A tech-savvy White Plains woman whose apartment was burglarized solved the crime herself after she was able to log on to her stolen laptop, photograph one of the suspects with it and get photos of another, police said. How’d she do it??
Update on AT&T Wi-Fi for iPhone
If you remember, more than a week ago, I posted about an AT&T wi-fi portal being available to iPhone users at Starbucks and Barnes & Noble locations. Then a few days later, it was reported that the service was no longer available. Well truth be told, according to this NY Times article, it was simply human error. While this service will eventually be available, no definitive date has been given.
Online US and UK Apple Stores Out of iPhones
So, if you point your browser over to the Apple Store iPhone page, it shows that both the 8GB and 16GB iPhones are listed as “Currently Unavailable”. In recent weeks, is used to read, “Ships in 1-2 Weeks”, but this no longer seems to be the case. However, it does appear that you can still purchase a phone directly from AT&T Wireless. Does this really mean that the release of a new iPhone is imminent? Apple loves to keep things mysterious, don’t they? Hmm… 
Source: TUAW
Digg Story: NASA - 1968 Science Fiction is Today’s Reality
The futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced many to fall in love with the limitless possibilities of space exploration. The movie sparked imaginations and provided a realistic preview of what our future in space might look like.
Digg Story: Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo
Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after the two companies could not agree on a price. The breakdown followed a meeting in Seattle on Saturday morning between Microsoft C.E.O. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, and Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s co-founder and chief executive.
Time Warner Cable adds more HD channels
Yesterday, Time Warner Cable added about 22 HD channels to their current HD lineup here in Brooklyn. These channels include: CNNHD, The Weather Channel HD, Music HDTV, Lifetime Movies HD, History Channel HD and A&EHD. In my opinion, this is pretty good progress. I think TWC is really feeling the pressure to add more HD channels as quickly as possible; considering that DirecTV is several channels ahead of them. The best part is that my TiVo S3 can tune these stations using cable cards; meaning, SDV has not been implemented. Now, they just need to add the SciFi Channel in HD and I’ll be all set. ;)
iTunes to offer same day movie releases
Apple announced today, that new movie releases will be available for purchase on the same day as the DVD release on iTunes. New release prices will be $14.99 and catalog titles, $9.99. Of course movies purchased through iTunes can be viewed on iPhone, iPods (with video capability), Macs, PC’s or Apple TV. This sounds pretty good and could be convenient for many.
Digg Story: The ABCs of securing your wireless network
Sometimes you don’t need to know everything about wireless to secure a home or home-office network; you only need to know what’s important.
AT&T Providing Free Wi-Fi Access To iPhone Users
MacRumors has confirmed that AT&T is providing free wi-fi to iPhone users at Starbucks and Barnes & Noble. Apparently, there’s a customized portal, accessible by an iPhone formatted page, where you enter your phone number and voila! Sounds good to me. I’ll have to go to one of the many Starbucks in the area where I work (midtown Manhattan), to give it a try.
UPDATE: According to sources, including MacRumors, it looks like AT&T has disabled this service. Perhaps it was a fluke or the company was just testing the wind. I’ll keep you posted and let you know if or when the service resumes.
Apple releases faster iMacs
Yesterday, to my surprise, Apple released faster iMacs, with speeds up to 3.06GHz. Check out Engadget’s Hands-On review. It sure looks purdy!
