Friday, March 11, 2011

Android


Google finds 'trojanised' Android security tool in China
ZDNet UK
By Elinor Mills , CNET News, 11 March, 2011 09:53 Suspicious code is lurking in a repackaged Chinese version of a tool Google released on Sunday to remotely clean malicious apps off Android phones, Symantec said. This "trojanised" package was found on ...
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SoftMaker Office for Android coming soon
ZDNet (blog)
By Matthew Miller | March 11, 2011, 12:51am PST SoftMaker had the most powerful mobile Office client for Windows Mobile devices a couple years back and now we see they are nearly ready to release a public beta of their Android client. ...
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What is 4G?
Chicago Tribune
And what about Android phones? HTC ThunderBolt makes creating and consuming mobile multimedia content possible with a stunning 4.3" WVGA display, Dolby surround sound, 8-megapixel camera and HD video recording. (Verizon photo) By Eric Gwinn, ...
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Tested: iPhone 4 (iOS 4.2.1 vs. 4.3) and Android phones
CNET
For Android phones, a 720p version of "Toy Story 3" is run. The reason we chose 720p for Android was that most Android phones are capable of running 720p video and we wanted the best quality video represented. On iPhone, we ran the movie through its ...
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CNET
Google's Chrome and Android survive hack attacks; Apple falters
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | March 11, 2011 1:18 AM EST Google emerged strong at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest with its web browser, Chrome, and its software stack for mobile devices, Android, surviving hack attacks while Safari and Internet ...
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Toshiba: Our Android tablet 'superior' to iPad 2
CNET
Toshiba has put its head above the parapet, with one of its Australian execs promising that its upcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet will be superior to the new iPad. Here's the exact quote from Toshiba's Rob Wilkinson on Aussie site Smarthouse: "We ...
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CNET
Scoreloop nudges iPhone game developers toward Android
VentureBeat
Mobile social game platform Scoreloop is encouraging iPhone game developers to switch sides with the launch of its Go Android campaign. Munich-based Scoreloop makes mobile games more social by infusing them with features such as achievements, ...
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VentureBeat
Most Android, iPhone apps violate open source rules
Network World
By Jon Brodkin, Network World Seven out of 10 Android and iOS apps that contain open source "failed to comply with basic open source license requirements," according to a new analysis. OpenLogic, which makes open source software support, scanning and ...
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The Technology newsbucket: iPad 2 reviews, more Android malware, Apple's and ...
The Guardian (blog)
"But sneaky VXers have developed a backdoored version of this clean-up tool, dubbed Bgserv-A by security firms, and released through third-party Android marketplaces. Bgserv-A lifts the IMEI and the phone number from compromised handsets, ...
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The Guardian (blog)