October 28th, 2010 |
by zittrain |
published in
Android, Future of the Internet, Generativity, iphone | 4 Comments
The NYT Bits blog broke the story of an Android app called the “SMS replicator.” This odious piece of spyware is described here; unless it’s a prank, the idea is that a stalker type with momentary access to someone else’s Android phone can install it. It doesn’t show up as an icon, but runs quietly […]
October 18th, 2010 |
by mollysauter |
published in
Future of the Internet | 4 Comments
JZ asked for suggestions of good note-managing systems, and here’s what y’all said: “Scrivener on Mac is awesome.” “Zotero add-on for Firefox. Free and syncs across computers.” “Try Devon Agent + Devon Note for research and Avenir for writing.” “Tiddlywiki is the way to go.It is simple, versatile, portable, platform independent and very effective.” “If […]
October 18th, 2010 |
by jennifer |
published in
Android, blackberry, censorship, cybersecurity, Facebook, Future of the Internet, Generativity, iphone | 1 Comment
T-Mobile gives its G2 Droid amnesia. The G2s appearing on T-Mobile shelves this week come with an extra piece of hardware, and it’s not a free car charger. If G2 owners teach their Droids (either by coding or downloading software) to do something that interferes with T-Mobile’s business model, the company-installed rootkit will induce short-term […]
