Archive for January, 2012
FCC revamps Lifeline phone service, cuts the fat from carriers’ bottomlines
With a site redesign freshly under its belt, the FCC’s setting its recently honed eye for modernization on other, more pertinent areas of its jurisdiction — like Lifeline. The universal program, a means of guaranteeing affordable phone service to low-income families, hadn’t exactly kept pace with changes in the telecom industry, overlooking consumers’ preference for [...]
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Megaupload users’ data to be kept another two weeks, EFF to help folks retrieve it
Megaupload’s digital doors may have been closed due to the presence of pirated materials, but there’s still the matter of all that legal content residing on its servers. Naturally, folks want their files back, but now that the government’s gotten what it needs, the hosting companies no longer need to keep the data around because [...]
The Immobilizer Phone – Don’t Take That Call!
You know the feeling of leaving a store late at night, and walking out into a dark parking lot? While you don’t actually believe that anything is going to happen, you breathe just a little faster knowing that it could. I know I always like to hold my keys in between my fingers thinking I [...]
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Must Watch: Washing Machine Dies Horrible, Agonizing Death
By David Ponce Videos of people wantonly destroying things are a dime a nothing on YouTube. But this particular one is a little more spectacular, and a little more poignant than others. You have to watch it to understand. But if you can’t, just know that what you see is what happens when you throw [...]
H2′s ‘King Arthur and Medieval Britain’ Giveaway
History Channel just released King Arthur and Medieval Britain on DVD. The release is about the adventures of King Arthur and his fabled court of heroes. The stories have dominated the imagination of the western world for centuries, which is why MobileWhack is excited to offer it for giveaway. For centuries, the adventures of King [...]
FlatFrog Offers Up A New Multitouch Table
We saw a few touch-tables at CES, and while the Surface remains the gold standard, not everyone loves the price, form factor, or size. There’s room for competition, and FlatFrog, based in Sweden, is hoping to break into the market with a new 32″ device. When it comes to touch, there are a few different [...]