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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple recalls some Verizon iPads over duplicate IDs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Castellion</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple confirmed to AllThingsD today that it has recalled a very small number of VerizoniPad 2 models after the products were inadvertently shipped with identical electronic serial numbers.The numbers, officially known as mobile equipment identifiers (MEIDs), are important in the activation of devices that use Verizon's cellular network and are designed to be unique to the individual device.(Credit:CNET)&quot;Duplicate MEID numbers were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad 2 units for the Verizon 3G network,&quot; an Apple representative said today.Although most of the small number of devices involved were still in the process of hitting the market, a few had already found their way into customers' hands.Word of the issue had cropped up on various Apple enthusiast blogs, including 9to5Mac.Apple said at its developer conference on Monday that it has sold 25 million iPads since the originaltablet debuted last year and some analysts believe it could sell another 8 million this quarter. However, there have been some issues along the way, including a deadly May 20 explosion at a Foxconn plant in China believed to be manufacturing the iPad 2.Story Copyright (c) 2011 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toys R Us 'selling' iPad 2, but getting one is a different story]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Castellion</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Toys R Us store began selling theiPad 2 today, but only select stores have them. Toys R Us already sells a ton of iPad accessories. But in-store availability of the actual device is very limited.(Credit:Toys R Us)The iPad 2 has been chronically selling out at stores everywhere so news that a new outlet will have the iPad 2 can potentially send shoppers scurrying to that location. But don't expect to waltz into a Toys R Us today and get one. In the Los Angeles area, only select Toys R Us stores got a shipment of iPad 2s. And a store in Tustin, Calif.--a Los Angeles suburb--had already sold out of the iPad 2 by 10 a.m. The store opened at 9 a.m. Best Buy launched an iPad 2 promotion in its weekly flier. Problem is, few stores have any inventory.(Credit:Best Buy)The situation isn't much better at Apple stores. The Manhattan Apple store had no stock on Sunday and a store representative said they generally sell out every day. And Best Buy, despite aggressive promotions (see graphic), has trouble keeping any inventory. Chicago downtown and Thousand Oaks, Calif., stores said they're only taking orders and have none in stock. And a store representative at the Thousand Oaks store apologized for giving the impression that iPads, via a Sunday flier featuring the iPad 2, were in stock, when they weren't. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Privacy 'bill of rights' exempts government agencies]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Castellion</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=privacy-bill-of-rights-exempts-government-agencies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[news analysis Two U.S. senators introduced sweeping privacy legislation today that they promise will &quot;establish a framework to protect the personal information of all Americans.&quot;There is, however, one feature of the bill (PDF) sponsored by senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) that has gone relatively unnoticed: it doesn't apply to data mining, surveillance, or any other forms of activities that governments use to collect and collate Americans' personal information.At a press conference in Washington, D.C., McCain said the privacy bill of rights will protect the &quot;fundamental right of American citizens, that is the right to privacy.&quot; And the first sentence of the legislation proclaims that &quot;personal privacy is worthy of protection through appropriate legislation.&quot;But the measure applies only to companies and some nonprofit groups, not to the federal, state, and local police agencies that have adopted high-tech surveillance technologies including cell phone tracking, GPS bugs, and requests to Internet companies for users' personal information--in many cases without obtaining a search warrant from a judge.Senators John Kerry and John McCain at press conference announcing privacy legislation.(Credit:U.S. Senate)&quot;What's a bill of rights if it doesn't provide rights against the government&quot; asks Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the free-market Cato Institute.It also doesn't apply to government agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, the Census Bureau, and the IRS, which collect vast amounts of data on American citizens.The Department of Veterans Affairs suffered a massive security breach in 2006 when an unencrypted laptop with data on millions of veterans was stolen. A government report last year listed IRS security and privacy vulnerabilities. The government of Texas yesterday revealed that it disclosed the personal information of 3.5 million citizens, including Social Security numbers. Even the Census Bureau has, in the past, shared information with law enforcement from its supposedly confidential files.Another feature missing from Kerry and McCain's bill of rights: a strict requirement that would force federal agencies to notify American citizens in the event of a data breach.In 2007, the Bush White House asked agencies (PDF) to develop breach notification rules. But there are no civil or criminal penalties if violated, and agencies are allowed to make their own decisions as to whether a breach has generated sufficient &quot;harm&quot; to warrant notification--a self-policing measure that gives them a strong incentive to downplay any potential ill effects.Making the governmental exemption more pointed is the fact that the senators' press conference comes as the Obama Justice Department is lobbying for broader surveillance powers and trying to head off pro-privacy reforms.In January, the Justice Department announced that investigations &quot;are being frustrated&quot; because no law currently exists to force Internet providers to keep track of what their customers are doing. A month later, the FBI outlined its push for expanded Internet wiretapping authority.Last week, the Justice Department said it opposed proposals--backed by AT&amp;T, Google, Microsoft, eBay, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Americans for Tax Reform--to protect Americans' privacy by requiring a search warrant to access online files and track Americans' locations. Then, on Friday, the Justice Department renewed its opposition to being required to use a search warrant to access the Twitter accounts of Wikileaks volunteers.&quot;Kerry and McCain are saying, 'Do as I say, not as I do,'&quot; Harper says. &quot;If they want to lead on the privacy issue, they'll lead by getting the federal government's house in order.&quot;Instead, their legislation would regulate only commercial and nonprofit use of information that's personally identifiable, with exceptions for information &quot;obtained from public records that is not merged&quot; with other data and information &quot;reported in public media.&quot;The measure shares many features with similar, unsuccessful bills introduced last year: Personally identifiable information is defined as including a first and last name, a residential mailing address, a Web cookie, an e-mail address, a telephone number, biometric data, and so on. &quot;Sensitive&quot; information is a subset and includes health records, religious information, or data that could lead to &quot;economic or physical harm.&quot;In general, personal information can only be used for a list of purposes specified in the legislation, including processing transactions, certain types of marketing, &quot;reasonably expected&quot; uses, and responding to police and other governmental requests. Violations would be punished by the Federal Trade Commission.The FTC would also be given one year to set up a &quot;safe harbor&quot; program, which would be administered by approved non-governmental organizations. Companies that participate in the safe harbor, as long as it includes similar data use restrictions, would be &quot;exempt&quot; from the more restrictive aspects of the bill.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CTIA 2011 wrap-up: Android dominates again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Castellion</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sights from CTIA 2011 (photos) After a hectic fallCTIA show,CES, and Mobile World Congress, we assumed that the spring CTIA show would be a quieter affair. It might have been, too, were it not for AT&amp;amp'T's bombshell, dropped two days before the show kicked off.News of the proposed merger was followed on Monday by Google joining forces with Sprint to bring Google Voice to nearly every Sprint phone. The announcement went hand in hand with Sprint's news that it's adding an Android 2.3 Gingerbread-run 4G-capable Nexus S to its lineup.Speaking of Sprint, the carrier unveiled two spinoffs of its Android-powered Evo brand, made by HTC. There was the HTC Evo 3D--which offers a lensless 3D experience for photos, videos, and games--and the HTC Evo Viewtablet, a rebranded, 4G-ready version of the HTC Flyer we saw at Mobile World Congress. HTC wasn't the only manufacturer to trot out a 3D phone. LG struck back with its LG Thrill for AT&amp;amp'T, the U.S. version of the LG Optimus 3D first glimpsed in Barcelona, Spain, last month. Like its competitor the Evo 3D, the Thrill features two 5-megapixel cameras on the back for shooting 3D video and stills. LG also had the T-Mobile G2X, our pick for top phone, and yet another rebrand of a dual-core Android phone, the LG Optimus 2X, first revealed at CES. To round off its Optimus theme, Cricket announced the LG Optimus C, the latest in the inexpensive, entry-level Android Optimus line.  Besides the Optimus C, two more Android phones are joining Cricket's lineup, the Samsung Galaxy Indulge and the Huawei Ascend 2. The Android march continued with the HTC Merge, the phone maker's first CDMA Android world phone, and three new tablets to accompany the HTC Evo View. There's Acer's Iconia Tab A501, a 10-inch, dual-core, 4G-capable Android 3.0 Honeycomb effort. Samsung also rolled out two tablets to join its Tab family, the ultrathin Samsung Galaxy 8.9 and 10.1 tablets, which now come a hair thinner than Apple's iPad 2. Not only do they have much more premium bodies than the first Galaxy Tab, they also sport Samsung's new TouchWiz UX interface to play nice with the Honeycomb OS. Android devices once again dominated the show, save for the HTC HD7S, a Windows 7 phone that's nearly identical to the HTC HD7 for T-Mobile except for its improved Super LCD screen, and the Nokia Astound, a new Symbian phone for T-Mobile. For the first time in a long time, BlackBerry had very little presence and announced no new handsets. The one peep we did hear was that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android apps. Although the news landed during CTIA, it wasn't brought up until after the show floor had closed. Take a final trawl through all the other great news, videos, and photos from the week. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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