Three Easy Ways to Make Your Cell More Office Appropriate ...

Land lines are a thing of the past. A whopping 49% of adults between the ages of 25 and 29 only use a cell phone, which means our mobile phones are quickly becoming our de facto means of connection.

If you're one of the 25% of American households who have given up on a land line, you know that using a mobile phone as your primary phone has its own set of challenges. Long conference calls are a pain, and just try the old trick of holding your phone between your shoulder and your ear. After an hour of that trick, your next call will be to your chiropractor of masseuse.

Try these three easy tricks for turning your mobile phone into an office appropriate communication station.

Buy a plug in handset. I can't recommend the Native Union Moshi Moshi Retro POP Handset (3) enough. This handy device plugs into the audio jack of your iPhone or Android, and then you use the handset like you would a regular phone. It even has a button for hanging up.

Try a speakerphone dock. If you have ever worked in an office setting, you've encountered large speakerphone accessories, but did you know that you can get one for your mobile phone? You want to buy something that allows you to adjust the speaker volume as well as the intake volume. That way, you won't have to scream into the dock. The myTouch 3g dock (2) is a great example for many Android phones and the KEE Desk Phone Dock (4) is a solution for iPhone users.

Invest in a comfortable Bluetooth headset. I buy 99% of my tech accessories online, but this is one where you truly need to visit the store and test the product out. If you're going to be connected to your phone at all times or for long periods of time, then you need to ensure that the fit is comfortable, both around your ear and in your ear. A properly fit Bluetooth headset, like this one from Jawbone (1) will also ensure that you don't have volume issues either.

(Photo Credits: David Terrar, Accessory Geeks, Native Union, KEE Utility)

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Reshuffle of N. Korea's military gains momentum

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea is reshuffling its most powerful institution, the military, dismissing its army chief ? a key mentor to young ruler Kim Jong Un ? and promoting a little-known general to an important position in the million-man force.

Illness was the reason cited for army chief Ri Yong Ho's departure, but to some outside analysts it resembled a purge by Kim as he tries to shape the government he inherited seven months ago. The announcement Tuesday of Hyon Yong Chol's promotion could further that goal; his is the fourth vice marshal appointment North Korea has made public since the death of Kim's father, Kim Jong Il.

The changes have significant but as yet unclear implications for North Korea's relationship with its neighbors and the United States, which stations more than 28,000 troops in ally South Korea. The authoritarian nation maintains one of the world's largest armies, builds up its nuclear weapons and missile programs despite broad condemnation and sanctions, and regularly flings warlike rhetoric at Seoul and Washington.

News of Hyon's promotion in the Korean People's Army followed the announcement Monday that Ri, a vice marshal who had been chief of the General Staff of the army since 2009, was dismissed from his high-ranking posts in the military and the Workers' Party because of illness, according to state media. No details were provided about who might succeed Ri as army chief.

Ri had been at Kim Jong Un's side throughout his transition to leadership and after his father's death, and appeared healthy in a public appearance just days ago. Analysts were skeptical about the official explanation for his abrupt departure.

"There's a very high probability that it wasn't health issues, but that he was purged," said Daniel Pinkston, a North Korea analyst at the International Crisis Group.

He noted that Ri, 69, won his major promotions at a September 2010 party conference but received none at another major conference in April, stirring speculation about his future. Even if Ri never directly defied the new leader, his departure would send a strong warning to anyone seeking to challenge Kim Jong Un, Pinkston said.

Ri's departure comes as Kim Jong Un is making his mark in other ways. Last weekend, state TV showed him watching a concert and visiting a kindergarten in the company of a mysterious woman who carried herself much like a first lady. Her identity has not been revealed, but making her presence public was a notable change from Kim Jong Il's era, when his companions were kept out of official media.

The dismissal of the top army official is a significant move in North Korea. Kim Jong Il elevated the army's role when he became leader after the 1994 death of father Kim Il Sung, the nation's founder.

Kim Jong Un has upheld his father's "songun" military-first policy, but in April he also began promoting younger officials to key military and party posts.

North Korea's political and military reshuffles are mysterious, with officials sometimes dropping out of sight without explanation or their departures blamed on illness.

Bruce Klingner, a North Korea analyst at The Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, said the shake-up is cause for concern, whether Kim Jong Un is solidifying his power or dealing with a direct challenge to his leadership.

"North Korean leadership instability is worrisome to the United States and its allies since it increases the potential for volatility, additional provocative acts, or implosion of a regime possessing nuclear weapons," Klingner said.

The robust and stocky Ri showed no sign of illness when he spoke in late April at a meeting of top officials marking the 80th anniversary of the army's founding. He was shown in photos on July 6 chatting with Pyongyang residents and two days later joined Kim Jong Un at the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to Kim Il Sung.

"Whether because of a physical malady or political sin, Ri Yong Ho is out, and Pyongyang is letting the world know to not expect to hear about him anymore," said John Delury, an assistant professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies in South Korea.

Ri's departure could mean he lost a power struggle with rising star Choe Ryong Hae, the military's top political officer tasked with supervising the army, said Koh Yu-hwan, a professor at Seoul's Dongguk University.

Choe was promoted to several top posts and was one of three new vice marshals North Korea announced earlier this year.

"Perhaps (Ri) was always meant to be a transitional regent figure, and his function is played," Delury said.

Little is known about Hyon, the career officer newly named a vice marshal. According to state media, Hyon was named a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, a top decision-making body, in September 2010. In another sign of his rise, he served on the funeral committee for Kim Jong Il in December.

The reshuffle comes amid North Korean threats in recent months to attack South Korea's president and Seoul's conservative media, angry over perceived insults to its leadership and U.S.-South Korean military drills that Pyongyang says are a prelude to an invasion. A North Korean artillery attack in 2010 killed four South Koreans.

The Korean Peninsula has remained locked in a state of war and divided since a truce in 1953 ended three years of fighting.

The United States said Monday that without fundamental change in policy direction, personnel changes in North Korea's military leadership would mean little.

State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell urged the North to feed and educate its people rather than pour "scarce resources into nuclear, missile and other military programs."

___

Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim and Sam Kim in Seoul, and Matthew Pennington in Washington, contributed to this report.

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Smule launches AutoRap for iOS and Android, Engadget's editors drop some mad beats (video)

Sure, we're often mistaken for some of hip-hop's illest emcees in our day-to-day lives, but the sad truth is that Engadget's editorial team could use a little help with our flow. Thankfully, technology has come to the rescue, yet again -- this time in the form of AutoRap, the latest app from the people who brought you such mobile blockbusters as I am T-Pain and Songify. Those who've spent time with either of the aforementioned apps know what to expect from this latest addition to the Smule family: talk or rap into your iPhone or Android device, tap the button, and then wait for the magic. AutoRap will go to town, or as Smule puts it: "turn[ing] speech into rap and correct[ing] bad rapping."

Talking and rapping are the two primary modes here. With the former, you simply speak into your phone, and the app chops your voice and buries it in a whole mess of autotuney goodness. There's a pretty broad handful of songs at present, including 30 premium tracks from the likes of Snoop Dog, the Beastie Boys, Outkast and Kud Cudi -- naturally, if you want access to those, you're gonna have to pony up some cash, or earn some credits doing things like watching instructional videos or filling out auto insurance quote forms. The free tracks mostly get the job done, however.

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Does China have ?pervasive access? to 80% of global communications through Huawei and ZTE?

Maybe so, but the stories and podcasts?repeating this claim by former Pentagon analyst F. Michael Maloof don?t provide much new supporting evidence. Maloof?s own report is interesting and extensive, and it does indeed make the claim I've headlined:

The Chinese government has ?pervasive access? to some 80 percent of the world?s communications, giving it the ability to undertake remote industrial espionage and even sabotage electronically of critical infrastructures in the United States and in other industrialized countries.

The Chinese government and its People?s Liberation Army are acquiring the access through two Chinese companies, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and ZTE Corporation, telecommunications experts have told WND.

With this access, the sources say, the Chinese are working on the other 20 percent. The two companies give the Chinese remote electronic ?backdoor? access through the equipment they have installed in telecommunications networks in 140 countries. The Chinese companies service 45 of the world?s 50 largest telecom operators.

Read closely, though, the report is long on Pentagon suspicions and short on new facts. It probably is an accurate reflection of Defense Department assumptions ? that any network relying on Huawei and ZTE is likely to be compromised.?But there's a difference between assuming and knowing.

Sometimes common-sense assumptions turn out to be wrong. ?After all, Saddam Hussein acted like a man hiding a WMD program, and that common-sense assumption was widespread in the run-up to war with Iraq. Maloof at the time was part of a Defense Department unit set up by Doug Feith to provide a conservative analytical counterweight to the intelligence community?s assessments on Iraq, WMD, and terrorism. A former aide to Richard Perle, Maloof remains close to conservative defense hard-liners ? and is not surprisingly?loathed by liberal Defense-watchers.?

That background doesn?t mean Maloof is wrong; in fact, it means that he probably has some pretty good Pentagon sources. But it isn?t a background that would lead outsiders to share his suspicions without more evidence.

If you read the article through that lens, it offers a lot of reasons for suspicion, but most of the facts that Maloof reports could also be viewed benignly by someone with fewer suspicions.?

I was, however, struck by a different claim that Maloof buries pretty deep:

The sources tell WND that not only was Huawei allegedly caught trying to bribe an apparent federal official, but the FBI has launched an investigation into the allegation.

Bribery of government officials, whether by U.S. companies to a foreign government official or foreigners toward U.S. government officials, is regarded as a serious violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA.

That?s interesting because it?s the kind of fact that would be known to Pentagon sources, and one that I haven?t seen reported elsewhere. If it?s accurate, then Huawei?s insistence that it be investigated by the US government is coming true, though not in a good way.? Huawei may have joined its smaller Chinese telecom sibling, ZTE, in facing criminal investigation by the FBI. And that story may turn out to be far more significant than yet another ?Defense doesn?t trust Huawei? report.

Source: http://www.skatingonstilts.com/skating-on-stilts/2012/07/does-china-have-pervasive-access-to-80-of-global-communications-through-huawei-and-zte.html

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