Day archives: January 12th, 2005

Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems

From SecurityFocus: A sophisticated computer hacker had access to servers at wireless giant T-Mobile for at least a year, which he used to monitor U.S. Secret Service e-mail, obtain customers’ passwords and Social Security numbers, and download candid photos taken by Sidekick users, including Hollywood celebrities, SecurityFocus has learned. Whoa! This person had unbelievable access …

SD Flash Memory Card with built-in USB

SanDisk Corporation today introduced an innovative SDâ„¢ flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. Flash memory always amazes me. This card has 512MB and only uses half of the actual card. The other half is used for the USB connector. This isn’t the first SD/USB memory card; apparently that honour belongs to Digimaster. But this …