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• Tech Today: New iOS 5 beta reveals dictation feature
• Over 26,000 tenants' details left in a memory stick in a pub
• Predict Facebook friends based on where you go
• Google sends Street View trike to Bletchley Park

Tech Today: New iOS 5 beta reveals dictation feature Posted: 07 Aug 2011 03:56 PM PDT Posted by Chris Smith on Sun 7 Aug 2011 It's the biggest tech news from over the weekend. Apple releases iOS 5 Beta 5 The launch of iOS 5 moved a step closer this weekend after Apple launched the firth better version of the software for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update brings the first sighting of the rumoured dictation feature powered by Nuance. Meanwhile Apple has begun to transition MobileMe developers to iCloud. Link: AppleInsider   Hackers steal 10GB of police data in the US Anonymous is claiming to have hacked the websites of 70 US law enforcement websites. "We are releasing a massive amount of confidential information that is sure to embarrass, discredit and incriminate police officers across the US," the group said in a statement. The stolen data is said to include emails, credit cards and other date. Link: Independent   Apple cracking down on iOS account sales Reports on Sunday suggest that Apple is deactivating the accounts of iOS developers who have been selling their Beta access to iOS 5 onto third parties. Apple allows developers to register up to 100 devices for testing purposes and it seems that a few extra slots have fallen into the hands of unauthorised parties. Link: MacRumors HP TouchPad hits bargain basement bin in the US The latest competitor to the iPad's dominance has, somewhat predictably, fallen by the wayside with an early price cut. The WebOS-powered slate, which was priced alongside the Apple tablet at, $499, was offered for $399 this weekend in a bid to spark sales. Link: Pre Central iPhone app aims to capture moments of pre-photo magic A new start-up app aims to capture those serendipitous moments before a picture is taken by recording those few seconds of video where everyone gets into positions and prepares their best smiles. The Glmps app (pronounced glimpse) will start recording video as soon as the camera app is engaged. A picture doesn't tell enough of a story say the creators. Link: AllThingsD     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Over 26,000 tenants' details left in a memory stick in a pub Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 7 Aug 2011 After a night at a pub, don't leave your memory stick lying about. Personal details of over 26,000 tenants in UK were on a USB stick, left in a pub. According to the Information Commissioner's Office, two London housing bodies breached the Data Protection Act after leaving the unencrypted memory stick in a pub. The memory stick belonged to a contractor wotking for Lewisham Homes and had previously also worked for Wandle Housing Association. Related links Google breached UK data laws, says ICO Former T-Mobile employees to pay £73,700 for data theft Fox News Twitter hack: Social networking security exposed The USB stick was later on given to the police. The memory stick has details of over 20,000 tenants of Lewisham Homes and 6,200 tenants of Wandle Housing Association. Nearly 800 of the records belonging to Lewisham Homes also included bank account details. Both organisations have agreed to make sure that all portable devices used to store personal information are encrypted. All staff, including contractors and temporary staff, will also be monitored to ensure they are taking the appropriate measures to keep the personal information they are handling secure. "Saving personal information on to an unencrypted memory stick is as risky as taking hard copy papers out of the office. Luckily, the device was handed in and there is no suggestion that the data was misused," said Sally-Anne Poole, Acting Head of Enforcement at the ICO. She said the incident could have been easily avoided if the information had been properly protected. Have you ever lost sensitive information stored in memory sticks? Tell us about your experiences on our Twitter and Facebook pages and stay tuned in for more tech news.       This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Predict Facebook friends based on where you go Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 7 Aug 2011 Your new friends are where you go. A new method of friend suggestions on social networks uses places they visit to make predictions. Related links Facebook confirm half of UK population now signed up UK bosses ban Facebook at work Lack of Facebook could lead to withdrawal symptoms No Microsoft Windows tablet until summer 2012 Angry Birds Facebook game Facebook membership decline: Social gian responds Researchers at Cambrudge University have developed a method to say who becomes friends with whom based on locations visited in the real world.  According to the researchers, using location combined with the "friend-of-a-friend" method used by sites such as Facebook, can increase prediction efficiency. "We wanted to investigate the properties of places that encourage connections between visitors and how this could be incorporated into a system that predicts friends," Salvatore Scellato, one of the researchers told Reuters. The researchers used Gowalla in their work - a social networking site that allows users to share which place they are visiting. Scellato added that people who go to the same place add each other as friends, and found that about 30% of social links happened because people went to the same location.  This research aims to improve the performance of friend suggestion systems through locations. Have you made new friends based on the places you visit often? Tell us how useful you think this prediction algorithm will be on our Twitter and Facebook pages and make sure to add us to your friend list to get more tech news.     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Google sends Street View trike to Bletchley Park Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:30 AM PDT Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 7 Aug 2011 Google Street View goes where no car can go - with a trike. Google is now using its Street View camera for a good cause - helping restore Bletchley Park to its former glory. Related links Street View on Google Maps for Android app review Stonehenge on Google Street View Google Goggles to now solve Sudoku puzzles Google Nexus tablet incoming Microsoft hits back in Google patent spat Google Places for iPhone app review Google Street View cameras are now perched atop trikes to get images of the site where German messages were intercepted during World War II. The trike has 360-degree camera and a trailer behind it. Google has a list of special collect Street View sites, which are landmarks and international heritage sites, to which Bletchley Park will be added. Other locations include Pompeii and Stonehenge. These sites have no or limited road access, so extra effort must be made to get photographs for the Street View website. Google hopes that this will help increase awareness of the site and encourage donations for its restoration work. What other locations would you like to see on Street View? Let us know on our Twitter and Facebook pages and stay tuned in for more tech news. Via: The Telegraph     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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