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Bug in iOS 5.0.1 allows unauthorized access to your contacts and call history
A new bug found in iOS 5.0.1 may allow an unauthorized user to access your contacts, make phone calls, or use FaceTime on your iPhone even if it’s passcode locked. The iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS all seem to be affected by this bug. While it’s always unnerving to find out that someone [...]
Greek Cabinet Approves Additional Austerity Measures
With the debt crisis in Greece clearly on the minds of the world’s finance titans, the country’s cabinet voted on Saturday to approve a “final” set of austerity rules that had long been pursued by the EU and IMF as part of a 130 billion euro bailout. The move by Greece apparently makes the chances [...]
Where to Find Bubble Guppies Coloring Sheets
“Bubble Guppies” is a popular television show for young children and preschoolers that airs on Nick Jr. It is about mermaid-like preschool children that go on underwater-adventures along with their dog, “Bubble Puppy.” They are taught by a fish. Because the show is popular, children will love to have coloring sheet of “Bubble Guppies.” Child [...]
Herman Cain Turns Down Dancing with the Stars
Herman Cain has managed to remain somewhat relevant on the fringes of the ongoing GOP primaries, but as Newt Gingrich’s stock continues to fall Cain’s star is losing some luster. Producers for Dancing with the Stars approached the former Republican candidate to try to persuade him to join the cast for Season 14. But, Cain [...]
Rappers React to Whitney Houston’s Death
Whitney Houston’s death at the age of 48 has created an outpouring of reactions on Twitter and elsewhere. Diddy attended Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy gala and said, “Whitney always hit you with that beautiful smile, that incredible energy. Whitney Houston had the greatest voice in the world. We truly lost an angel.” “Whitney was family to [...]
Federal and State Attorneys General Reach Settlement with Banks on Foreclosures
COMMENTARY | As a foreclosure defense attorney, I have spent the last few days processing the Yahoo News report that the top five servicers of mortgages in the country reached a settlement in lawsuits filed against them by the U.S. Justice Department and all 50 States Attorney General. The suits were filed by the AGs [...]
Benefits of Parenting Classes
Parenting was a process that one took up naturally, without any trace of self-doubt; those good old days are virtually passé. As humans, we are blessed with a lifelong sense of nurturing, and this is the very trait that sets us apart from the other species that constitute that animal kingdom. The progress in time [...]
On Path, apps accessing your Contacts, and a better permissions system for iOS
Like with Notification Center, Apple should draw inspiration from Android to better handle in-app privacy and permissions. Earlier this week the internet got itself into a kerfuffle over Path, a small-circle social networking app for the iPhone, and its open transmission of Contact information from a users phone to Path’s servers. It’s an important issue [...]
Rescuing a Movie Collection
I have an extensive movie collection. I even still have a VCR for my VHS tapes. After decades of playback and rewind, VHS tapes get snapped or worn. After DVDs not finding their way back to their cases, discs get scratched. I have performed my own VHS “surgery” and rubbed out some DVD scratches. Retail [...]
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