Interesting discussion about Bluejacking — the new craze whereby folk send messages to unsuspected cellphone/PDA users across the room — on Slashdot. The impression I get is that parts of Europe have already been using the Bluetooth function on phones to spam other people for some time. One contributor says that in Copenhagen …every other … Read more
If you start receiving weird messages on your Bluetooth-enabled phone (or, I guess, a PDA) from strangers, you’ve probably been Bluejacked. For more, read here. Nice. Although of course it’s open to abuse so expect the vulnerability to be exploited by spammers, hackers and the marketing fraternity.
A story from Reuters that says one of the biggest hurdles facing RFID tags — the widgets that store information about products — is that they still aren’t very good. “The tags fall far below the 99 percent reliability rate of UPC tags because of the difficulty of transmitting clean radio signals,” the piece says. … Read more
Here’s an example of RFID — the intelligent radio tag technology — used without people’s permission to do something a tad scary. The Singapore Straits Times reports (no link available as yet) today that a local start up, Tunity Technologies, installed a tracking system using RFID that would pinpoint every delegate’s physical position at the … Read more
On the heels of its launch of fresh handhelds, Palm has launched some new accessories, including a wireless keyboard, multifunction stylus, six cases, a camera card, handheld device protection units and complete accessory kits. According to UK PR firm M2 Communications the wireless keyboard lets users type using a QWERTY key layout without the need … Read more