Saturday, 25 September 2010

No Tethering for Windows Phone 7

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September 25, 2010
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No Tethering for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system won't allow tethering, the company said Friday.
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Sony Steps up War on Jailbreaking The latest firmware update adds Blu-ray 3D Disc Playback, Facebook integration, grief reporting -- and disables USB devices.
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Facebook Rolls Out New Page Browser Discover Facebook Pages gives members a quick way to browse community pages and work information from those pages in their news feeds.
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Many Companies Carelessly Send Spam, Study Says More than half of online retailers are spamming web user with e-mails they have not requested to receive, study shows.
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Tech Firms Settle DoJ Antitrust Action Analysis: A probe into anti-poaching agreements among tech companies draws federal rebuke, but that's all.
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Does Microsoft Have Its Mojo Back? Can It Keep It? Some argue Microsoft is experiencing a renaissance of sorts with the success of Windows 7, Internet Explorer, and Office Web Apps. Could it be?
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iPhone 4 China Launch May Zap Grey Market Legitimate sales may dampen iPhone smuggling, as Chinese customers line up for iPhone 4 this weekend.
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Beware Burglars Checking Social Nets for Victims Cops bust crime ring that relied on Facebook for targets; are you vulnerable?
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Bright Colors, Snazzy Style Highlight Holiday High-Tech Goodies From retro-handsets you could crack a walnut with, to stylish digital music players, and $100k bluetooth headsets made from pearls here is a sneak peek at colorful 2010 holiday gear.
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Chinese Apple Fans Line up for iPhone 4 Launch iPhone 4 starts selling in mainland China Saturday; carrier claims 50,000 advance orders on the first day.
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What You Need to Know About White Space Wi-Fi The FCC vote to make unused TV white space available as unlicensed wireless bandwidth will spark a revolution bringing new Wi-Fi that can travel over greater distances, through obstacles, and at higher speeds than existing wireless technology.
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Windows Phone 7 Doesn't Need Tethering Microsoft crushed rumors of mandated free tethering by revealing that Windows Phone 7 isn't even capable of tethering, but the reality is that tethering is an obsolete concept that is the least of Microsoft's concerns for its new mobile platform.
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Viral Views: Lego Star Wars Trilogy in Under Three Minutes This week Viral Views takes a look at advice-giving animals, letters between friends, and a rendition of Star Wars that would make George Lucas jealous.
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Mozilla's 'Seabird' Concept Phone Could Be a Boon for Business A Bluetooth dongle and dual pico projectors on this concept handset promise to ease content input and manipulation for mobile users.
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Comcast Hackers Get 18 Months in Prison Two men were sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday for their roles in a May 2008 hack of Comcast.net.
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Man Gets 10 Years for VoIP Hacking Edwin Pena was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for VoIP hacking.
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Safari Vulnerable to Auto-Fill Security Bug (Again) According to a security researcher, a security flaw in Safari that Apple patched still lives on.
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Orange Looks Set to Use Cisco, EMC, VMware in Cloud Orange Business Services appears poised to become a cloud service provider using equipment from Cisco Systems, EMC and VMware.
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