Jack C

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Need Wikipedia when you can't get online? Get Wikitaxi (Download Squad)

Aug 15th 2008 12:06PM You can find the interview at: http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=152655&f_src=flffour

Need Wikipedia when you can't get online? Get Wikitaxi (Download Squad)

Aug 15th 2008 12:01PM This is a great idea! - they don't have any problems with Wikipedia about doing it?

In a recent interview Jimmy Wales, (co?) founder of Wikipedia, said that "the actual distribution, actually thinking about how to get this to people, that's a bigger trick, right? If you have broadband Internet access, that's it, you're done" but that they needed to work on getting all that information to a broader audience. Maybe distributing offline copies that only get updated once a month (week?) could be an interesting idea.

iPhone experiencing GPS problems after 2.0.1 update? (Engadget)

Aug 12th 2008 11:21AM The whole point of GPS is for location based services (for such a consumer end product) as mentioned in this article, with some great examples of new services coming out: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=526&doc_id=156444&f_src=flffour

Camera drones without mirrors or lenses to monitor future battlefields, you (Engadget)

Aug 12th 2008 11:01AM That's exactly what I thought: didn't they invent Satellites a "few" years ago? and I think they can have the same high-resolution to track cars (and even people)

And that blimp will be like target practice for the enemy... arrows could take it down.

One technology I like more for battle, is the use of wireless sensors as mentioned in this article: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=526&doc_id=156444&f_src=flffour , every soldier has one and it can measure temperature, air quality, pollution, chemical weapons, etc. Or measure blood pressure, pulse, etc and Tx it to a base station.

Beep beep -- Sprint's looking to offload iDEN network? (Engadget)

Aug 11th 2008 11:39AM Sprint/Nextel don't seem to pull anything off! Their Clearwire merge, WiMax deal, according to this article: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=617&doc_id=153313&f_src=flffour has the odds against it!

Their churn rates are off the roof, employees leaving... not looking good for them.

Defcon duo: how-to shut off a pacemaker, almost get free rides on the T (Engadget)

Aug 11th 2008 10:12AM I think them actually doing anything about it, made it a bigger headline. Only a few people outside of the hacker community would had seen it, but now people are looking for it.

As Jeff Moss, founder of DEFCON and Black Hat, mentioned in his article http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=554&doc_id=139509&f_src=flffour , when they discovered the undercover Dateline NBC reporter, people don't "seem to have any idea who we are -- either as a conference or as a culture."

CCC's "Freedom Stick" circumvents China's firewall, just in time for The Games (Engadget)

Aug 8th 2008 3:25PM hahaha, cool idea. I hate it how groups like Amnesty International reported ( http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=679&doc_id=160437&f_src=flffour ) they want China to change - a couple of days away from the actual games... it's kind of late now, don't you think?

More e-passports hacked within minutes, security questions abound (Engadget)

Aug 7th 2008 1:43PM And they had to find out now? after they are up-and-running?

E-fraud and cyber-terrorism (and every other cyber-(scary word)) is becoming one of the most relevant topics that no one seems to address. Lawrence Lessig, who mentioned in a recent interview that the government was working on a Patriot Act for the internet (iPatriot?) but according to this article http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=556&doc_id=160628&f_src=flffour , it's all Lessig trying to push his own, personal agenda.

EC cuts a slice of spectrum for vehicle-to-vehicle communication (Engadget)

Aug 7th 2008 1:17PM There's a new idea, discussed here http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=526&doc_id=156444&f_src=flffour , that installs sensors + gps + wireless transmitter to a moving object, from people to cars to dogs, and polls the different sensors for certain parameter. It could be temperature, pollution, traffic, etc.

This idea works with the one presented in the article, and to me, seems like something people would want.

FasTrak toll system exposed, could use a serious dose of security (Engadget)

Aug 7th 2008 10:47AM Blackhat always brings up some vulnerabilities that security experts should take care of. Kaminsky released the details of the DNS flaw, and who knows what else has been exposed there.

As Jeff Moss (founder of DEFCON and Blackhat) wrote in this article http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=554&doc_id=139509&f_src=flffour talking about "the reporter incident" at the DEFCON conference, last year and about the hacker community in general.