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INTERNET!~ I knew it was the SD card, I knew it! The Vodafone bot vector analysis I mentioned earlier this month was correct. It’s over.

The infection of microSD cards for the HTC Magic with the Mariposa information-stealing client and other strains of malware was first reported after Vodafone Spain supplied a malware-infected Android phone to a Panda worker earlier this month. [From the register]

Users get new microSD cards. Yay, but at what cost did buying the $2 phone really bring? 3,000+ phones infecting every windows machine that they come in contact with, snap. I guess that means more you have to start using Linux or scan your new phones with a Linux machine first. Hey there’s a new service, phone virus removal…

Wow Sony post day. Here’s a cute and fun video that disassembles and reassembles a PSP Go in stop motion. This video is all over the blog-o-spheres so I wouldn’t doubt if you have seen it.

A group of researchers stole the ‘torpig’ bot-net for 10 days. Encryption madness ensued….

Here’s the google techtalk about what they did to take over the botnet and analyze it (get ready its long and boring (an hour and 15 minutes) but crazy):

Protect your passwords and your intertubes!

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Stepping into the verse’ of the known, we try to change our concept of reality with technology. It’s a very weird feeling moving your ideals into a new plane of thought. Augmented reality is such an approach that you perceive extra dimensions on-top of your physical plane. Here is a building that displays QR codes that can be used for a variety of applications (shopping, twitter updates, advertising, entertainment, etc).

The iPhone application is not in the iTunes App Store, but is available to interested parties on request. The project is a collaboration between teradadesign and Qosmo.

Imagine yourself walking around the grocery store holding your phone up to every product for up-to-date reviews. Imagine going out to a night club, pointing your phone at a person  to view their social profile (“Oh, that person like’s cheese?”). There may be a time where you browse your favorite books at the library with QR codes. You could put a QR code on the back of your transportation that links to your website. The best part about QR codes is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It’s like finding treasure (good or bad).

[Thanks Designboom!]

Wow this is sweet. Check out this instrument that I’ve never heard of before, the Eigenharp Alpha, by Eigen Labs. It’s a professional instrument that took 8 years of development.

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