Government sues to block T-Mobile-AT&T deal
The public have spoken and the feds they listened, Oh yer baby….
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers.
The government contends that the acquisition of the Bellevue-based No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition and that would lead to price increases.
At a news conference, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the combination would result in “tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for mobile wireless services.”
Sony Ericsson unveils Live with Walkman Android smartphone (will this take off?)
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new Android smartphone with Walkman branding that touts unique music-centric features. Dubbed the Live with Walkman, the handset will feature a dedicated Walkman button for quick access to your music. But, it’s different from previous Walkman-branded devices in that it also features deep Facebook integration for music sharing and discovering.
The Live with Walkman will sport a 3.2-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display powered by a single-core 1GHz processor with 380MB of RAM. It will have a front-facing VGA camera for Skype video calling, a 5-megapixel rear-facing auto-focus camera capable of 720p HD video recording, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, DLNA, and Sony’s xLOUD system for enhanced audio output.
Google Could Get a Chance to Buy T-Mobile After It Closes Motorola Deal?
Imagine the world a year from now—August 2012—and the attempt by AT&T to buy T-Mobile is clearly doomed. The FCC still hasn’t decided to approve the license transfer, the DOJ is still asking difficult antitrust questions, lawsuit after lawsuit is piling up, and AT&T shareholders are getting restless. T-Mobile, meanwhile is still hanging in there in merger purgatory. Even AT&T’s lust to bring back Ma Bell is starting to wear thin. Obviously, something has got to give.
Geek to Live: Back up Gmail with fetchmail
While I love the convenience and features of Gmail, I hate that all my messages live on Google’s servers. Without a local copy, if I can’t get online, or if Gmail has an outage, my email’s inaccessible.
While it’s possible to download your Gmail with a POP client like Thunderbird, constantly running a program just to backup your email consumes CPU cycles and memory.
Instead, today we’ll set up a nightly automated Gmail backup using the command line program fetchmail, which will go out, grab your newest messages, save ‘em to your hard drive and exit, all while you sleep soundly in the knowledge that you’ve got an offline copy of your important email.
[Guide] to Installing S-off, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on [03/AUG/11](noobproof)
If you would like to S-OFF, Install ClockWork Recovery, permanently Root & obtain SuperCID. Follow Steps 1 to 4!
To Debrand or flash an official stock ROM only: follow Steps 1 & 4 only (you may skip step 3 & 4 is you do not need them)
To Root: follow steps 1-3
UPDATE: NEW ALPHAREV clockwork Recovery 4.0.1.4- Charging WORKING IN RECOVERY. CHARGING ISSUES FIXED LEDs WORKING Clockwork 4.0.1.5 has issues. Follow Step 2 below to download and install. you do not need to follow the rest of the steps if you are just updating CWM
Android App Turns Smartphones Into Mobile Hacking Machines
“We wanted to create a penetration testing tool for the masses, says Itzhak “Zuk” Avraham, founder of Tel-Aviv-based Zimperium. “It’s about being able to do what advanced hackers do with a really good implementation. In your pocket.”
Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
Why do hackers hack?
Why create a worm that sends out an email to everyone in your contact list, or a Trojan that deletes your term papers? Is it mischief, malice, money, or something else entirely?
This is the question that was on my mind when I met with Mikko Hypponen, a legendary computer security heavyweight who has been hunting viruses for 25 years—since Brain.a, the first PC computer virus.
From the plaza, I walked out to a seat by the water facing the San Francisco Bay. Hypponen was there, waiting for me. I sat down next to him. I felt like we needed code phrases.
You Are Not Anonymous
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