[Medianews] Dear iPhone Users: Your Apps are Spying on You

Dear iPhone Users: Your Apps are Spying on You by Sarah Perez August 17, 2009 Recently, Palm came under fire when programmer Joey Hess discovered the Pre's smartphone OS was sending users' GPS locations back to Palm on a daily basis. Although this information was disclosed in the company's

[Medianews] Pinch Media, user privacy, and 'spyware'

Pinch Media, user privacy, and 'spyware' Pinch Media's analytics product has recently been described as 'spyware' by an anonymous critic, who has attracted some public attention. We want to address this directly. Spyware and analytics are quite distinct - spyware is software that tracks

[Medianews] NASA crashes rocket, satellite into moon in search for water

NASA crashes rocket, satellite into moon in search for water http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/09/probe.moon.crash/index.html * Story Highlights * NEW: NASA officials describe successful impact of rocket, satellite on moon * NEW: NASA images produced no immediate evidence of

[Medianews] NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/hosted/showArticle.jhtml?ar ticleID=220600136subSection=Hosted+Software Microsoft and Google will offer looks at LCROSS lunar impact on their Web platforms. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek October 9, 2009 01:41 PM Stargazers who weren't able to get

[Medianews] Per-Byte Broadband Billing Is Neither Necessary Nor Inevitable

Per-Byte Broadband Billing Is Neither Necessary Nor Inevitable Many in industry think flat-rate pricing is going nowhere http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/PerByte-Broadband-Billing-Is-Neither-Necessary-Nor-Inevitable-104914 While ISPs (and the investors who love them) would like the public to

[Medianews] Sunflower Broadband Offers 50 Mbps For $70

Sunflower Broadband Offers 50 Mbps For $70 Albeit with 120 GB cap and 1 Mbps upstream (from the i'm greedy and do not want to care about lack of competition department) http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sunflower-Broadband-Offers-50-Mbps-For-70-104919 Lawrence, Kansas based Sunflower

[Medianews] Charter Cures Cable Theft -- By Not Offering Cable To Anyone

Charter Cures Cable Theft -- By Not Offering Cable To Anyone Michigan apartment buildings informed they're not worth the trouble... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Cures-Cable-Theft-By-Not-Offering-Cable-To-Anyone-104921 Charter's been having a problem with people stealing cable at

[Medianews] Viewers Dislike Video Ads, Prefer Short Pre-Rolls

Viewers Dislike Video Ads, Prefer Short Pre-Rolls Wayne Friedman Media Daily News Oct 07, 2009 03:38 PM http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendlyart_aid=115006 Internet video users distrust and dislike online commercials -- even if they get content for free. This