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I cannot help but think there will be a specific type of individual that will purchase this, without offering up any stereotype’s I am sure you can think of at least one.

While this looks like nothing more than a severed cable, its actually a 2GB flash drive, and its certainly one that will not get stolen that quickly. My biggest concern would be leaving this laying around on the table and having my wife coming in the room and tossing it in the trash can thinking it was junk.

One thing I can say without hesitation is that using this memory cable in public with some of the high-end notebooks that are currently on the market is going to make you look simply crazy.

Product [WorldWideFred] Via [MAKE]

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The variety of amazing iPhone applications seem to grow with each passing day, and as proof here’s a video showcasing what’s in store for version 2.0. Here we see a new calculator application, support for enterprise email, and possibly a whole lot of other features that haven’t been captured on video yet. And did I mention that the iPhone here is actually running on T-Mobile’s network and not AT&T? Well, I guess I just did.

Keep reading to watch the preview of the iPhone 2.0 firmware below….

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First, we shouldn’t endorse hackers. Second, we shouldn’t express views on religion or politics. Third, this story just made me laugh out load - so apologies if it offends!

Looks like Internet hackers have targeted the Church of Scientology in a pretty big way, first by carrying out a denial of service on the international web site of the church, which is sort of funny but not very clever, and secondly by “Google bombing” that is manipulating the way the internet search engine works to ensure that the Church of Scientology is returned as the first hit whenever anyone enters the search string “dangerous cult”. Again not very nice, but pretty clever and sort of funny!

The background to this is the main reason for the post though. It seems that this all stems from the removal of the Tom Cruise “blast” video from You Tube, which many believe was forced on You Tube by the Church, which once again goes to show the ‘power’ of the consumer on the internet. In reality it does seem better to ‘put up and shut up’ rather than draw attention to things that you may disapprove of.

Via [Telegraph]

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Nokia has, after a long delay launched their N-Gage service. The release, being called N-Gage First Access sounds to us a lot like a glorified beta testing group, but if you are one of the lucky few, you can still get excited. The service is currently available just to those with an N81. Once you have the First Access installed you will be able to download and test games as well as buy them and continue to play. In addition to the games Nokia also hopes you will take part in the development, so when something goes wrong you can provide them with feedback. Honestly we have no reason to think you will have issues, but with all the initial delays in getting the service launched, they just seem inevitable. Of course like anything else, someone has found a ‘work around’ to the N81 only limitation, if you have another recent N Series device and are feeling lucky you can check out Symbian-Guru for some more details.

Read [N-Gage] Via [Boy Genius Report]

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Trend Micro is reporting that within hours of the news that popular actor Heath Ledger had been found dead in his New York apartment, several malware sites appeared at the top of search listings for the words “heath” and “ledger”. Users visiting these sites are redirected to another site, which prompts them to download an ActiveX “update”. The update is fake and instead begins a series of malware downloads. Researchers believe this latest malware attack is related to the suspected hacking of a Czech ISP’s servers. This isn’t the first time cyber criminals have used newsworthy events to spread their malware. Last month’s assassination of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto also spawned a flood of malware sites. The criminals have caught on to using events people are likely to do searches on and then use Search Engine Optimization to get their malicious sites at the top of search results.

Read [TrendMicro]

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