Nokia 1100 used in online banking hack

 

Can you even imagine that the durable and very simple GSM Mobile phone produced by Nokia with a 96x65 monochrome screen can be programmed to receive messages directed to a different phone number, thus receiving sensitive bank or other data. This flaw was brought to authorities' attention after some phones were sold for over US$32,000.

Latest Straw cleans Water as you drink it

This straw has got special micro-filtration technology that can make the water from any source very much safer. Its available for $40 from Thinkgeek and can filter about 130 gallons and "reduces up to 99.99999% of all waterborne bacteria." Source: Here

New Version Bluetooth – 3.0 much better now

The Specs for new version of bluetooth are out. The specification are now known as Bluetooth 3.0 High Speed and for a good reason - it promises up to 8 times the speed of version 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced data rate) for a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps. Isn’t that great. The increase in speed is achieved thanks to the 802.11 radio protocol. Note that 802.11 is not Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi is just an implementation of the 802.11 standard. Despite this, the new Bluetooth version aims to help Bluetooth do a lot of the things that Wi-Fi was better at.
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