like household tasks and vocabulary. The two hit it off quickly - unusual for the 6-year-old, who has autism - and the boy is imitating his playmate’s every move, now nodding his [...]

AT&T security breach exposes iPad 3G customer data

AT&T and Apple have suffered a major privacy breach, exposing the contact informationÂ email addresses and ICC-IDs of over 114,000 iPad 3G customers — possibly many more. According to Gawker the data includes: a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson [...]

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10-inch Android tablet offers 1366 x 768 display

Yukyung Technologies showed off a Viliv-branded, Android-based tablet at Computex equipped with a 10-inch, 1366 x 768 touchscreen. The Viliv X10 Tablet with Android offers an SD card reader, USB port, HDMI, webcam, and WiFi, and “could be an incredible iPad alternative,” according to a hands-on Laptop story. Although Yukyung has not yet offered details about [...]

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Android 2.2 Coming To Most HTC Phones

The operating system codenamed Froyo, which is expected to include tethering capabilities, will be delivered to device makers ‘in the coming weeks.’Most Android phones released this year will receive an upgrade to Android 2.2, code named Froyo, in the second half of the year, HTC has announced. This includes the Desire and Droid Incredible as well [...]

T-Mobile Releases System Software Update for BlackBerry Bold 9700

An update is now available for T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Bold 9700. This brings stability improvements and other small enhancements to one of RIM’s flagship smartphones.According to T-Mobile, BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.586 offers better performance in many areas of the device: the built-in optical trackpad, BlackBerry Messenger client, Visual Voicemail, the SMS app, and voice calls over 3G. Available [...]

iPhone 4.0 OS May Support Tethering

Developers with access to version 4.0 of Apple’s iPhone operating system report finding an AT&T tethering feature.The next beta of the iPhone 4.0 OS may finally enable Internet tethering. AT&T failed to activate the feature for almost a year since Apple introduced the capability. On Tuesday night, Apple released to developers the fourth beta of the [...]

2011 Ford Fiesta Rated at 40 mpg Highway with Dual-Clutch Transmission

Ford has finally released EPA-certified fuel economy numbers for the 2011 Fiesta, and as expected they’ve bested the competition. When equipped with its optional six-speed PowerShift dual-clutch automated manual, the Fiesta is rated at 29 mpg city and 40 highway. Equipped with the standard five-speed manual, the ratings are 28/37 mpg. That means the Fiesta [...]

Prehistoric ‘footprints’ falsified by science

Human footprints frozen in time, lodged in volcanic ash in a Mexican valley, seemed poised to rock history. In the current Journal of Human Evolution, a study tells the story of how they didn’t - and how science checks out extraordinary claims. “The timing and origin of the earliest human colonization of the Americas has been the [...]

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