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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Researcher: iPhone, iPad track users' whereabouts]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=researcher-iphone-ipad-track-users-whereabouts</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A map showing location-tracking information from the iPhone.(Credit:O&amp;39'Reilly Radar)Apple iPhones and 3G iPads running iOS 4 might be tracking their owners' movements, a new report from O'Reilly Radar claims.Alasdair Allan, senior research fellow in astronomy at the University of Exeter, and writer Pete Warden say they have found evidence that theiPhone, 3GiPad, and backups on users' computers contain detailed location information, including latitude, longitude, and time stamps, that show where the mobile devices have been. In addition, the information is &quot;unencrypted and unprotected, and it's on any machine you've synched with your iOS device,&quot; they claim.The information is reportedly stored in a file called &quot;consolidated.db.&quot; The writers claim that the information, which isn't &quot;always exact,&quot; started being collected around the time of the launch of iOS 4 last year. They say that they have found &quot;tens of thousands of data points in this file&quot; that, they believe, were collected via cell-tower triangulation.The fact that the iPhone or 3G iPad can be tracked isn't all that surprising. Apple currently offers a free app, Find My iPhone, that lets users track their smartphone from another device. The service is also available to iPad andiPod Touch owners. However, the claims made by Allan and Warden are a bit different. For one, in their findings, users don't know that they're being tracked. Moreover, exactly why that information is reportedly being tracked is unknown at this point. And as they rightly noted, &quot;cell phone companies have always had this data, but it takes a court order to access it.&quot; Although the alleged findings will raise some red flags in the privacy and security community, it's worth noting that the information the writers allegedly came across is not being leaked out over the Web.  People who are concerned that their iPhone or iPad is tracking their locations can find out with the help of an application Allan and Warden released, named iPhone Tracker. The open-source application maps all the points of location information saved in the user's devices. I ran the application on my computer to find out if my iPhone has been tracking me. It returned a detailed map showing the many places I've been with my smartphone. Allan and Warden plan to discuss their findings in more detail later today at the Where 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital City 121: Hot laptops, Samsung 9 and Acer Iconia' plus, building a mini man cave]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winmanbuger</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=digital-city-121-hot-laptops-samsung-9-and-acer-iconia-plus-building-a-mini-man-cave</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Now that&'s a rant: Brenda Brathwaite unloads on social game haters]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=now-thatrsquos-a-rant-brenda-brathwaite-unloads-on-social-game-haters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Social-gaming entrepreneur Brenda Brathwaite delivered a rant at the Game Developers Conference that would have made a tent preacher proud. In a session where speakers were encouraged to lash back at critics among traditional game makers, Brathwaite lobbed a bunch of grenades back at industry bigots who think social games are evil.All of the insults hurled against social-game developers in recent years &amp;8212' chiefly that low production quality, knock-off designs, and cheap price points are destroying the industry&amp;'s creative values &amp;8212' have pissed her off. Her response: a kind of manifesto that may well convince more traditional game makers to move into social games. The game industry is undergoing a sea change, and Brathwaite welcomes those who want to pioneer games on a brand-new platform.As a cofounder of Loot Drop, a social-game developer in San Mateo, Calif., Brathwaite has put a stake in the ground saying that social games are not ruining the game-development industry. Her stance: social games are still games. They&amp;'re part of the same entertainment fabric. They aren&amp;'t mature yet, like console games, but they are no less deserving of praise because they appeal to audiences that are different from the hardcore gamers who play on the consoles.Brathwaite is a longtime game maker who worked at Siro-Tech for 18 years, building titles such as Wizardry and Jagged Alliance. More recently, she worked on Playboy: The Mansion and studied the thorny topic of sex in video games. In the spring of 2010, she crossed the divide between traditional game development and social games. She became creative director at LOLapps, where she co-developed Ravenwood Fair with John Romero. Her new company, founded with Romero and other traditional game industry veterans, will do social games with a focus on good design.The GDC rant session included a number of other industry luminaries as well, including Zynga chief game designer Brian Reynolds and Digital Chocolate chief executive Trip Hawkins. But nobody really got the fire going like Brathwaite&amp;'s fire and brimstone.Here&amp;'s a video of her rant in full. Note there is some profanity.Next Story: Put that holding elevator music on hold with Fastcustomer Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Nexterra bags $15M for biomass power, Johnson Controls make $32.3M smart grid buyPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: rants, social gamesCompanies: Loot DropPeople: Brenda Brathwaite          Tags: rants, social gamesCompanies: Loot DropPeople: Brenda BrathwaiteDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Disney looks beyond apps with HTML5 game maker Rocket Pack]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winmanbuger</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=disney-looks-beyond-apps-with-html5-game-maker-rocket-pack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Disney has acquired gaming startup Rocket Pack, a specialist in games which use HTML5, the latest version of the Web&amp;'s lingua franca. The  deal signals a move in the game-development community towards HTML5  games, which can be played across almost every modern device and Web  browser. Games and other apps built specifically for Apples iOS devices  or Android devices have to be rebuilt in order to work on other  platforms, so HTML5&amp;'s portability makes it appealing to developers  and game publishers alike. The move mirrors Disney&amp;'s larger corporate strategy as well, in which it seeks to distribute its content across as many platforms as possible.Rocket Pack, based in Helsinki, Finland, will become a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in the Disney Interactive Media Group. According to Fast Company, the price of the acquisition was between $10 million and $20 million.The one-year-old startup just released the first HTML5 game based on its Rocket game engine for developers. The game, called Warimals, is about the everlasting battle between cats and dogs.Rocket Pack promises its engine will be able to handle many kinds of social multiplayer features, including virtual currency to buy virtual goods. The engine works with Apple iOS devices, Android, and most major browsers on a PC or Mac.Here&amp;'s a sample of Rocket Pack&amp;'s work:Next Story: Sony touts its PlayStation Network, 70M and counting Previous Story: Amprius raises $25M for breakthrough batteries from Kleiner, Google CEOPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, apps, HTML5, HTML5 games, iPhone, smartphones, web apps          Tags: Android, apps, HTML5, HTML5 games, iPhone, smartphones, web apps Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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