Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Looks like Apple is warning (read: threatening) its iPhone users with a statement about the horrors of unlocking the device. Key, terror-inducing phrases like “irreparable damage,” “permanently inoperable” and “voided warranty” are littered throughout the company’s missive on the topic. Our question is: Should anyone really be surprised by this? It’s not like you could drop a supercharged 8.4-liter, V10 engine into a Ford Focus and expect the dealer to fix your transmission after it explodes.
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The Ultra Mobile Broadband specification (previously referred to as EV-DO Revision C) recently got published, and it supports peak data rates of up to 288 Mbps in a 20 megahertz slice of bandwidth, according to the CDMA Development Group and the Third Generation Partnership Project 2. Conversely, rival technology Long Term Evolution is set to support peak data rates of 100 Mbps within a 20 megahertz slice of spectrum, according to the Third Generation Partnership Project. Now, we admit that math is not our strong suit here at RCR Wireless News, but we suspect that 288 is a much larger number than 100. Does Verizon Wireless know about this?
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Seems there is a new mobile advertising company out there, ThePudding, offering a service that can scan your voice conversations and serve up ads based on what you’re talking about. It’s still unclear exactly how the ads would be delivered, however, whether through SMS, MMS or some kind of audio-prompting system. (The company is still testing the offering, and has not made any official announcements.) Our hope is that the ads are delivered via a screaming Vin Diesel. For example, a discussion about where to go for drinks after work would result in Mr. Diesel shrieking, “GATORADE! IS IT IN YOU?!?!”
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Plenty of interesting news came out of the WiMAX World USA show last week in Chicago. And, as with all trade shows, there was a seemingly neverending barrage of press releases from companies big and small. This is an industry on the move. A favorite: A press release from WiChorus titled “WiChorus Announces Successful WiMAX Interoperability Between its Intelligent ASN Gateway and Bridgewater Systems AAA Service Controller.” Now that’s a mouthful.