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Do YOUR fellow parents know the following yet?

From the MIT Model Railroad Club to Open Cell Phone Systems

Long long ago,

back when the earth’s crust cooled and I was a young lass, I read about the original MIT Model Railroad Club from the super book Hackers. They accomplished some truly brilliant goodies back then, ranging from hacking PDPs to mapping out the subway station and beyond.
Well, MIT is doing it […]

Mom, Get me a Blackberry!

Morning!

Kids want a Blackberry? Heck, YOU want a Blackberry? I’m thinking about a Blackberry as I’m considering getting either that or an iPhone. Well, check this out:
Zee New Blackberry, you can get zee new glimpses! To wit:
…After months of online speculation, rumor, and badly photoshopped innuendo, RIM announced its new […]

New teen dating ritual - sending naked photos via cell phones

My parents never

had to deal with this, to wit:
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.
The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens’ courtship behavior, police and school officials said.
The […]

Spoofing your colleagues’ iPhone wi-fi location positioning system

While I certainly

do not recommend the following for, ahem, gently applying to annoying co-workers who worship their iphone, it IS rather fascinating….
Zurich (Switzerland) – It was just a matter of time: Researchers from the ETH Zurich breached the iPhone’s/iPod’s Wi-Fi positioning system and found that the technology is vulnerable to location spoofing. If […]

iPhone 2.0 will allow you to save web pictures

Do your kids

continuously baffle you with their command of the iPhone? Well, tell them this juicy rumor:
…At last! The latest beta version of Apple’s iPhone 1.2.0 firmware gives you the possibility of saving pictures straight from Safari and into the Photo Album. We tried and it works: just hold your finger against an […]

Another use for your kids’ mobile phone - MMORPG and mobile World of Warcraft

You think

texting is addicting?
Ever hear of World of Warcraft? You know, that Massive Multiplayer Online Roll Playing Game (say THAT three times fast)?
Well, guess what. Rumor has it that it’s coming to mobile phones as well. To wit:
…Research has shown that mobile games attract a diverse demographic, drawing more women […]

The aroma of NTT smelly molbile phones - coming to a kid near you!

Morning! Check out
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this, ahem, new breed of phone research:
….NTT Communications has revealed a new phone which will add smell to the already substantial audio and visual experience on your handset. The new smelly cell phone will allow people to smell fragrances as well as other smells sent […]

Parental uses for the iTouch and iPhone

Still need some

bona-fide reasons to buy that iPhone or iTouch? GeekDad Duane came up with 10 super reasons you should consider it now! To wit:
Audiobooks. Fine, you loaded up your whole music collection. But honestly, you can pretty much have music on in the background no matter what the kids […]

Prevent iPhone Theft - Lojack it to call home with Twitter!

Now if this

isn’t cool, I don’t know what is.
As we all know, the iPhone is mega-cool because it runs Unix. Anything that runs unix is paradise on this planet, I’ll have you know. But I digress.
Anywhos, what would you do if your iPhone gets lost or stolen and […]

Ultimate iPhone icon set

Is your teen looking

down upon you because you have yet to spiffyze your iPhone look and feel?
If so, check out this ultimate iPhone icon set (and it’s free!) over at the XDA Developers site.
Gotta love what you can find online for free.
And if you’d like more iPhone goodies:

Apple iPhone School Themes
PQ DVD
iPhone Theme World

Hope […]

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