Suspected Fraudsters Behind the Sony DRM Virus Arrested
Three men have been arrested in the UK and Finland following an investigation into internet fraud. The three are a motley bunch, according to The Sunday Times: a 63-year-old from England, a 28-year-old...
View ArticlePodcast: The Communicator
A BBC World Service piece I did on the tenacity of a device that perhaps should have been binned long ago: the Communicator.
View ArticleWhat Probably Won’t Happen in 2007
The BBC has asked me to make some predictions about the coming year, something I’m always loath to do because I seem to get it wrong. Anyway, here are my notes. They’re based in part on my own...
View ArticleWhat Probably Won’t Happen in 2007
The BBC has asked me to make some predictions about the coming year, something I’m always loath to do because I seem to get it wrong. Anyway, here are my notes. They’re based in part on my own...
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Bluetooth’s Missing Suitcase
Remember when Samsonite launched the Bluetooth suitcase? No, well, that’s not surprising, because they didn’t. This week’s WSJ.com column is (subscription only, I’m afraid) the first in a series about...
View ArticleCellphone Virus Hype Podcast
Cellphone viruses: hype or hellish new threat – a podcast I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily. If you want to subscribe to an RSS feed of this podcast you can do so here, or it can be...
View ArticleGoogle & Jaiku: It’s About Mobility
Jaiku, the presence, Twitter-like-but-better tool, has been bought by Google. Great news, I would have thought. But then I thought again. Google? The guys who already know too much about me? With...
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Bye Bye, Laptop?
The day seems to be getting closer when we can do something that would seem to be pretty obvious: access our pocket-sized smartphone via a bigger screen, keyboard and a mouse. Celio Corp says it’s...
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Bluetooth Tracking
Research from Purdue University shows that Bluetooth would be a very good way to track travel time. Bluetooth devices give off unique IDs which could be used to measure speed and movement of...
View ArticleThe Predictable Human (and a Privacy Issue)
A study of mobile phone data shows that we are extraordinarily consistent about our movements. Mobile phone data, unsurprisingly, provides rich pickings for researchers since we carry one around with...
View ArticleIs The Tablet Coming Back Down The Mountain?
This space is getting interesting: The sort-of-tablet-handheld. Nokia unveils Linux based 770 Internet Tablet: The main attraction of the device is its widescreen, 65K colour TFT touch screen with a...
View ArticleBluethievery
Another kind of Bluesnarfing: The Times Online reported yesterday that [t]hieves are using Bluetooth technology to scour parked cars for mobile phones and laptop computers, police believe. The wireless...
View ArticleBluetooth as a Beacon for the Missing?
Thinking about the poor Londoners unable to call their loved ones because of the overloaded cellphone networks on Thursday morning, I wondered whether Bluetooth might help in such incidents in future....
View ArticleThe Next Kind of Bluetooth Threat: Car Whispering
My Bluetooth security friend Martin Herfurt is at it again, this time revealing vulnerabilities with Bluetooth-enabled cars that would allow attackers to inject audio data into the car. This could be...
View Article‘Push Button to Connect’
One of the big holes in Wi-Fi setup has been security. In a lot of cases it’s not on by default and many folk have no idea how to set it up or even that their network is not secure. Linksys reckon they...
View ArticleYour Watch Is Ringing
Jiji Press of Japan is reporting (can’t find any link for this) that Seiko Instruments “has developed a prototype of a wristwatch that alerts the wearer to mobile phone calls.” The watch uses Bluetooth...
View ArticleThe Bluetooth Gun
Bluetooth in the line of fire? New Scientist reports of a police gun invention that when fired will automatically send its position to fellow officers who can then, presumably, provide backup. The idea...
View ArticleWould You Buy A Bluetooth Car From These People?
Spare a thought for the car salesperson. Nowadays they’ve got to know as much about technology as they do about cars. A recent course held by Ford in the UK called True Blue Live to train salespeople...
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