Archive for March, 2008
Palm Centro hits the magical one million mark
Filed under: Handsets, Palm, ATT, Sprint, Palm OS
Palm’s miniscule and wallet-friendly Centro has managed to reach one million units sold since its launch last September. It got its legs working as Sprint and AT&T’s gateway smartphone at that fantastic $99 pricepoint, and now it’s making a bid f…
Goodbye, iDEN: Motorola tries its hand at QChat with V950 for Sprint
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA
Motorola, the patron saint of iDEN, is departing its own safety net in preparation for the imminent launch of Sprint’s next-gen push-to-talk network based on EV-DO Rev. A and Qualcomm’s QChat technology. The V950 flip — unannounced, save for an F…
PS3 homebrew hack found, Hello World!
Filed under: Gaming
We haven’t heard much out of the PS3 homebrew scene so far, which could be due to the console’s delayed popularity, or perhaps because Sony did users a solid out of the gate and included Linux. That said, there’s no stopping these hardcore homebrew types when they put their minds…
Lime green Motorola Q9c headed to Alltel, US Cellular
Filed under: Cellphones
Don’t you dare say green wasn’t already in style, as in all actuality, it’s US Cellular and Alltel following the crowd yet again. As the run-up to CTIA 2008 continues, the aforesaid outfits have both announced that a lime green variant of the Motorola Q9c will soon be on the…
Obama Site Hacked, Defaced
Barack Obama’s hope.net site was HACKED AND DEFACED by someone who wrote “spread the word! Barack Obama has no security on his web site! Will his administration have no security?”Original post by Mike
Obama Site Hacked, Defaced? Or Hoax?
Barack Obama’s hope.net site was HACKED AND DEFACED by someone who wrote “spread the word! Barack Obama has no security on his web site! Will his administration have no security?” [UPDATE 3:36 PM 3/31/2008: At the time of this posting “www.hope.net” still has the defacement, but “hope.net” does not….
LiMo Platform Release 1 gets loosed, R2 to come later this year
Filed under: Software, Linux
Don’t look now, but mid-2008 is almost here, and for those waiting intently for the release of a LiMo SDK, you’re one step closer to having your dreams realized. Announced today, the LiMo Foundation has made available what it calls the “first globally competitive, Linux-…