MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (HBN) — In an effort to thwart rouge sales of Gmail account invites being sold for Buku bucks on eBay, Google recently spammed current Beta testers of the E-mail service with plenty of invites to give away. (more…)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (HBN) — Recently it has been established that getting a Free Gmail Invite has truly become a lost cause. People are doing whatever it takes to get these invites, only to have their personal information scanned by the evil Googlebot, and served “relevant” ads while reading their Gmail. (more…)
LOS ANGELES, CA (HBN) – Daily Wireless recently filed reports on a recent warflying expedition to LA. Two aircrafts established a p2p connection and discovered 3151 networks.
Team DailyWireless.com and Tom’s Hardware were able to successfully establish a point to point link between two airplanes flying in parallel for the first time in the History of the World.
“Additionally, we were able to address the topic of wireless security by collecting data resulting in the most access points detected in a single flight and arguably in the given time period (approximately 80 minutes). Of the vast number of access points detected, only about 30% were encrypted. This clearly shows the need to publicly recognize and address the lack of understanding and regard with respect to wireless security.”
I don’t know about you but when I’m looking out the window I am going to look at small planes a little bit differently now. When people tap into your un-encrypted wireless network they can read your e-mail, read Excel files and cause all sorts of havoc!
WarFliers beware! You are being watched!
Hmmm… But WarFlying sounds so fun….
PAIRS, France (HBN) – The nutty French are at it again.
The French Phonographic Syndicate organization has launched a campaign today against free illegal mp3s that are downloaded via the Web.
Above is the interesting campaign logo. It says: “Free music has a price!”
Of course, if the price is simply being subject to a poorly composed digital representation of the Middle Finger, we at Hairballnews don’t think the French are going to lay off the ol’ mp3 downloading addiction.
Thanks to our friends at Boing Boing for flipping us the bird initially. We know they didn’t mean it… and together we shall strike back…. for all the cool cats in France. Ya dig?