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Verizon May End Mobile Data Free-for-All, Blogetry's Blogs May Be Reinstated

by Warren Riddle on July 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM

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Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Verizon may kill its unlimited data plan within the next few weeks, reportedly because of abusive "bandwidth hogs." Coupled with Ma Bell's similar move, the closure apparently represents the demise of a fleeting, two-year trend. [From: The Huffington Post and Engadget]
  • The Microsoft and Apple role-reversal continues, as an increasingly cool Microsoft reportedly plans to bestow its 90,000 employees with complimentary Window Phone 7 devices. [From: Engadget]
  • In what could be a significant victory for free speech (and blogging), Web host Burst.net may reinstate the Blogetery service and its 70,000 users. Earlier this month, Burst suddenly and universally eliminated the platform after the FBI accused Blogetery of hosting terrorist information and activity. [From: CNET]
  • Skype has officially completed an apparently impressive iOS 4 upgrade, and -- although video chat remains unavailable -- there will not be an extra charge for calls over 3G. [From: Engadget]
  • The International Computer Science Institute recently discovered a frightening geotagging, social network security issue. The Institute's researchers actually circumvented privacy controls to glean specific geographic information, including addresses, from user photos and videos hosted on sites like YouTube and Craigslist. [From: PSFK]

Tags: geotagging, icis, Ios4, iphone 4, Iphone4, microsoft, morningxtra, skype, top, verizon, WindowsPhone7

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