Nothing is ever good news these days!
Ars Technica warns of ‘evil twin’ attacks, where a hacker sets up an open wireless network in order to monitor the traffic and steal information. They inform us that it’s really easy to set up this sort of network, and in a modern society where free and open Wi-Fi […]

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High frequencies emitted from Intel processors could interfere with the operation of GPS receivers, the Swedish Defence Research Agency has found.
Using a computer in a car, plane, boat, or anywhere a GPS system is used, can mean that the sat-nav device starts working incorrectly. Many modern processors with high clock frequencies - such as those […]

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Andy Ihnatko makes me feel old. While I like my devices to do what they say on the box, i.e. my smartphone is a smart phone, he goes and writes something that makes so much sense, but I still haven’t come entirely round to his way of thinking*:
So really, the point of the phone is […]

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Via yourNAV.com, news that TomTom have released version 6.75 of their maps — they can be purchased on the TomTom site.
Besides the already available maps of Western Europe, several European regions, the United States, Canada and Australia, now maps for South-Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore can be purchased.
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Apart from a continuous actualisation of the map […]

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TomTom officially announced the TomTom ONE XL today, the next version in the successful TomTom ONE series. It boasts a sleeker design and an extra wide 4.3″ touchscreen.
I haven’t seen one yet, but our chief buyer has, and it’s now up to TomTom to let us play with test a unit.
Source: TomTom
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It’s official: Google Checkout is now available to users in the UK:
And just so buyers don’t feel left out, we’re giving them £10 off all orders over £30.
So now’s a good time to try Google Checkout — go shop!

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After the accidental leak of its online video demo last week (is anything like this truly accidental these days), TomTom have finally announced their new RIDER, the TomTom developed specially for the motorcyclist in mind. With a secure RAM® mount, dock and glove-friendly touchscreen, plus an included Cardo scala-rider™ Bluetooth® headset for voice instructions, the […]

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As you can clearly see, changes are afoot at Mobile Tech Digest. Discussions will now take place over at the TotalPDA forum — if you want to leave a comment but not register, use the forum name MTDcommenter and the same for the password.
A lot of the comments I’ve seen posted here would be much […]

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Italian consultancy Inverse Path reveals research that shows RDS-TMC receivers may be vulnerable to hijack by hackers.
“The trouble is that people trust sat nav,” he points out. “It’s not like your PC which everyone knows is vulnerable to hackers and viruses, so are wary of. Sat nav naturally inspires blind faith.”
Systems that do not primarily […]

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