Barnes and Noble Free eReader + 6 eBooks

Its totally free, an eReader and 6 eBooks just for signing up an account for your iPhone. BlackBerry (4 free books), Mac (sorry no free ebooks) or PC (6 free ebooks).
Taken from BN.com:

The B&N eReader comes with two free Classics: * The Last of the Mohicans * Sense and Sensibility Sign in or create a B&N.com account and you'll also get these FREE titles waiting for you in your Online Library: * Dracula * Pride and Prejudice * Little Women * Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary

Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors

Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors, Says New Report By International EMF Collaborative.Photo courtesy of Radiation Research .Report available: http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/15reasons.asp.For those who haven't seen the report named above announced on the 25 August 2009, it reports on a further international investigation into what impact the use of mobile phones may have on the human brain. I

More Evidence of a New iPod Touch Emerging

Its not like I needed to beat this dead horse any further or wanted more proof about a new iPod in the horizon. At this point, pretty much all the media outlet is speculating a new iPod Touch w/ Camera and Mic to be revealed on Apple's 9/9 Rock and Roll media event.

But if you would like more proof, take a look around the top iPod accessories makers' websites and you'll noticed something in common. Either they are slashing prices on the 2nd gen. iPod Touch cases or simply running out of stock. Its not an uncommon practice for businesses to reduce inventory by lowering prices to move items that is soon to be outdated; screenshots included to support my theory:

Griffin - Most of the 2nd Gen. iPod Touch cases are offered at "Special" Pricing










Incase - Their popular Slider case as well as others pull up error 404 not found (out of stock?)






Speck - is offering a 25% off pricing on every iPod Touch 2nd Gen and Nano 4th gen.

Forensic Focus Interviews

Forensic Focus Interviews.Forensic Focus regularly interviews well known personalities from the world of computer and mobile phone forensics..This month it was my turn:.Mobile Telephone Expert Witness, 29/08/09 http://www.forensicfocus.com/greg-smith-interview-290809.Readers of trewmte.blogspot may also want to read the Interviews of past personalities, available at the link below:.http://

With PS3 Slim Price Cut, XBOX Heats Things Up

Microsoft isn't about to take the video game war lying down. With the PS3 80GB Classic and the hot new PS3 Slim 120GB coming out with a price reduction down to $299, the XBOX camp is throwing you the Elite edition for a price cut of $299. While the good 'ole XBOX can't playback the Blu Ray discs, having Netflix streaming is a very nice plus+

Whats your Mobile Internet Data usage?

Lately, it seems like everywhere you look, the topic of unlimited internet usage "cap" seems to pop up and upset the general public either for your smartphone or home broadband. While I find it as much oxymoron calling a plan "unlimited" data with a cap as the next guy, I was curious to find out just exactly how much unlimited data I was using up, the results are not that extreme (approx.):

July: 89MB
June: 76MB
May: 114MB
April: 125MB
March: 63MB

I am using an iPhone 3G with AT&T's $30 unlimited data plan (w/ a 5GB cap). I use my iPhone in the morning and afternoon to get the latest news and check on emails. Occasionally throughout the day, I'd check on emails, weather or directions/maps. I find myself using the mobile internet more when I am out of the house (waiting for an appoint), out of town(business trip) or on vacation. I'm kinda curious to know how many of you actually come close to the 5GB cap because you stream live music via Pandora or listen to MLB broadcast through respective apps. Furthermore, if you are a Palm Pre, Android user, what is your monthly data usage?

Some interesting data I found on the web:
Hong Kong: average 44MB per user (as of April, 2009)
UK Orange: mobile data doubled year over year (as of May, 2009)
Sweden: increase 4.5x year over year (as of Aug, 2009)
Australia: iPhone Browser avg session is 2.07MB vs. 0.30MB (as of Sept, 2008)

ADC2 Submissions Closing Monday!

Don't forget to submit your ADC2 apps by midnight PST on Monday, August 31! Remember that this is Pacific time in the US (GMT - 7) so be sure to convert the deadline into your local timezone.

Also, even if you've already submitted your apps, please double check and make sure that your app is in the "Submitted" state in the UI! If it says "Unsubmitted", it will NOT be considered as an entry.