The world’s eyes were opened to the very real threat of computer hackers in the past few weeks. Hacking is certainly nothing new, but with the recent intrusion into the PlayStation Network and the possible intrusion into LastPass, customers are even more aware of the possibilities of identity theft. For the most part, cellphone hacks aren’t as prominent. There have been applications offered by third-party Android app stores that are used to steal customer data, but there haven’t been reports of massive breaches yet. AT&T wants to be ready if that ever happens.

According to the crew over at BGR, it looks like Apple has quietly made some changes to AppleCare. In the past, the protection plans were transferable to a new person, however the ability to transfer from device to device was limited to the iPhone. Well, in a little bit of good news for those with more »

Competition is good. Nowhere is the more true than in the telecommunication businsess. Today, US Cellular announced expansion of their Overage Protection program that goes beyond just getting a text message when users reached 75% of their monthly allotment. The new plan provides protection, limiting voice overages to no more than $50 for individual users more »

So you’ve finally got a hold of the hottest phone: the iPhone 4. All the apps, multi-tasking, and shiny good looks are all yours – but you’re not done yet. Here are some tips on what you’ll need to get that might not have hit you at first. Rest assured, the gadget accessory market is more »

So you wanna shoot in the wild? Long gone are the days of the plain black flip-top camera bag. Now-a-days, photographers have a choice of resting spots for their Precious. And this new carrying case, touted the “Adventure Bag” by Tamrac, is really rather impressive. To start off, the simple design of the bag is more »

Although we have previously mentioned Toshiba’s face recognition technology in our coverage of the Satellite A300 and M300 and P300, it is only now that Toshiba is officially promoting the said feature. Toshiba has employed this technology to provide Satellite owners an additional way of securing their dear Toshiba machines from unauthorized users. The technology grants or denies access to people who might use the laptops depending on whether they are registered users.

To use the face recognition technology to secure their laptops, users need to have their face profiled by the laptop’s webcam during a short setup process. Once profiled, the laptop’s webcam would use this to reference people who are about to use the laptops as recognized by the laptop’s webcam. If a user’s face has not been profiled before, then the laptop would deny them access to the machine.

As predicted Facebook have already got off to a bad start in 2008, with news that in the UK the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to look into how easy (or not as the case seems to be) it is to delete your information off Facebook once you have deactivated your account. The fear is that people will think that once they deactivate their account that will remove all their information but that isn’t the case.

“Those who wish to wipe out all information are advised to “log in and delete all profile content”, which involves manually removing everything from messages to pictures.