Full FeedUpgrade your Palm Pre: The soft keyboard is here
If you’re an iPhone user and considering a Palm Pre, the complete absence of a soft keyboard is felt almost immediately. Having to slide the keyboard out seems so 2003. Well fret no more, thanks to this work by Alan Rodriguez you can upgrade your Palm Pre in minutes. Darn… Continue Reading »
Vacationers, watch out with Wi-Fi
Ah, summer. Time to relax, go visit friends, vacation. No worries, right? Well, there may be a small one if you like to use public Wi-Fi on your travels. The latest trend for the in hacker is what has become known as “vacation hacking.” It works by the hacker setting… Continue Reading »
A third of government websites attacked by unknown cyber criminals
An estimated third of government websites in the United States have fallen victim to a cyberattack. The attacks started over the Fourth of July weekend and have continued through this week. Government websites attacked include the Secret Service, the White House, Treasury Department, and the FTC. Several commercial websites have… Continue Reading »
Your social security number may not be as secure as you think
We all know to keep our social security number private, and not share it with the masses, right? After all, if the wrong person gets a hold of it, that could be a very bad thing. Our social security number (SSN) is like the magic little key to our financial… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre bits: GSM version in Vietnam, webOS updated to 1.0.4 and a landscape mode for email hack
Here we are with another selection of Palm Pre related news, and first things first, a GSM version has been spotted. Just recently a video has surfaced showing off a GSM version of the Palm Pre. Of course, we knew that such a model would eventually be released, however this… Continue Reading »
T-Mobile hacked with the customer data up for sale?
If you are a T-Mobile customer, you may want to start worrying a tad. It seems there are claims from hackers that they have wormed their way into T-Mobile network, and ripped off customer information including confidential and financial documents. The hacker’s post on insecure.org tells their side of the… Continue Reading »
Customer hacks ISP website, does what the ISP could not and then gets a thank you
This is one story of hacking a website and making a change to your account that seems to have had a happy ending. According to the story, Douglas Mezzer and his roommate had a DSL account with iiNet and everything was going great until his roommate moved out. The DSL… Continue Reading »
Chrome shines compared to Safari, IE, and Firefox in a hacking test
Wednesday was day one of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest, and the results are in. Using fully patched copies of Safari, IE8, and Firefox, hackers broke them all. They each failed to what is called hacker “Nils.” The Pwn2Own contest challenges experts in security to find and exploit vulnerabilities in… Continue Reading »
HTPC in an end table
The Ikea Hacker blog, which captures the joy of folks who love to “hack” Ikea furniture and accessories to make their own unique items, has an interesting on involving a simple end table and a PC. It seems the tables owner wanted a PC in their living room to use… Continue Reading »
Inspiron Mini 9 gets the teardown treatment, courtesy of Dell
It seems we are not even going to have to wait for the Inspiron Mini 9 to get in the hands of consumers before we begin to learn about the inside. Dell has gone ahead and posted a the service manual for the Mini 9, and it contains more than… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
