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Google’s “Latitude”: A major security flaw in Google’s global phone tracking system

Technorati Tags: Google latitude,location awareness,mobile location privacy,mobile privacy

 

One day after the global launch of Google’s “Latitude” phone tracking system, Privacy International has identified what appears to be a fundamental design problem that could substantially endanger user privacy.

Google Latitude, a new service from Google that allows you to send your location to Google Maps and share it [...]

Globe WiMAX now Deployed in Selected Provincial Areas including Cagayan

According to an Inquirer report, Globe Telecom has now deployed WiMAX in selected areas in Cagayan, Cavite, CAMANAVA and Cebu.

 

In a press conference, Globe Consumer Broadband Group Head Menchi Orlina said the high-speed wireless Internet service is geared towards areas that have limited or no available fixed broadband access.

Orlina explained that major cities in [...]

Linux-friendly Minimart using Linux POS in Phuket Thailand

I was reading my backlog mails including my PLUG subscription when I stumbled upon a topic that was discuss recently. Someone mentioned that a chain of popular grocery store in the Philippines had migrated to a Linux-based POS when their license agreement has expired.

I remembered to have seen a Linux-based POS in one of chain [...]

JoikuSpot: Instant 3G WIFI hotspot using Symbian phones (S60)

JoikuSpot, which is currently on beta, is a software based application that allows your WIFI-enabled Nokia phone to act as a Wireless hotspot.

Quoting Joiku website:
“Multiple devices can connect to JoikuSpot in parallel and seamlessly share the same 3G internet connection. JoikuSpot acts thus as an internet gateway to external WLAN devices.”

This will enable you to share [...]

StarHub “Home Zone” Fem-to-Cell Implementation

 

Technorati Tags: femtocell,starhub femtocell,starhub,starhub homezone,homezone,starhub 4g

StarHub launches ‘Home Zone’, the world’s first commercially-available 3G femtocell service. 3G femtocell is a portable cellular access device that connects a user’s 3G mobile phone directly to a MaxOnline-enabled router in the home so that users can make voice and video calls and send SMS over StarHub’s cable network from [...]

Low power personal/home storage server

 

Technorati Tags: home server,low power server,mini-itx,via,artigo

 

Well…well, look who entered the personal storage arena.

VIA just launched the ARTiGO A2000, a compact low power consumption barebones storage server ideal for building your own DIY NAS. Supporting two desktop hard drives, this unique barebone storage system is a perfect fit for home download applications, providing ample storage [...]

List of Intel Atom Single/Dual Core Compatible Motherboards

 

Technorati Tags: atom,home server,low power server,dual core atom

  

I am currently planning to replace my 2 year-old VIA Nehemiah-based home server which so far is quite stable. It is currently functioning as a 24/7:

Samba file server
FTP server with web front-end
Web server (hosting my test projects)
SSH tunnel
torrent client/server
squid proxy for local caching
and [...]

BitLet: Simple and easy web-based torrent client for everyone

From wikipedia entry:

BitLet, short for BitTorrent Applet, is a BitTorrent program that enables the use of file sharing protocol inside any Java-enabled web browser, without the need of an external dedicated client program.

BitLet is a very simple and easy BitTorrent applet that lets you download any torrent file directly in your browser.

Downloading a torrent is [...]

DirectX Issue: Setup could not download the file. Please retry later or check network connection.

Technorati Tags: directx,red alert3

Have you experienced this error during DirectX installation?

Setup could not download the file. Please retry later or check network connection.

After clicking download and have selected the file save destination or have selected "run", it will start to initialize and then just stops and the message pop’s everytime you [...]

Choppy video when viewing 1080p using VLC

Technorati Tags: vlc,hd video,1080p,choppy video,full hd

Do you have 1080p video that your dying to watch only to found out that your high end PC/Laptop seems not up to the task of decoding?

We’ll, there’s quick fix for it but let’s have quick overview on what is 1080p:

1080p is the shorthand name for a category of display resolutions.

The [...]

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