SusanAbe says "iM Lost Without My iPhone" about Apple – iPhone 3G Cell Phone

Instead of a (very large) purse carrying my credit cards, debit cards, checkbook register, address book, to-do list, cell phone, coupons, book to read, workout journal, baseball scorebook, city map, yellow pages, wristwatch, timer, alarm clock, datebook, calculator, grocery list, local gas station prices, car insurance information, list of sales at stores and restaurants, iPod, [...]

Inspired By Japanese Food, Bit.ly Gets A Slight Redesign

Yahoo isn’t the only site that is undergoing a homepage change. The URL-shortening service Bit.ly did a slight reworking of its main site today as well. And not surprisingly, it’s very Twitter-focused.
The new design is called “Bento Box,” according to a post on the Bit.ly blog. This is named after the containers that Japanese food [...]

Phreaking the Phones: Before there Was Hacking [Giz 79]

Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before there were macs, Jobs and Woz kept themselves busy building their own blue boxes (Above) which would emulate precise control tones to seize control of the phone system.
They were inspired by this Esquire article from 1971 called Secrets of the Little Blue Box, by legendary [...]

Rockchip plans on slashing Android phone prices with new RK2808 chipset

Rockchip, already a favorite among dirt cheap, feature-laden PMPs, has its sights set on Android and we couldn’t be happier. The company sees Android’s free nature being the perfect match for the Chinese market, and plans to release its low-cost RK2808 chipset in October to take advantage of that. In addition to Android, Rockchip claims [...]