VoloMedia Granted Patent For Inventing Podcasting

But blogging pioneer Dave Winer, among others, says there’s plenty of prior art contradicting VoloMedia’s claims.

Hacker Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal

Fighting to avoid what he fears will be unfair treatment from U.S.

Amazon Kindle E-book Deletion Prompts Lawsuit

Amazon angered customers when it remotely deleted two books in from Kindle e-book readers without notifying their owners.

Interoperable Satellite Radios

The satellite radio world is divided among the two major broadcasters, XM Radio and Sirius. Since they work on different frequencies and need specific equipment to broadcast, Sirius and XM Radio have divided the market into two groups. While some are fans of the Sirius channels others prefer XM Radio, and the debate regarding which [...]

Apple Fixes iPhone SMS Vulnerability

Moving to close a hole revealed at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday, Apple has released iPhone OS 3.0.1.

Black Hat: Social Networks Reveal, Betray, Help Users

Researchers at security conference show how social networks can reveal more than users intend.

Firefox Passes One Billion Downloads

The Mozilla community is celebrating Firefox’s success with online and offline events.

iPhone OS 3.0 Leads To Wi-Fi Use Surge

AT&T says it saw a 41% increase last quarter in iPhone connections at wireless hotspots.

The Weekly Round-Up: 31.07.09

Twitter is known for its brevity so it was inevitable that Whitehall’s guidelines for departmental microblogging would stretch to 20 pages.

How does satellite radio work?

Satellite radio is one of the biggest improvements in broadcasting since the introduction of FM. Satellite radio signal can be broadcasted for more than 35,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) with complete clarity and high quality sound. You will never get static interferences while listening to over 100 radio channels. The idea behind satellite radio has appeared [...]