Bluecasting has been accused of Bluetooth spamming, and tries to explain why what they do is different.

Here’s a pretty nifty website if you’re curious about from where those telephone calls are really originating. It’s called Fone Finder. The way that Fone Finder works is that you can enter any telephone number, anywhere in the world (if you are entering a number outside the United States you…

How would you like to be the lawyer who is known for defending a man on charges of upskirting? You may recall that upskirting and downblousing are the terms used for taking surreptitious pictures of people, in various states of undress, or under their dress, with your cameraphone (and then…

In case you haven’t heard, Sony Ericsson has recently announced their line of Walkman Phones (cellphones) including both the ‘candy bar’ (non-flip, buttons on the front) style w800, and the swivel version (the top swivels up to reveal the keypad) w600. They have also just announced a w550 for Europe…

Call it what you like, the act of transmitting a message, image, sound, or any other data, to someone’s Bluetooth device via that Bluetooth, without their permission, is spamming – Bluespamming to be precise – pure and simple. (It’s also Bluejacking.) However, that’s not what a company which mega-band Coldplay…

Aunty has had several people ask her recently what “Bluejacking” is. Bluejacking is really just another name for Bluespam, or for what the Car Whisperer does. Wikipedia defines “Bluejacking” as “the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, PDAs or laptop computers.” This also…

Cellular phones for children? What won’t they think of next? When you buy one of these cellular phones for your child, and you know that you will, think about yourself at that age, and whether you would have needed one, and how it would have changed your childhood if you’d had one.

Meet the Car Whisperer. We told you it could happen. Remember the BlueSniper “Rifle” which could sniff out and Bluejack Bluetooth devices up to a half-mile away? And the Bluetooth Bluespam being sent to movie-goer’s phones? [Oh sure, the company called it “ringtones” and “wallpaper”, but we all know better.]…

While consumers, and indeed the online security industry, have typically not paid much mind to warnings of nasties being sent to or through a Bluetooh device, experts are warning that this needs to change. Case in point: the newly discovered Doombot.A, which carries with it CommWarrior.B, which sends itself out…

Ok, now admit it. How many of you set ringtones not for people you like, and whose call you want to be sure to answer, but for people whom you don’t like, and whose call you want to be sure to avoid? For all of you out there – and…

A just-released study shows that nearly 90% of all teenagers are now online, and use email and other Internet programs on a regular basis. However, they also see email as something you use with old people, like parents and teachers. The method of choice for communication with friends is instant messenger.

If you go to a movie in New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles, that vibration you feel in your pocket may not be someone trying to pick your pocket (or, hey, something else) but may be a bluetooth promotional kiosk in the movie lobby sending something to your cell…

Even though they can serve such legitimate purposes as preventing cellular eavesdropping, cell phone jammers have always been controversial, and in fact cellphone jammers are illegal in the United States, where, according to the FCC, “The operation of transmitters designed to jam or block wireless communications is a violation of…

Nobody is exactly sure exactly why, but cell phone access has been intentionally turned off in the four major tunnels servicing New York City since the London terror bombings last week. The affected tunnels include the Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Midtown Tunnel, and the Battery Tunnel. This is…

Here’s an interesting new service! Imagine that you are driving along, listening to the radio (you guys do remember that classic antique, the car radio, right?) And a song comes on that you really like. Or that really annoys your spouse. Or something. For whatever reason, you decide that you’d…