Angry Birds Android App Released

Price: 29.9FREE The addictive game Angry Birds is now available for Android devices. Angry Birds, which Venture Beat notes "broke all of the records on the Apple App Store in the past 10 months, selling more than 7 million copies," is being offerred for free on GetJar. The Android version of Angry Birds seems like it's already a hit: Rovio, the developer of Angry Birds, saw its website go down "due to the enormous traffic generated by the Android launch of Angry Birds." Joystiq points out that GetJar has also been overwhelmed by demand for the Angry Birds app--an error message on the website told users, "Dear visitors, GetJar website is experiencing temporary technical problems due to a totally undexpected high demand for the new free game Angry Birds." If you're having trouble getting the game, GetJar recommends users try downloading it from its mobile site.

Dilbert: Intellectual Property and Privacy

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What "Free Public WiFi" really is and why you should avoid it like it has herpes!

Hang out in airports, coffee shops, or other laptop-friendly spots for a while, and you'll find "Free Public Wi-Fi." It never gets you through to the actual web, because it's actually a weird Windows XP quirk—one you shouldn't connect to.

NPR explains that "Free Public WiFi" was never free, and never public, and not actually a Wi-Fi service. It likely started as a joke or prank, but then spread around the world because of a quirk in pre-SP 3 versions of Windows XP:

When a computer running an older version of XP can't find any of its "favorite" wireless networks, it will automatically create an ad hoc network with the same name as the last one it connected to -– in this case, "Free Public WiFi." Other computers within range of that new ad hoc network can see it, luring other users to connect. And who can resist the word "free?"

Most of the time, you're probably okay if you accidentally hit "Connect" on Free Public WiFi, as you're just trying to connect to a computer that's unwittingly rebroadcasting its own inability to connect. But there could be occasion for someone with evil deeds in their heart to allow the connection and grab logins or other data from your connection, so try and block your system from ever connecting to "Free Public WiFi" in your network settings. In most cases, the actually free Wi-Fi will come with a more legit-sounding name, like AT&T Wifi or something akin.

The Zombie Network: Beware 'Free Public WiFi' [NPR] Via Lifehacker

Is anyone going to HackerHalted?  I will be there presenting about the fun one can have with WiFi...



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