Wireless

Having your e-mail compromised can be a serious problem – there is a lot of potentially sensitive data sat around in your inbox. For many Gmail users, it is not just e-mail that is at risk if their account is compromised. Nowadays, many of us have documents, calendars, pictures and even some location information associated with our Google Inc. accounts.

When Google Inc. announced it was adding free turn-by-turn navigation to its Maps app on Android, many of us, incorrectly it would appear, predicted a major blow to the paid navigation industry.

I switch smart phones like they’re going out of style. Mostly because they are always going out of style. I’ve broken more carrier contracts and paid for more devices at full retail price than I care to admit. Last month, it all happened again. I’m one of those defectors who ditched their iPhones with AT&T Mobility and switched to Verizon Wireless.

Industry analytics outfit ComScore Inc. has released their latest figures for mobile operating system market share, covering the fourth quarter of 2010. The quarter is always the biggest period of the year for any retailer, covering Black Friday and the festive season. So how did the major operating systems do?

As a BlackBerry user, my main gripe about Android phones is that I just can’t find one that suits my incessant e-mailing habit. The on-screen keyboards just don’t cut it, no matter what new-fangled system the phone is using. i just want my QWERTY brick, goddamit!

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 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google Inc. (GOOG), is planning to …

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has had a tough time of its own making lately, blindly walking into one mess after the other.

This week at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, RCR caught up with one of the world’s largest ISPs, Level 3, which was touting its role as the messenger …

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.

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.