In the wake of last week's discovery of a tranche of malicious apps residing in the Android Market, Google Inc. has leapt into action to protect those users affected by the malware, which not only collected and transmitted identifying information, but also left devices open to further attack.
It seems a month can't go by at the moment without some kind of viral worm weaving it's way through the Twittersphere, leaving a wake of dodgy linkbait and annoyed users behind it. This week's Twitter exploit, TweetViewer, once again plays on the insecurity and gullibility of the average Twitter user, and purportedly allows people to find out who has been viewing their Twitter profiles.
As with most Android devices, it was only a matter of a few hours after launch until the Xoom was rooted, allowing would-be tinkerers access to the nuts-and-bolts of the device's Android operating system.
Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Laura Price
Brazil Says Raising Rate to 11.75% Part of ‘Adjustment Process’
Brazil’s central bank signaled it will raise the benchmark...
ACCC | March 3, 2011 | Press Release
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued interim access determinations (IADs) for fixed line telecommunications services...
Bangkok Post | March 3, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
The country's new telecommunications regulator officially has no members yet but it has begun work on two...
Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 | JOSÉ DE CORDOBA
MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico's most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting...
ADOI Magazine | March 4, 2011
Packet One Networks (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading 4G wireless broadband service provider launched its latest ad campaign -...
Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto
Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google...
Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto
Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google...
BARCELONA, Spain—With 35 million downloads, The Weather Channel is the second-highest smart-phone application in the United States. Now the company is reigniting its international...
GPS mapping provider Navteq says it believes it has a lot to offer the world of gaming, and spent GDC trying to persuade developers their content would look a whole lot nicer if it included the firm's enhanced 3D city models for more realistic and compelling content.
Real-time policy management and charging solutions provider Volubill announced that the company has completed interoperability testing with Sandvine, a provider of network policy control...
Possibly the most common gripe about any Apple device is the swiss cheese style holes it leaves whenever it encounters flash content. Of course, Apple's refusal to budge on the issue has also closed the door to many a Flash game and given the finger to any developer clinging to Adobe's products.
A while ago, I was able to give you my impressions of Gingerbread based on the emulator Google released. It is all very well playing around with a mobile OS on an emulator, but it was never going to be the same experience as using it day to day on my phone. So here are my impressions of using Gingerbread in anger!
Networking specialists LANCOM, LTE modem manufacturer Sierra Wireless, and Rohde & Schwarz, a provider of wireless test technology, presented at CeBIT the first live...
