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Update: This cap appears to already be official, though perhaps not yet enforced. The 10 GB limit is present as text deep in T-Mobile's Terms and Conditions page, listed in the "Protective Measures" section. Note that the limit is specified...

Greetings. I've previously written of some concerns associated with Google's new "SearchWiki" feature, a concept with considerable merit in theory, but as currently implemented appears to be easily abused. Up to now I've noted the issues of "electronic graffiti" and...

Greetings. It appears that YouTube has switched their standard video display window from 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 widescreen. As anyone can tell you who has ever worked to try make sure that a 16:9 image displayed reasonably in YouTube's...

Update (November 22, 2008 3:40 PM): Reports are coming in that Google SearchWiki has apparently vanished from some or all Google accounts. Confirmed. It's not known yet if this is just a momentary technical glitch or something more significant. Additional...

Greetings. Google has introduced a significant new search feature that is now accessible to users who are logged in to Google accounts. Called SearchWiki, it allows users to modify the results returned for any given search query. Users who are...

Greetings. Last December, in For Google and Others, Few Good Deeds Go Unpunished, I noted how for companies like Google, it seems impossible to avoid ideologically-based criticisms even when performing obvious and valuable public services. Another example of this sad...

Greetings. The New York Times is reporting today on the high probability that President Obama will be forced to essentially give up using e-mail for most purposes, due to concerns over the implications of Records Act requirements. Now that we're...

Greetings. So you want a top job with the upcoming Obama administration? You'd better be ready to bare your soul! A background check questionnaire for upper-level applicants to the Obama team has surfaced. It's a monster set of interrogatories, probably...

The following is adapted from a posting of mine distributed on Dave Farber's IP list earlier today ... Greetings. I can only assume that much of the readership feels trapped in a situation like that of Bill Murray in the...

Greetings. The merger of two satellite radio services into one -- promoted ironically as a boon to listeners, has finally taken its toll on programming. Today the newly branded Sirius/XM channel layout took hold on existing radios, and the Net...

Greetings. How long has it been now since the G1 officially hit the streets? Just less than three weeks, right? I've been noting the breathtaking speed of G1 hacking developments since the (pre-version RC30) root access exploit was discovered --...

Greetings. I've previously discussed the claims of my local T-Mobile store that they'd price match (if shown a relevant ad) the lower (by $30) price that Wal-Mart announced for the HTC Google Android G1 when it actually appeared in "selected"...

Greetings. Lost in the post-election buzz is a story of potentially major concern regarding free speech and the Internet, and the controversial issues of who is responsible for materials posted to the Net. In Italy, prosecutors are bringing charges against...

Greetings. I'd like to make an important correction related to my entry earlier today: New Low for Anti-Net-Neutrality, Anti-Google Forces: Blame Obama!. In that piece I took Scott Cleland to task, for what I termed his anti-Google, anti-network-neutrality arguments, and...

Blog Update (November 10, 2008 4:50 PM): Correction to "New Low ... Blame Obama" (earlier today) Greetings. The election is over, but it appears that one of the most visible spokesmen for anti-network-neutrality ISPs, and for Google-haters more broadly, is...

Greetings. Google has released the promised fix (release RC30) to close the root access jailbreak in the Android G1. However, it seems likely that at least for G1's already in the field, it's too late to lock down this particular...

Greetings. Wikileaks is vividly demonstrating why I keep repeating the phrase "You can't effectively censor the Internet." It seems that a Belgian satirical magazine just published a "sex satire" story involving the country's chief of police. Rather tasteless? Yeah, it...

Blog Update (November 8, 2008 8:05 AM): G1 Jailbreak Fix Released (and Blocked), Plus Hacking Philosophy 101 Blog Update (November 6, 2008 7:40 PM): Google says a patch to close the G1 jailbreak described below will be pushed out soon....

Greetings. In Readers Blow Their Stacks Over Voicemail Prompts and Beware: T-Mobile's Voicemail Paging Trap I recently discussed the serious risks of T-Mobile's voicemail system offering callers numeric paging even when the called party has numeric paging notification disabled (apparently...

Greetings. An amazing and rather frightening report has appeared on the ABC News site, that appears to illustrate what a near miss this country just suffered with Sarah Palin. With the election over, McCain staffers are spilling their guts about...