Pierow’s Prattle

• From the Tips Box: Address Bar Search, Hulu Plus, and Email Spam [From The Tips Box]
• Run Your Appliances at Night to Save on Energy Bills [Saving Money]
• DriverDiary Keeps You Informed of Everything Your Car Needs [Downloads]

• From the Tips Box: Android Crapware, Hidden Browser Settings, and Cellphone Headsets [From The Tips Box]
• Remains of the Day: Your Dropbox Is Showing [For What It's Worth]
• The Cheapskate’s Guide to Getting Free Dropbox Space [Free]

• “What’s That Preference?” Tells You What Forefox’s About:Config Entries Do [Downloads]
• Temporarily Disable Your Mac’s Login Items with the Shift Key [Mac Tip]

• Remains of the Day: Why Google Killed GDrive [For What It's Worth]

• Use Plasti Dip to Fix Stripped Headphone Wires [Clever Uses]
• Bridg.me Calls You When the Conference Starts [Productivity]

• Household Items that Make Great Cat Toys [Pets]

• From the Tips Box: Bookmark Separators, Address Bar Translation, and Cross-OS Shortcuts [From The Tips Box]
• Google Account Security Best Practices [Security]
• Conserve Socket Automatically Shuts Off Charging Devices After a Specified Charging Time [Stuff We Like]

• Best Site to Book Cheap Travel? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
• How To Add a Second Layer of Encryption to Dropbox [Security]

• Super Google Reader Converts All Partial RSS Feeds into Full Feeds [Downloads]
• Replace Your Gadget’s AA Batteries with a Rechargeable Cellphone Battery [DIY]

Security researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden revealed today that the iPhone and iPad 3G regularly tracks the location of your iOS device and records the co-ordinates along with timestamp in a hidden file.

Allan said in a post on O’Reilly Radar:

“Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and I will announce the discovery that your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps. We’re not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it’s clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations. ” (more…)