Archive for July 11th, 2010

Woman Imprisoned for Sending Hundreds of Threatening Texts to Herself [Worstmodo]

Jeanne Mundango Manunga, scumbag, was recently jailed by Santa Ana, California police for sending nasty, threatening texts to herself. She was posing as her sister-in-law and ex-boyfriend, both of whom were jailed. Now she’s in prison where she belongs. More »










Police – Prison – Law – Law Enforcement – California

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Automated GUSS Golf Carts Will Be Militarized Soon [Robots]

Drones are ubiquitous on today’s modern battlefields, from Iraq to Afghanistan and everywhere in between. Automated, gear-lugging golf carts? Not so much. That’s about to change though, thanks to a little guy named GUSS. More »










Golf – Business – Accessories – Sporting Goods – Consumer Goods and Services

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HTC Aria update for AT&T enables mobile hotspot, sideloaded app support (update: partially working!)

Well, this is genuinely awesome: it seems AT&T is pulling back from its ban on third-party sideloaded apps on its Android devices, because HTC has just released an Aria update that enables them (either that or HTC just went rogue here, but we highly doubt it). While that doesn’t have much practical implication for your typical smartphone user, it’s a strong sign that AT&T might be ready to take a more reasonable stance on the openness of its branded devices that would put it inline with the attitudes Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile have all taken with their Android phones so far. Additionally, the update includes “the Mobile Network sharing function,” which we take to mean a mobile hotspot app in the same vein as the one that’s shipping with Froyo — if we had to guess, it probably requires AT&T’s 2GB DataPro plan plus the tethering add-on, which would put it in line with what they’re charging on the iPhone. Onward and upward, AT&T.

Update: We got downright excited for a second there, but an HTC spokesman just called to inform us there’s been a mistake — this download is only for the desktop HTC Sync client and doesn’t actually enable anything on the phone. We’re working to get more information right now, but it sounds like the sideloading ball is still squarely in AT&T’s court.

Update 2: HTC apologizes for the confusion, saying the update description was in error — it was merely supposed to read that the Aria now works with the company’s desktop sync client. On Monday, the text will be updated to remove every last ounce of false hope.

Update 3: Sideloading works after all! Read all about it.

[Thanks, Dylan T.]

HTC Aria update for AT&T enables mobile hotspot, sideloaded app support (update: partially working!) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint’s Samsung Intercept QWERTY Android phone now available

The Android 2.1 powered Samsung m910 Intercept is now available from Sprint. The phone features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and comes with a price tag of $99.99 when picked up with a 2 year Everything Data contract. Sprint’s Everything Data plans start at $69.99 per month.

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T-Mobile, RadioShack Top 2011 List of Potentially Doomed Companies [Doom And Gloom]

Joining Blockbuster on that depressing 2011 deathwatch are two companies we’ve been known to cover here at Gizmodo: T-Mobile and RadioShack. Is anything good going to happen next year? More »










RadioShack – Cadel Evans – Tour de France – Lance Armstrong – Sylvain Chavanel

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