The Federal Communications Commission just cleared a path for a new generation of “Super Wi-Fi” technologies. What is Super Wi-Fi? Its not an entirely new concept. Its a new Wi-Fi transmission on entirely new spectrum. Many of you know that present Wi-Fi activity takes place on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz frequencies, for the first time FCC opened up a sizable new block of unlicensed spectrum between 50MHz and 700MHz. What makes the super Wi-Fi super? ...

Facebook servers presently are not able to handle the load of their 500+ million users and have been out for a while now. Facebook’s Status page gives few more details - Latency issues resolved Sep 22, 2010 5:08pm The API latency issues we were experiencing this morning have been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience. **API latency issues **Sep 22, 2010 1:40pm We are currently experiencing decreased latency across the site (including Platform APIs) due to an issue with a third-party networking provider. We are in contact with this provider and working to resolve the issue as soon as possible ...

Antivirus Software company McAfee (which recently acquired by Intel) started new safe secure short URL service Mcaf.ee. So why are Mcaf.ee short URLs secure? McAf.ee is powered by McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, which lets you create short URLs which are checked against McAfee databases of known spam, dangerous, malware hosting, bot control sites prior to being shown.

Twitter which recently gave complete new design to its users (still in rolling phase), got hit by latest XSS bug. Upon mouse hovering a link in a tweet - it doesn’t even ask you to click - you might redirect to any website (spammers are currently using this to redirect to pornographic and gaming websites)! Thousands of Twitter accounts have posted messages exploiting the flaw. Victims include Sarah Brown, wife of the former British Prime Minister. ...

Hate dealing with crummy captchas - the squiggly, indecipherable text strings web sites often force you to read and regurgitate for security reasons? Here comes a new innovative Solve Media way of doing this. The New York start-up isn’t getting rid of captchas, but it does promise to make them more tolerable: It says it can swap out the random, hard-to-read text with clear, concise English. And while it’s at it, it says it can turn captchas into revenue generators for publishers, by transforming them into ad units. ...

When you first hear about the ability to Jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch – you are probably thinking – Why should I do this? The two main reasons are to allow programs to run that Apple doesn’t approve of and to customize the look of your device. The following are some of the top reasons for you to Jailbreak your iDevice - Take power of Cydia. When you jailbroke your iPhone or iPod Touch, the Cydia application was automatically added to your device. Cydia is like the App Store, it lets you install many more blacklisted applications right to your iPhone or iPod Touch without a computer. Winterboard - Winterboard is the application that allows you to change the look of things on your iPhone. Basically it lets you install different themes or visual changes to your device. Change your Dock – Customize number of icons and look of the Dock Wallpaper on your Springboard Live Icons – The clock hands can move real time, weather icon can display live temperatures, Calendar icon can now display current date Use 3G for making Facetime calls using My3G

According to TechCrunch’s sources, Facebook is creating its own cellphone. According to the post, they are building the OS and have tied up with a hardware manufacture to build everything else. Specifically, Facebook wants to integrate deeply into the contacts list and other core functions of the phone. It can only do that if it controls the operating system. The blog post describes that two Facebook employees, Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos are leading the charge on the OS, using their previous careers as Firefox browser creator and Chrome OS builder (respectively) to launch something Facebook can be proud of. ...

Facebook has responded to the rumors on Facebook Phone with a classic non-denial denial. Facebook representative Jaime Schopflin in a statement to Mashable said “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook is not building a phone.” Here’s Schopflin’s entire statement, via Mashable: “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include include everything from an HTML5 version of the site to apps on major platforms to full Connect support with SDKs to deeper integrations with some manufacturers. Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. For an example, check out Connect for iPhone and the integration we have with contact syncing through our iPhone app. Another example is the INQ1 phone with Facebook integration (the first so-called ‘Facebook Phone’). The people mentioned in the story are working on these projects. The bottom line is that whenever we work on a deep integration, people want to call it a “Facebook Phone” because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but building phones is just not what we do.” ...

 What is Jailbreaking? If you just heard of the iPhone or iPod Touch, chances are you never heard about Jailbreaking or unlocking your device. Technical Definition of Jailbreak: The iPhone, iPod touch & iPad hack that allow users to gain access to the entire Unix filesystem. In Unix terms, this refers to changing the root of the directory tree to /. Common Definition of Jailbreak: A hack that gains access to areas of the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that users aren’t supposed to mess with. Typically, this is an immediate prelude to either installing cool programs, unlocking the handset for use with another cellular network, or both. ...

Just getting started with your Android phone? The Complete Android Guide, a free wiki-style e-book. It covers both the very basics of the phone, and provides some handy tips and little-known fixes for more experienced users. Android is a moving target, of course, so whenever Android or Google’s main apps get an update, I’ll add it to the site.