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Submission + - Major Iphone security flaw. 1

Submitted by
Vijay
Vijay writes: "As everyone knows it is possible to make calls from a locked Iphone. Unfortunately this lead onto another risk. Your sms can be read, your pictures can be seen and it enables you to make international calls (This was not possible with just pressing emergency calls) on any locked Iphone.

1.From a locked Iphone go to emergency calls, type "*#301#"
2.Answer the call
3.Hold the call
4.Decline the call
5.Go to Contacts
6.Create a new contact
7.Add new URL
8.Type "sms:"

Pictures-
Same to step 7 then

8.Type "prefs:"
9.Go to wallpaper
10.Camera roll

Calls-
Same to 4 then

1.Just dial

Basically the Iphones locking ability has been destroyed. Apple will have to resolve this issue very quickly."
United States

Submission + - SANGOMA FIRST QUARTER RESULTS SHOW ANNUAL REVENUE

Submitted by
Tiffany Richardson
Tiffany Richardson writes: "Sales of $2.82 million result in net earnings of $0.49 million MARKHAM, ONTARIO, November 29, 2007 — Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC), the premium provider of telephony and network hardware and software products supporting telephony, wide area networks and Internet infrastructure, today released highlights of its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Sales were $2.82 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $1.55 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, an increase of 82%. This represents yet another all time record for the Corporation, despite the unprecedented appreciation of the Canadian dollar. Net income after tax was $0.49 million ($0.017 per share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $0.40 million ($0.014 per share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, an increase of 22%. Net income was affected by the award of stock-based compensation (a non-cash entry) and a foreign exchange loss due to the rapid change in the Canadian dollar/US dollar exchange rate. These two non-operational items together were responsible for a decrease in net earnings for the quarter by over 40%. The Corporation completed the financial quarter ended September 30, 2007 with working capital of $6.01 million, as compared to $5.29 million on June 30, 2007, an increase of 14%. About Sangoma Technologies Corporation Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of connectivity hardware and software products for telephony and wide area network solutions. The company develops and manufactures voice and data communication products including the industry-leading series of Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) PCI cards. Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: STC — News). Additional information on Sangoma can be found at: www.sangoma.com. ###"
Government

Submission + - Sudan Jails UK Teacher Over Teddy Bear Name (techluver.com) 1

Submitted by
Tech.Luver
Tech.Luver writes: "A British teacher being found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison and will then be deported. She had been accused on three counts of insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs. ( http://techluver.com/2007/11/29/sudan-jails-uk-teacher-over-teddy-bear-name/ )"
The Courts

Court Orders White House to Disclose Telecom Ties 147

Posted by Zonk from the fess-up-to-it-boys dept.
rgiskard01 writes "Glenn Greenwald is reporting at Salon.com on a win for the EFF, in the battle for clarity regarding the telecom surveillance scandal. A federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to accede to the EFF's Freedom of Information Act request. Assuming the White House follows the court order, they would have to make public their lobbying ties to the telecoms industry. 'These disclosures will reveal ... which members of Congress McConnell and other Bush officials privately lobbied. As an argument of last resort, the administration even proposed disclosing these documents on December 31 so that -- as EFF pointed out -- the information would be available only after Congress passed the new FISA bill. The court rejected every administration claim as to why it should not have to disclose these records.'" Greenwald goes on to argue that the order should be leveled against Senators as well, to get a sense of who else is in Ma Bell's pocket.
IBM

Submission + - Solaris on IBM System z (youtube.com)

Submitted by
Kathryn Zbikowski
Kathryn Zbikowski writes: "IBM and Sun have announced a live demo of Solaris on System z. Experts at research and development company Sine Nomine Associates — the same folks who were at the epicenter of the Linux on the mainframe movement — have brought the two companies together and showcased the possibilities at this week's Gartner conference in Las Vegas. Check out the following YouTube link and see David Boyes from Sine Nomine discuss the project from the Gartner event floor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH71qP-yDDI"
Google

Submission + - Referencement Saguenay (zonereferencement.com) 1

Submitted by
PaTzZ
PaTzZ writes: "Referencement Saguenay Nous sommes une petite entreprise de référencement et marketing internet située à Ville de Saguenay au Québec. Auparavant spécialisés en marketing-communications, nous avons décidé de concentré nos activités sur le web afin d'aider les entreprises innovatrices de notre région à mieux se faire connaitre sur internet. (Nous n'offrons pas le ciel et nous ne promettons pas la domination totale du web mais nous sommes convaincus que nos connaissances peuvent apporter à beaucoup d'entreprises!) ***Vous désirez venir partager vos connaissances avec nous? vous êtes les bienvenues! http://www.zonereferencement.com/forum ***Vous désirez soumettre votre site web dans l' annuaire des entreprises (gratuit)?, vous pouvez le faire à l'adresse suivante: http://www.zonereferencement.com/forum/annuaire.html Merci beaucoup et à bientôt!"
Biotech

Submission + - Get your whole genome sequenced -- just $350,000 (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by
David Hamilton
David Hamilton writes: "Now you can be just like Jim Watson. (No, not that way.) Boston-area startup Knome today announced that it will sequence your entire genome (PDF link) — all six billion base pairs of it — and then help you analyze and interpret it. A whole-genome scan is roughly 6,000 times more detailed than the SNP scans offered by 23andMe, DecodeMe and Navigenics. The catch? Sticker shock, for one thing — the service costs $350,000, although that should come down quickly as sequencing tech evolves. For another, Knome has limited its offer to the first 20 comers because of capacity constraints, so you'll also have to get in line."
Businesses

Submission + - Discussion on the superocean steelfish watch (scribd.com)

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: The Breitling Superocean Steelfish comes with a water resistance factor of 2000 m (6600 ft). Put differently, you would have to dive to a distance of 1.24 miles before the integrity of the watch casing was compromised. That, albeit a tad 'overkill', is a very impressive technical specification. Now, I don't know anyone personally who has ever dove that deep
The Internet

Submission + - Is Kinset the future of online shopping? (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Kinset is a 3D virtual environment that mirrors the traditional retail shopping experience, offering you the ability to browse isles of products, zoom in, and even purchase a product that grabs your interest. Still not making sense? Think Second Life, but for shopping. You can browse in the environment and buy things just as you would at a store, but with a lot more information available to you, and then checkout through Amazon.com. Geek.com took a look at the technology by doing some virtual shopping at Brookstone.
Space

Submission + - OrganicBuildingBlocks Discoveredin TitanAtmosphere (techluver.com)

Submitted by
Tech.Luver
Tech.Luver writes: "Scientists analyzing data gathered by Cassini have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan's atmosphere. These particles may act as building blocks for more complicated organic molecules. The discovery was completely unexpected because of the chemical composition of the atmosphere (which lacks oxygen — responsible for forming negative ions in the lower ionosphere of the Earth — and mainly consists of nitrogen and methane). The observation has now been verified on 16 different encounters. ( http://techluver.com/2007/11/29/organic-%E2%80%98building-blocks%E2%80%99-discovered-in-titan%E2%80%99s-atmosphere/ )"
Education

Submission + - Too Old for CS Degree?

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Okay...I've seen articles etc on age discrimination in IT...What do you think, is there an age past which one is "too old" to get a MS in CS if one doesn't have a BS in CS? What if one also has a law degree, does that change the picture? Thoughts?
Cellphones

Submission + - Who is the moron? Dvorak or Google? (wordpress.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Dvorak was recently vocal about his opinions on the Google Phone concept, and needless to say, he wasn't very excited about it. But does his opinion merit attention? Or is he just a blow hard who is out of touch with the way modern cell phones are being used? Fark.com is linking to an interesting article which examines Dvorak's argument, and deconstructs it, pointing out Dvorak's logical errors. The largest being that Dvorak is discounting the value of search on mobile phones, claiming that people don't want to be able to search for information on phones. Considering that search engines pretty much debuted on phones, his comment seems rather short sighted, and misinformed. While Dvorak is complaining that people don't want search on phones, Google is already reaping the profits of their free SMS and voice based search engines already available on all phones.
Government

Submission + - Swiss DMCA quietly adopted (boingboing.net)

Submitted by roady
roady writes: We have seen a lot of talk about the Canadian DMCA. But few know about the Swiss version recently adopted by law makers, not even the Swiss people. The government and media have been very quiet, probably to avoid a referendum. Indeed, Switzerland is a direct democracy and if 50'000 citizens sign a referendum, the whole country will have a chance to vote against the new copyright law. In this version of the DMCA, sharing a file on P2P networks will land you one year in jail, even though the law mandates a levy on blank media. The history of the law can be read here.

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