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Entries for July, 2010

Justice Department Joins Fraud Lawsuit Against Oracle

suraj.sun writes with news that the US Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit alleging Oracle of overcharging the federal government for its software products. Quoting: “In a nutshell, the lawsuit argues that Oracle’s government customers — a wide array of agencies, including the State Department, the Energy Department, and the Justice Department itself — [...]

Levenger Two-in-One Electronics Case

When I read Andy Chen’s review of the digiZoid Zo Personal Subwoofer and his statement that he can never again listen to his music without the zo, I immediately thought of the Levenger Bomber Jacket Two-in-One Electronics Case.  This case is made of Levenger’s pebbled, full-grain mocha-colored leather with a plaid fabric interior.  There’s a belt clip [...]

Less Spam, Please Generates Temporary, Anonymous Email Addresses On-the-Fly [Downloads]

Turn Off HTC’s Sense UI on Your Android Phone and Use the Default Android Launcher [Android Tip]

While a lot of people really like HTC’s custom Sense UI, many prefer the vanilla Android experience available on the Droid or Nexus One. Reader Duane shows us how to disable Sense on some HTC Android phones. More » Original post by Whitson Gordon

ISC Offers Response Policy Zones For DNS

penciling_in writes “ISC has made the announcement that they have developed a technology that will allow ‘cooperating good guys’ to provide and consume reputation information about domains names. The release of the technology, called Response Policy Zones (DNS RPZ), was announced at DEFCON. Paul Vixie explains: ‘Every day lots of new names are added to [...]

Software released for attacking Android phones

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages. Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick

Part II: Apple iPhone 4 giveaway winner!

We did a second Apple iPhone 4 giveaway contest, and we have chosen a winner. Stanley is the lucky guy who just won a brand new iPhone 4, hopefully he’ll enjoy it a little more than his Siemens SK65 he’s using. Thanks to everyone that entered, and as usual, we’ll have some great stuff in [...]

Change Your Account’s Gender in Web Services to Avoid Annoying Advertisements [Webapps]

Google Adds Licensing Server DRM To Android Market

eldavojohn writes “According to AfterDawn, Google has given app makers the option to use a license server as DRM to ensure the user has paid for an app before they can download it. Reportedly, the Market app will communicate with a Google license server using RSA encryption. It is important to note this is only [...]

Create a Shortcut Key to Replace Text with Hyperlinks in Any Editor [Autohotkey]