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11 Year Old Hacks The Iphone

 Business has a phrase called “Barriers to Entry” meaning that depending on skill and money, some companies are easier to start than others. It is easy to start a bookstore on Amazon, it is very hard to start up a company to take on Cisco.

CNBC Dismisses Complaints Over Online Poll

Ron Paul fared a little too well in a post-Republican debate poll run by CNBC, prompting the news site's managing editor to believe astroturfing had taken place, forcing them to take down the poll.

Yahoo Hosts Open Hack Day In Bangalore

Yahoo’s intent on expanding its market share in India, and the company is also interested in finding useful new odds and ends.  In an effort to do both at once, Yahoo hosted Open Hack Day in Bangalore this past weekend.

E Voting Machine Distrust

The big three voting machine folks need to start spinning some PR here, ever since 2000, with the election of George Bush by a decision of the Supreme Court; electronic voting machines have come under increasing scrutiny.

iPh-owned: Apple Device Vulnerable To Attack

Code injection from a malicious website would make it possible to subvert the Apple iPhone into giving up data or even acting as a bugging device.

Google Without Ads

Picked up that little hack from TheGrokDotCom, to show Google SERP's with no ads.

Yahoo's Mail API & Unlimited Storage

I'll have more to say about some of the larger issues around this in a few days, but now that the embargo has been lifted (damn you, Om Malik), I wanted to point at the pair of announcements from Yahoo! Mail today and yesterday.

Upgrade to Latest Wordpress

Is my advice if you'd like to keep from getting hacked.

Vista Ultimate Extras

One of the major unanswered questions about Windows Vista is what exactly Vista's Ultimate Extras will be.

The Feds Discover Social Networking

Relax, the Bush Administration isn't trying to invade MySpace; instead, another group has erected a private playground called YoungFeds for the Administration's less-than-geriatric staffers to enjoy.