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It looks and functions like a Blackberry 8830 but it sure is NOT a regular Blackberry. It is locked down by NSA. I am not really sure if it is a good idea at all. NSA is installing the SecurVoice software on it for both voice and messaging as one of the ways to secure the phone. I am sure that there is a whole infrastructure that is required to run his handset services. Even considering all that, I Still believe that a mobile-phone-carrying president opens so many doors for hackers.

Can NSA and Obama get away with using a (persumably) secure mobile phone service and handset? That is the question of the day!

Read more here:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/obama-to-get-ba.html

Poken is a hardware device that connects the web 2.0 social networking virtual world to your real world contacts and people you meet in conferences, coffee shops and elsewhere.

How does it work and when was it released?
It was released in March as far as I could tell. Here is how it works

Here are more links on it:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5987575.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/17/sxswi-startups1

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/dan_monsieurle/blog/2009/03/30/who_am_i__a_panda_or_a_chimp

If you want to buy a poken, then use the following coupon code for a 10% discount:
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Watch the 46 minute long Google TechTalk about Poken here:
http://www.pokenpokes.com/2009/03/08/poken-extending-online-social-networking-into-the-real-world/

The hardware details are here:
http://ameblo.jp/hfo/entry-10224130228.html

and here:
http://ameblo.jp/hfo/theme-10011686327.html

A blog about pokens:
http://www.pokenpokes.com/

Blog post about the release in Japan:
http://nthambazale.com/2009/03/tokyo-cgm-night-episode-poken-launched-in-japan/

Let me know if you have any questions about Pokens

An interesting article about pedophilia and ’sexting’ in the mobile age. Sexting means sending nude or semi-nude pictures of oneself on mobile phones to others. Two cases are discussed in the article.

READ IT HERE.

In my opinion, lawmakers should consider the changes in technology and evolve the laws to deal with the new issues emerging from the proliferation of cell phones in our societies and changes to the ways mobile phones are used.

A man in the United States used his mobile phone and the social networking service Twitter to inform the world even as he was trying to escape a burning 737. Read or hear more from the ABC:

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2453641.htm

I have previously heard of a case where a man used the twitter service to let people know he was arrested by Egyption authorities:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/index.html

Both stories might be looked at as extreme uses of the twitter service or other micro-blogging and social services. As mobile phones become more location-aware, social networking services such as twitter are tapping into this capability of mobile phones making them even more usable in distress situations or even to report crime. Coupled with cameras, these services in addition to location-aware devices can become effective crime fighting tools.