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Foursquare updates app for Windows Phone 8, brings lock screen notifications and NFC check-ins

Posted by on May 7, 2013 No comments

Foursquare updates app for Windows Phone 8, brings lock screen notifications and NFC checkins

Foursquare’s been rather attentive to the other mobile plaforms this year, releasing updates for Android, BlackBerry and iOS in 2013. The time has finally come for Microsoft mobile users as well, as a fresh WP8-compatible version has just hit the Windows Phone app store. Version 3.0 lets users pin people and places to Start screens, provides lock screen notifications and lets folks check-in and share via NFC. Oh, and should you grow weary of using swipes and taps, the addition of speech controls allows you to search and check-in using only your voice. Should you be among the socially-inclined Microsofties, you know what to do.

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Pandora for Android loaded with lock screen controls

Posted by on April 2, 2013 No comments

Pandora for Android loaded with lock screen controls

A fresh release of Pandora’s Android app hit Google Play, and it carries a light, but welcome changelog. New lock screen controls for hardware packing Ice Cream Sandwich or later flavors of Google’s confection-themed OS headline the update. In addition, the revamp brings shortened startup times for the application and a track progress indicator that sports elapsed and remaining timestamps. Naturally, assorted bug fixes and enhancements round out the tweaks. Click the bordering source link to snag the download.

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Sony Xperia Z bug allows anyone to bypass the lock screen

Posted by on March 26, 2013 No comments

Joining the likes of Apple and Samsung, Sony has had some issues with bugs providing various levels of security vulnerability, with another one surfacing today. Unfortunately for Sony Xperia Z owners, the method for bypassing its lockscreen is simple and straight-forward, and is another reminder not to presume lockscreens are always secure enough to keep

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Toronto-based SaaS Enterprise Safety Company Field ID Acquired By Security Hardware Maker Master Lock

Posted by on February 21, 2013 No comments

features-indexMaster Lock has acquired Toronto-based software-as-a-service enterprise security solution provider Field ID in a deal the terms of which weren’t disclosed. We’ve heard the deal involving the five year-old startup was in the tens of millions, however, and that the company’s angel investors were very pleased with the arrangement. The purchase nets Master Lock an entry into the software market, something it’s been looking for according to Field ID CEO Somen Mondal.
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Xbox 720 Could Require Always-On Connection, Lock Out Used Games

Posted by on February 7, 2013 No comments

MojoKid writes “Sony’s next-generation PS4 unveil is just two weeks away, which means leaks concerning both it and Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox Durango (sometimes referred to as the Xbox 720), are at an all-time high as well. Rumors continue to swirl that the next iteration of Xbox will lock out used games entirely and require a constant Internet connection. New games would come with a one-time activation code to play. Use the code, and the game is locked to the particular console or Xbox Live account it’s loaded on. Physical games will still be sold (the Durango reportedly supports 50GB Blu-ray Discs), but the used game market? Kiboshed. If this is true, it’s an ugly move on Microsoft’s part. Not only does it annihilate the right of first sale, it’ll eviscerate any game store or business that depends on video game rentals for revenue.”

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Evernote’s Windows Phone app gets PIN lock, Business support in update

Posted by on January 14, 2013 No comments

Evernote's Windows Phone app gets PIN lock, Business support in updateEvernote has been one busy bee, er, pachyderm lately — extending its proverbial trunk to a more professional crowd with the launch of Evernote Business and even cozying up to Samsung’s Terminator-sounding T9000 smart-fridge. For its next trick, the popular productivity app is giving some extra love to Windows Phone users by way of a feature-laden update. One of the shiny new bells and whistles is support for the aforementioned Evernote Business, including note creation and searching via Business Notebooks. There’s also a new PIN lock feature to ensure that your notes can’t be viewed when sharing your Windows phone with members of the unwashed masses. Other key features include joined notebooks and new style options for text as well. For info about the update straight from the elephant’s mouth, just head on to the Evernote Blog by clicking on the source link.

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Nokia to lock down access to Navifirm and early firmware images later this month

Posted by on January 2, 2013 No comments

There’s some potentially bad news for Nokia users who were willing to dabble in untamed firmware releases via the company’s online repository. Navifirm, which has inadvertently offered several early glimpses of updates for Nokia hardware, will shutter open access to its firmware repository at the end of the month. Starting in February, the system will require a “Nokia Online” login for access to both application and device software downloads. The brief announcement doesn’t detail whether this would involve a standard Nokia account or something else, but it might mean fewer previews — and a slightly longer wait for subsequent (and official) Lumia updates.

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Report: Apple, Microsoft lock horns over iOS Office revenue split

Posted by on December 13, 2012 No comments

Apple and Microsoft are arguing over the iOS App Store’s submission and payment requirements, and Microsoft has already made concessions as it tries to get its SkyDrive app approved, support discussions show.
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Android 4.2 OTA brings lock screen widgets and multi-user support

Posted by on November 13, 2012 No comments

Those of you working with one of the three Nexus devices currently offered up by Google, those being the Nexus 4 and 10, will be glad to know that an Android 4.2 OTA update has begun rolling out. This update includes two major updates into what we already knew was supposed to be possible with

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Final Android 4.2 update adds lock screen widgets to Nexus 4 and multi-user support to Nexus 10

Posted by on November 13, 2012 No comments

Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 receive Android 42 update, gain widgets

Google just pushed an OTA update to Android 4.2 for our Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 review units. The update adds lock screen widgets to both devices and multi-user support to the Nexus 10. We’ve reached out to Google and the company’s confirmed that this is the final software build that will be shipping on its flagship phone and tablet tomorrow. Stay tuned as we find out more.

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Final Android 4.2 update adds lock screen widgets to Nexus 4 and multi-user support to Nexus 10 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft explains the origins of Windows Phone 8′s home and lock screens

Posted by on November 4, 2012 No comments

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We’ve delved into just what we think of Windows Phone 8′s interface, but not what led Microsoft to the final layout. The company isn’t content to let us wonder — a pair of new company blog posts explain some (though not all) of what was involved in that birthing process. Ignore the marketing spin and you’ll learn that the wider, more densely packed home screen was chosen as much for balance as to stuff in more home tiles, and that it caused a momentary crisis for the app list as a result. The Redmond team goes on to justify choices behind the lock screen, such as why notifications are as customizable as they are, why the music controls fade and why there’s a failsafe for PIN attempts. Don’t expect to come out of the explanations suddenly craving a Lumia 920; just expect to make more sense of the OS inside.

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Microsoft explains the origins of Windows Phone 8′s home and lock screens originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google spreadsheets gains lock down feature

Posted by on August 8, 2012 No comments

Google has made it possible to protect data from editing by other users within its spreadsheet service.
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Canadian DOJ Warned About Unconstitutionality of Copyright Digital Lock Rules

Posted by on June 25, 2012 No comments



An anonymous reader writes “The Canadian House of Commons may have passed the Canadian DMCA, but
the constitutional
concerns with the copyright bill and its digital lock rules will likely
linger for years. Michael Geist has obtained
internal government documents that indicate that the Department of
Justice issued a legal opinion warning about the potential for
constitutional violations. The DOJ legal opinion warned of the need to
link circumvention with copyright infringement and of the particular
danger of not providing the blind with an exception. The Canadian law
misses the mark on both counts with no link to infringement and an
exception that blind groups say is ‘nullified’ by strict conditions.”

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Raytheon, Lockheed lock horns for Space Fence contract

Posted by on June 2, 2012 No comments

The Air Force expects to deploy its $ 3.5 billion system by 2017, and in the process improve its space debris tracking ten-fold. If it works, as many as 200,000 pieces of junk can be tracked.
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HTC blames AT&T for One X bootloader lock

Posted by on May 6, 2012 No comments

After it was discovered that the bootloader on HTC’s new One X phone is not unlockable, a lot of smartphone enthusiasts had a sour taste in their mouths, especially since HTC had been one of the champions of unlockable bootloaders. So why, all of the sudden, is this latest mobile device going against the grain?

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How Apple and Google help police bypass iPhone, Android lock screens

Posted by on April 3, 2012 No comments

If you’re a cop with a mobile phone to search, here’s how you can force Apple and Google to let you bypass those pesky lock screens.
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Windows 8 app keeps perps under virtual lock and key, frightens pedestrians (video)

Posted by on March 17, 2012 No comments

Need something to sate that Windows 8-lust Microsoft stirred up with its Consumer Preview? Then take a gander at this in-development vehicle control app shown off at the company’s Redmond campus as part of this year’s Worldwide Public Safety Symposium. Developed by Modularis, an outfit known for their enterprise, federal and OEM automation solutions, the Metro-style application turns its host slate into a virtual controller, granting users remote access to door locks, sirens, lights, as well as the ability to pull cloud-based data — courtesy of Windows Azure — from multiple cars to determine GPS location. And, as you’ll see in the video after the break, it also has the unintended and wholly amusing benefit of freaking out innocent passers-by.

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Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling

Posted by on January 30, 2012 No comments



MojoKid writes “Studios and publishers are fighting back hard against the used game market, with the upcoming title Kingdoms of Amular, the latest to declare it will use a content lock. In this case, KoA ups the ante by locking out part of the game that’s normally available in single-player mode. Gamers exploded, with many angry that game content that had shipped on the physical disc was locked away and missing, as well as being angry at the fact that content was withheld from used game players. One forum thread asking if the studio fought back against allowing EA to lock the content, went on for 49 pages before Curt Shilling, the head of 38 Studios, took to the forums himself. His commentary on the situation is blunt and to the point. ‘This is not 38 trying to take more of your money, or EA in this case, this is us rewarding people for helping us! If you disagree due to methodology, ok, but that is our intent… companies are still trying to figure out how to receive dollars spent on games they make, when they are bought. Is that wrong? if so please tell me how.’”

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Apple breaks Microsoft’s ‘lock’ on enterprise workers, argues analyst

Posted by on January 26, 2012 No comments

The iPhone may have opened the door for Apple in the enterprise, but it was the one-two punch of the iPad and revamped MacBook Air in 2010 that really did the trick, an analyst said today.
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Testing the MongoDB Global Write Lock Improvements

Posted by on January 3, 2012 No comments



rick446 writes “I took some time to benchmark the global write lock improvements in MongoDB 2.0. From the article: ‘MongoDB, as some of you may know, has a process-wide write lock… Per-database and per-collection locking is on the roadmap …, but it’s not here yet. What was announced in MongoDB version 2.0 was locking-with-yield. I was curious about the performance impact of the write lock and the improvement of lock-with-yield, so I decided to do a little benchmark, MongoDB 1.8 versus MongoDB 2.0.’”

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Nook Tablet gets rooted, bootloader stays under lock and key

Posted by on November 20, 2011 No comments

Jealous of that root-ready Kindle Fire, but not ready to trudge through the Amazon to get it? Don’t worry, you can stay huddled up with your Nook Tablet and get all the device rooting you want — with a few caveats. Although the good folks on the XDA Forums haven’t unlocked the slab’s bootloader just yet, they’ve managed to root the tablet all the same. Jumping through a few technical hoops (or stumbling across forum user Indirect’s one-click Windows utility) will score you access to the Android market and another way to sideload apps on the souped up slate. Custom ROMs? Not yet; in addition to killing the root with every device reboot, the locked bootloader is keeping the Nook’s tweaked build of Android 2.3 front and center. Hit up the source link below to get started.

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Sprint slaps lock on iPhone 4S SIM

Posted by on November 12, 2011 No comments

Apple giveth, and Sprint taketh away. Just as official unlocked iPhone 4S sales kick off through Apple’s own webstore, news surfaces that Sprint will, from today, be locking the SIM slot of the iPhone 4S handsets it supplies. Until now, Sprintfeed reports, the CDMA carrier has been quietly supplying the fifth-gen Apple smartphone unlocked, meaning users [...]
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Digital image can dupe Android face-based lock

Posted by on November 12, 2011 No comments

Google says the “Face Unlock” feature in Ice Cream Sandwich can’t be fooled by images. A viral video begs to differ.
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No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux

Posted by on November 3, 2011 No comments



First time accepted submitter Bucky24 writes “ZDNet’s Ed Bott decided to contact major PC makers to find out the truth about Windows 8 SecureBoot. The responses are encouraging for those of us who run third party operating systems. Dell plans to have a BIOS switch to allow SecureBoot to be disabled, and HP assures us that they will allow consumers to make their own choice as to what operating system to run, though they have not given details as to how.”

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