New Hack Pinpoints Cell Phone User's Location, Personal And Business Relationships
From Dark Reading
Researchers demonstrate a technique that exploits the cell phone infrastructure to compromise cell user's privacy
Turns out you don't even need a GPS to track a mobile phone user's whereabouts and glean her movements and interactions: Researchers have discovered a way to use information from the GSM mobile infrastructure to track down someone and even listen in on her voicemail messages and calls.
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Concentrated solar attracts big-name investors
From C/Net News
The concentrated photovoltaics industry got another nod of confidence Wednesday.
Amonix, a CPV manufacturer, announced it has raised $129.4 million in Series B funding, with Kleiner Perkins named the lead investor. The Seal Beach, Calif.-based company said it will use the funds to expand manufacturing in an effort to get its CPVs out the door more quickly.
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BlackBerry OS 6.0 will be multi-touchy
From The Inquirer:
IT HAS BEEN a long time coming, but with other mobile operating systems such as Android shooting ahead the BlackBerry is fighting back with a new OS of its own.
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Apple's iPhone 4G Debacle: A Timeline
From PC World
Apple's iPhone 4G Debacle: A Timeline Gizmodo paid $5K for this next-gen iPhoneThe tech world is reeling from revelations gadget blog Gizmodo obtained an early Apple test unit of what may be the next-generation iPhone . It's not clear if the leaked iPhone is truly the iPhone 4G expected to launch later this year or a prototype still in development. Nevertheless, how could this happen to Apple? - a company known to keep secrets better than CIA, in some cases.
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Countries ask Google to drop "launch now, fix later" policy
From ARS Technica
Government officials from 10 countries sent Google an open letter (PDF) this week asking the company to adhere to a list of privacy principles in the wake of the company's botched Buzz launch. The leaders, which include officials from Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the UK, make it clear that they understand Google swiftly responded to user complaints immediately after Buzz was opened to the public. Still, they're unsatisfied with Google's "launch now, fix later" philosophy and want to ensure the company takes privacy into serious consideration before launching future products.
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