Yahoo, Adobe to put online ads in PDFs ... Cell phone battery explodes in the night

In this issue:
- Yahoo and Adobe team up to put online ads in PDFs
- Cell phone battery explodes in the night
- Google service uses cell towers to locate users
- As ISPs choke file-sharing, users look elsewhere
- Verizon Wireless' open network earns praise
- Amazon's Kindle eBook Device Makes an Impact
- Robots, cockroaches join forces
- Win a Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt!


TODAY'S NEWS

Yahoo and Adobe team up to put online ads in PDFs
Yahoo and Adobe are partnering to allow publishers to run dynamically generated ads on PDF files posted on the Web or distributed via e-mail, opening up a new frontier in online advertising.

Cell phone battery explodes in the night
A New Zealand man was woken in the middle of the night when his cell phone battery exploded and burst into flames, the second exploding battery incident reported this week.

Google service uses cell towers to locate users
Google launched a location service for mobile users on Wednesday that doesn't rely on GPS.

As ISPs choke file-sharing, users look elsewhere
As ISPs constrict file-sharing services such as Bittorrent, new data shows that users are moving to file-hosting Web sites to avoid the bandwidth lockdown.

Verizon Wireless' open network earns praise
Verizon Wireless' decision to open its network to outside mobile devices and applications has won praise from several groups, including past critics.

Security risks of temp workers being ignored
Temporary workers have too much access to computer systems, exposing businesses to potential security risks, says a survey carried out by Websense.

Advertiser settles 'test it, keep it' charges for $650,000
The FTC has reached a $650,000 settlement with online advertiser Adteractive Inc. for its use of misleading ads offering free laptops, TVs and gaming systems.


BLOG INSIGHTS

Amazon's Kindle eBook Device Makes an Impact
By Dan Blacharski, ITworld

Amazon has some big marketing power behind it, and because its name has become synonymous with books, the company has a much greater chance of making a go of this than mainstream computer companies. Here's what the blogosphere has to say about it.


ITWHIRLED

Mad scientists convince robots, cockroaches to join forces

We all know that the humble cockroach will survive whatever apocalyptic disaster our technology and weapons will visit upon the earth. And we all know that sinister robots will one day outsmart us and rise up against humanity to bring that apocalypse about. Nevertheless, it seems to us that Belgian scientists' decision to forge an alliance between the robots and the roaches might accelerate the whole unfortunate process. ...read more

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