Daily Dispatch: Brightcove to support iPad video; Mobile phone number may be at risk as you browse

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...Their platform will allow for automatic device detection, native HTML5 playback of H.264 video, and of course, specific mention that it's ready for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. That means the New York Times, Time Magazine, and other major media outlets who already use Brightcove to render and monetize interactive video are now open to Apple's mobile devices.

Is Your Mobile Phone Giving up Your Phone Number? (PCWorld)

...In a talk at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Mulliner said that he found data that could be used to identify users in some mobile Web traffic sent by large carrier such as the U.K.'s Orange and Canada's Rogers Wireless. This information sometimes included unique identifiers such as the International Mobile Subscriber Identity number, customer account numbers and -- most troubling -- the actual mobile phone numbers.

10 Things Schmidt and Jobs Could Have Talked About (eWeek)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Apple CEO Steve Jobs were "spotted" having coffee together in public at a shopping center in Palo Alto, Calif. March 26. Some high-tech watchers saw this as a neutral ground meeting designed to make the press think the companies' animosity toward each other has cooled. Others wonder if some sort of genuine détente is afoot.

Nonprofit company says 3.3 million student loan records stolen (InfoWorld)

...The data included names, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers but no financial information such as credit card numbers or bank account data, ECMC said in a news release.

What Happens When Apple Passes Microsoft In Value? Yes, When. (TechCrunch)

...Here's the real problem for Microsoft though. If Apple does in fact pass Microsoft in market cap, I can see CEO Steve Ballmer losing it, and that could steal his focus away from what should still be considered his real enemy: Google.

Lighter side: Girl Balancing 15 Books On Head, Solving Rubik's Cube And Reciting Pi To 100 Digits (Geekologie)