Dave Hakes' – Island Mode

08-01-07 BBC – Russia Ahead In Arctic ‘Gold Rush’
08-03-07 BBC – Insurers Win Katrina Court Case
08-03-07 BBC – US Mortgage Lender Closing Down
08-03-07 BBC – Warning Of Webmail Wi-Fi Hijack
08-03-07 Computer World – IRS Security Vulnerable To Social Engineering
08-04-07 Information Week – Worm Threat Escalates
08-06-07 eWeek – Immunity Unleashes Automatic Exploit Tool
08-06-07 Technology Review – A 3-D View Of The Brain
08-06-07 Technology Review – Better Than High Definition
08-06-07 Time – Baby Einsteins Not So Smart After All
08-07-07 Information Week – IRS Employees Fail Password Audit
08-07-07 Information Week – JavaScript Flaws Ease Intranet Attacks
08-07-07 Information Week – U.S. Firm Says Outsourcer Holding Its Data Hostage Offshore
08-07-07 Information Week – VeriSign Worker Fired After Laptop, Employee Info Are Stolen
08-07-07 Internet News – Internet Pioneer Rolls Out Faster, Greener Router
08-07-07 Technology Review – Seals Gather New Ocean Data
08-08-07 WebMD – Move It! New Exercise Guidelines
08-10-07 Time – How A U.S. Credit Crunch Went Global
08-15-07 Business Week – Why Wi-Fi Networks Are Floundering
08-15-07 CNN – Ocean’s ‘Missing Link’ Discovered
08-15-07 Information Week – T.J. Maxx Security Breach Costs Soar To 10 Times Earlier Estimate
08-15-07 Time – What Your Cell Knows About You
08-16-07 Washington Post – Home Construction Down In July
08-17-07 eWeek – Trojan Hidden On Job Search Sites Steals Personal Data
08-17-07 Information Week – Government Busts Identity Theft Ring
08-17-07 Information Week – Phony Ad On Job Sites Leads To 100,000 Stolen Identities
08-17-07 Time – Trying To Save The Coral Reefs
08-20-07 Business Week – Did Big Lenders Cross The Line
08-22-07 eWeek – Spam Spreads Storm Trojan Across Internet
08-22-07 Forbes – America’s Hackable Backbone
08-24-07 BBC – Millions Hit By Monster Site Hack
08-24-07 Business Week – Sprint The Provider That Won’t Go Away
08-24-07 eWeek – Monster Took 5 Days To Disclose Data Theft
08-24-07 Information Week – ‘Money Mules’ Increasingly A Cog In Cybercrime Underground
08-24-07 Information Week – World’s Highest-Resolution Computer Display
08-27-07 Time – Global Warming’s Next Victim Wheat
08-28-07 Information Week – Data Losses Can Harm A Business Brand
08-30-07 The Seattle Times – Justice Department Declares Victory In Microsoft Antitrust Case
08-31-07 CNN – Inside The Nuclear Underworld Deformity And Fear

A buddy of mine died last week. He was a good friend, a fellow smart ass, a terrible debater, a giving collaborator, and a knowledgable colleague. Mike was always grateful to others…

I can think of several times when Mike went totally out of his way to thank me for something that really wasn’t a big deal to me. From a “Thanks” for a discussion/debate which made him think, to a “Thanks” in correcting his version of certain aspects of American history, to a “Thanks” for rigging a projector properly which would have otherwise fallen, he always took the time to say “Thank You”. Somehow, his “Thanks” would turn something that I would have never remembered into a “moment to remember”…

Mike’s funeral will be at Ballard’s on Friday at 11:00 to be followed by a “Celebration of Life” at Akaku…

He was about the same age (just turned 40), and did the same exact thing I do for a living. Just brings it really close to home is all – he died of a massive heart attack…

I’m personally bummed cause he wasn’t “saved” by any stretch of the imagination (we use to have intense discussions/debates about the matter, so I know). Regardless, please pray for his family…

Mike, you will be missed…

…And now you know…

07-02-07 Business Week – MySpace, Facebook A Tale Of Two Cultures
07-02-07 Business Week – Taking The iPhone Apart
07-02-07 CNET – Top Executives Face Personalized E-Mail Attacks
07-03-07 BBC – Blackstone Buys Hilton For $26bn
07-03-07 BBC – Mexican ‘World’s Richest Person’
07-06-07 eWeek – Norwegian Hacker Says He Can Bypass AT&T On iPhone
07-10-07 BBC – Sausage Additive Linked To Cancer
07-10-07 BBC – U.S. Could Approve Clones As Food
07-10-07 Economist – Oil An Unwelcome Rise
07-11-07 Baltimore Sun – Allied Kept Mum On Arsenic
07-11-07 Business Week – More Heartache For Housing
07-11-07 CNN – $80 Oil Lurks
07-11-07 CNN – Bogus Company Got License For Nuke Materials
07-11-07 Yahoo! – Kids Living Near School Rarely Walk There
07-11-07 ZDNet – Mac OSX With 100 Bugs Still Safer Than Windows
07-12-07 Baltimore Sun – Nanotechnology Can Be Found In Everyday Products
07-12-07 BBC – Royalty Fee ‘To Damage Net Radio’
07-12-07 Information Week – Bots Helped To Boost Microsoft Live Search Gains
07-12-07 Information Week – Criminals Google ‘How To Open Safe’ In Middle Of Burglary
07-12-07 Information Week – Secret Service Busts Four Fraudsters With Ties To T.J. Maxx Attack
07-12-07 Information Week – Who’s Fighting Identity Theft
07-12-07 New York Times – For Athletes, An Invisible Traffic Hazard
07-12-07 Time – Russia Claims The North Pole
07-12-07 Washington Post – Site Plans To Sell Hacks To Highest Bidder
07-12-07 Washington Post – Sting Reveals Security Gap At Nuclear Agency
07-12-07 WebMD – Italian Diet Secrets
07-12-07 Wired – The Evolutionary Brain Glitch That Makes Terrorism Fail
07-13-07 BBC – The Fight Against Net Crime
07-13-07 Internet News – Bad Week For Wireless Incumbents
07-13-07 Internet News – Now PDF Is The Format For Spam Delivery
07-14-07 Information Week – The Data Theft Time Bomb
07-15-07 Washington Post – Climate Change Debate Hinges On Economics
07-16-07 BBC – Global Broadband Prices Revealed
07-16-07 CNET – Wireless USB Gadgets Trickle Into Marketplace
07-16-07 Computer World – An Enterprise PC Shop Switches To Apple
07-16-07 Computer World – No Breakthrough Yet In Efforts To Unlock The iPhone
07-16-07 Forbes – The Top Countries For Cybercrime
07-16-07 Information Week – Criminals Using Botnet To Attack iPhone Buyers
07-16-07 Information Week – The Threat Within
07-16-07 Washington Post – DHS Plagued By Turnover In Top Positions
07-16-07 Wired – Emotion-Recognition Software Knows What Makes You Smile
07-19-07 Business Week – Clearwire And Sprint Racing Ahead
07-20-07 Business Week – Google May Bid Billions On Wireless
07-23-07 News.com – Feds Scramble To Meet Data Breach Deadline
07-24-07 eWeek – Congress P2P Networks Harm National Security
07-24-07 Information Week – Storm Worm Erupts Into Worst Virus Attack In 2 Years
07-25-07 Business Week – The New Wireless Playing Field
07-25-07 Time – Obesity Is Contagious
07-27-07 Business Week – Sprint Nextel Last In CustomerService
07-27-07 Technology Review – Building A Better Search Engine
07-27-07 Technology Review – Thin Film’s Time In The Sun
07-31-07 Computer Shopper – Wisair Launches New Wireless USB Chips
07-31-07 eWeek – A Google Wireless Auction Win Will Let Freedom Ring

The link below lists the four hacks to activate the iPhone without signing on with AT&T. Believe it or not, most of the people I know who bought the iPhone bought it for everything other than the cell phone. Anyway, these are the ways they were able to activate the iPhone without signing up for AT&T’s phone service…

Alternate iPhone Activation Methods To Bypass AT&T

Me…? I’m gonna wait for a while to see if an iPhone type device comes out – hopefully it will have a screen about the size of an average piece of paper – if it doesn’t, I’ll buy a modbook (look under “Gadget Check” to the right)…

You know, I was gonna get two of these things. One for myself and one for my wife. We are with Nextel right now and ever since Sprint bought them the whole thing has went to crap…

I was stoked when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. It appeared to have everything we needed, and it looked like it was gonna save us a little money too. but the most important reasons for getting an iPhone have dissappeared…

1) We pay $120/mo for our existing thing and we have direct connect (which you can’t beat when wanting to talk to each other quickly). Initially, it looked like the iPhone was going to save us money because the monthly was only going to be $80 for the both of us. Once the iPhone came out, suddenly an astericks appeared next to the “Monthly Price” and when you look down is says the following:
“*Price reflects one line. A minimum of two lines are required. Additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each. Family plans for two iPhones start at $109.99.”
So much for saving money on the monthly bill…

2) Another thing which suddenly appeared when they went for sale is the fact that they force you to buy a data plan. I have wireless access everywhere I go, why do I need to buy this? Why can’t I just get a regular family plan and use my existing wireless networks?

3) It doesn’t come with a case/cover. So, what? You have to carry it around in your pocket?

4) I think I like the idea of using a pen better than the idea of using your finger. If it was a tablet sized device, then yeah, it would work – cause it would only be used on breaks (after I have my hands washed) anyway. But a phone that I have to touch on the face to use, just won’t work for me. Mainly for two reasons…
The first is because, in my business, my hands are always getting dirty and I would be afraid to touch the damn thing for fear of mucking it up (it would be covered in dirt by midday). I wash my hands (if water is available to us) at least once an hour (yeah they get that dirty), but I simply would not be able to pick this thing up and talk on it (or make a phone call) in the middle of something (which we do quite a bit cause we need someone to deliver this or that) without first finding a place to wash my hands (which can be quite a hike if you’re out in the middle of a golf course setting up a concert). My phone usually rings when I’m 25-50ft in the air hanging a projector/speaker – I can’t stop, get down, wash my hands, and answer the phone…
Secondly, aside from not being able to see the screen after mid-morning, this thing has no protection – if dropped on it’s face, or if you use the wrong soap or hand lotion, the screen will be dead. If you get grease on your hands, then you’ll kill the thing – I know a few mechanics who are gonna be pissed when they kill their phones after a week. The thing is way too delicate…

5) If I get an Axiotron Modbook I would save myself money. Figure this:
$110/mo for 24 months = $2640
plus 2 iPhones at $600 = $1200
Add the two = $3840
Why in the hell would I want an iPhone when I can have almost two ModBooks for the same price?

6) It syncs contacts, calendars, and bookmarks from your computer to iPhone and from iPhone to your computer (so if you add, change, or delete them on iPhone, they are changed on your computer, and vice versa); but email account settings, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos are synced one-way, from your computer to iPhone (though you can import photos taken with iPhone to your computer).
My main reason for getting this devide would be to not have to bring my laptop with me on the road. I can check my email, download my podcasts, and tv shows and do all the things I have to do, and when I get home I can sync it to my computer – and when working from home I can do what I do and before leaving I can sync it to my iPhone. I don’t need this to go one-way (from computer to iPhone), I need this to go both ways…

7) From the get-go, I was hoping that Apple would come out with something similiar; but, hold the phone part. I don’t need/want the phone part of this equation, and I really don’t know anyone who does. I want something in the form of a tablet with a larger screen, full OSX OS, full bays for peripherals, and the same type of multi-touch functionality. Basically, I want a modbook made by Apple, with multi-touch capability…

8) You know the one they announce in January is gonna have everyone who bought one this last week kicking themselves for spending $600 on a paper weight…

9) AT&T is the carrier – need I say more?

10) AT&T’s Edge Network – whatever…