Rumors swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that the prospect is unlikely at best.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
RCom in talks with Motorola, HP, Intel for 3G strategic tie-up
Reliance Communications is planning to rope in strategic partners for its infrastructure and technology innovation unit for 3G mobile business, and is in discussions with global players like Motorola and HP.
Mozilla release browser for Android
Mozilla released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google's Android operating system.
Fennec 2.0, which is built on the same Gecko engine that powers the better-known Firefox 4, adds integrated synchronization and boosts performance by separating user interface and rendering processes, said Stuart Parmenter, Mozilla's mobile team technical lead.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google,Others over patents
Friday, August 27, 2010
Rustock botnet responsible for 40 percent of spam
More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division.
The Rustock botnet has shrunk since April, when about 2.5 million computers were infected with its malicious software that sent about 43 billion spam e-mails per day. Much of it is pharmaceutical spam.
The Rustock botnet has shrunk since April, when about 2.5 million computers were infected with its malicious software that sent about 43 billion spam e-mails per day. Much of it is pharmaceutical spam.
Google Voice calls From Gmail an Instant Hit,One million calls in 24 hours
when Google introduced voice calls into its webmail service Gmail, essentially launching a Skype competitor, it was bound to be a popular feature.
EFF slams Apple patent as traitorware
When you personally buy a new technological toy, then it's yours to do with as you please. Right? Wrong! What if your new device were activated on the sly and used against you? That's a step beyond spyware. In fact, the EFF coined a new term, "traitorware."
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Samsung Galaxy Tab gets video preview in Korea
It sees like we can't let a day pass without talking about Samsung's upcoming Froyo tablet.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Intel's Core i7-990X
The CPU will be one of the rare new 2011 Intel chips that won’t be built using the new Sandy Bridge platform. The i7-990X will provide a speed bump from 3.33GHz to 3.46GHz on each core, with Turbo Core mode reaching 3.73GHz.
Image via Wikipedia
Image via WikipediaSamsung Releases Teaser for Galaxy Tab Android Tablet
Samsung has just released a teaser video for its upcoming Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The Galaxy Tab website and SamsungUSA’s YouTube channel both host the video for the 7-inch device that is set to debut in Berlin on September 2.
The Galaxy Tab website and SamsungUSA’s YouTube channel both host the video for the 7-inch device that is set to debut in Berlin on September 2.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Releasing Sept. 16
Image via WikipediaTo date, there have been more than 300,000 downloads of those developer tools, wrote Brandon Watson, director of Windows Phone 7.
Facebook buys social site Hot Potato
Hot Potato announced the deal on its blog Friday but did not reveal the purchase price.
first look of Samsung Galaxy Tab
A day after the Samsung Galaxy Tab materialised on a train in Sydney, Australia, the device has emerged in China and has been given a thorough inspection, with photos taken and comparisons to the iPad made.Install Official Flash 10.1 On Any Android 2.2 Phone
Quick hit here for our Android using readers, if your phone is running Android 2.2 you can get busy right now and install Flash 10.1 without rooting your phone. Previous methods to get the latest version of Flash required a rooting of the phone to be upgraded.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Motorola Announces Android Updates
One of the frustrating things about the Android operating system can be how different manufacturers and mobile carriers deal with future firmware upgrades.
Facebook For iPhone Is an 100 Million Users App
A recent Facebook blog post estimated that there were over 150 million Facebook users interacting with the service via their mobile devices.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
South Korea Begins Blocking North Korean Twitter Account
South Korea has begun blocking access to a Twitter account operated by a North Korean Web site.
The site, Uriminzokkiri, launched the Twitter feed @uriminzok last week and has been providing Korean-language headlines and links to propaganda-heavy news items on its home page.
The site, Uriminzokkiri, launched the Twitter feed @uriminzok last week and has been providing Korean-language headlines and links to propaganda-heavy news items on its home page.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Android Market is Down
It appears that Google’s Android Market is down for many Android handset owners across the world, users are unable to search for apps or perform updates, leaving quite a few frustrated at the search giant for allowing it to happen.
Hackers Claim Jailbreak Victory With PlayStation 3 USB Key
In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Android OS Honeycomb for Tablets Only
We’re hearing multiple reports that the next iteration of the increasingly popular Android mobile operating system will be called Honeycomb.
First Keyboard with the New Rupee Sign Arrives
Just weeks after the new symbol for the Indian Rupee was unveiled, there were talks about who would be the first to integrate the symbol to their systems.While folks have already made the new Rupee font available for download, what was missing so far was a keyboard that could actually let you type in the symbol with ease.
Trillian Comes To Android
Trillian, the little IM aggregator that could, has finally come to Android devices today with its first beta release.The app works natively on Android 1.6 and above, and offers a landscape mode, tabbed chat, buzzing of friends and photo sharing in IM from your phone.
Chrome OS tablet from HTC reported to ship in November
An HTC tablet running Google's Chrome operating system will be available through Verizon Wireless in late November, according to an unnamed source cited by the blog Downloadsquad.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
India emerging as an indigenous consumer tech manufacturer
For long India has been handling IT backend for some of the world’s top companies, probably all of them. At the same time, most new and shiny gadgets are first released in the US and Europe before India sees them, some don’t last long enough to make it here.
DDoS extortion scam circulating
Symantec has intercepted a scam attempt, relying on scare tactics in order to trick domain owners into transferring virtual money, or face a distributed denial of service attack against their web site.
IBM unleashes 256-core Unix server
IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new systems based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores.
Next Version Of Android To Be Called “Honeycomb”
Google will be calling its next iteration of its Android mobile operating system Honeycomb, the successor to Gingerbread, a firmware that smartphone manufacturers are installing on their upcoming smartphone and tablet devices.Gmail for the iPad in a new look.
Ever since Gmail got a re-design for better display on the iPad, people have touted its usability and the HTML5 interface. However, Google also put the question out as to how it could improve the experience.
Motorola's Android 3.0 tablet a Google Project
As several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3.0 tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company's priority choice, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo citing upstream component makers.
Intel buys McAfee for $7.68 billion
Intel has just bought computer and software security company McAfee according to a release issued this morning. The all cash deal is worth $7.68 billion, or $48 per share.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Google and Verizon proposal for Net Neutrality part 2
Over the past couple of weeks you’ve certainly heard about the Google and Verizon proposal for Net Neutrality. So much has been written about it, in fact, that it’s hard to believe that there’s a sentence of the document that hasn’t yet been picked to bits.
Google Pondering PayPal-Based Purchases for Android Apps
If you want to pick up a new app on an Android-based smartphone, you have one option with which to pay for your new purchase: Google Checkout. At least, for now—sources indicate that Google is chatting with eBay's PayPal business to bring the latter as a secondary option for smartphone-based payments.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Xbox Live Comes to Windows Phone 7
An e-mail from Microsoft tonight tells us that Windows Phone 7 will be launching with a whole roster of Xbox Live games to push the envelope of mobile gaming.
Miso arrives on Android
Miso, an iPhone, iPad and web application for checking into to your favorite television and movie options. Through Miso one can add friends from Facebook and Twitter, allowing one to Tweet or post Facebook status updates with respect to what you are currently watching, as well as your comments on what others are viewing as well.
Monday, August 16, 2010
New Xbox 360 hacked to play 'backup' discs
Vlingo makes Android version free of charge
Sunday, August 15, 2010
5 Must-Have Applications for New Android Owners
Beware Of Fake TweetDeck App On The Android Market
If you are a Twitter user, you can’t have gone far without encountering at least a mention of the popular multi-platform Twitter application Tweetdeck. Just three days ago a sneak preview of the TweetDeck for Android Beta which has now been released to Tweetdeck account holders.
Lumigon T1 gets Froyo and a major facelift
Droid Incredible getting a spoonful of Froyo on August 18th
Saturday, August 14, 2010
HTC Desire HD Will Launch On September 15th
A little play around with Photoshop where we amended some of the levels, we can now confirm that HTC will be unveiling its Desire HD handset on September 15th in London.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Android continues to skyrocket
We now see Gartner’s latest smartphone data that shows the meteoric rise of Android over the last year from 1.8% to a whopping 17.2% with no end in sight. Symbian is down 10%, RIM is down 1%, Apple iOS is up 1%, and WM is down 4.3%. The overall smartphone market has grown significantly over the past year from 41 million to 61.6 million so there was significant growth in the market.
Oracle sues Google over Java patent infringement in Android
It's no secret that Android and the Dalvik virtual machine it uses are heavily based on Java, and it looks like Oracle isn't so happy about it: the database giant just announced that it's suing Google for copyright and patent infringement. The suit alleges Android violates some seven patents and contains copies of Sun's original Java code.A damning accusation given that Google CEO Eric Schmidt once led the Java team before leaving Sun and eventually arriving in Mountain View. Oracle says Google's known about these issues for around five years now, so it's clear that whatever licensing negotiations these two were having have broken down.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Google To Announce New Android App Today
Over the past couple of days, a number of media outlets received invitations to a “small event” held by Google, today (August 12th) in San Francisco.
PC Mag confirmed with the search giant that the event will be used to showcase a new Androidapplication feature and will result in a new Google blog post. This means we are unlikely to see a major announcement like Android 3.0 (Gingerbread).
We imagine that Google will take the opportunity to reiterate the success of its Android mobile operating system, possibly focusing on the fact the company is now seeing 200,000 Android handsets being shipped every day.
Also on the bill could be a mention of the controversial net neutrality pact with Verizon, something that has had tech analysts up in arms over the past few days.
PC Mag confirmed with the search giant that the event will be used to showcase a new Android
We imagine that Google will take the opportunity to reiterate the success of its Android mobile operating system, possibly focusing on the fact the company is now seeing 200,000 Android handsets being shipped every day.
Also on the bill could be a mention of the controversial net neutrality pact with Verizon, something that has had tech analysts up in arms over the past few days.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Trojan in Android Phones
A local outbreak of a mobile trojan in Russia has shown us something new: The Android operating system might need an antivirus.
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 sales begin
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Windows 7 has new zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is vulnerable to a new zero-day vulnerability that exposes users to blue-screen crashes or code execution attacks.
The flaw could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial-of-service or potentially gain elevated privileges, according to an advisory from VUPEN, a French security research outfit.From VUPEN’s advisory:
The flaw could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial-of-service or potentially gain elevated privileges, according to an advisory from VUPEN, a French security research outfit.From VUPEN’s advisory:
This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the “CreateDIBPalette()” function within the kernel-mode device driver “Win32k.sys” when using the “biClrUsed” member value of a “BITMAPINFOHEADER” structure as a counter while retrieving Bitmap data from the clipboard, which could be exploited by malicious users to crash an affected system or potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The flaw is confirmed on fully patched Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, and Microsoft Windows XP SP3.Linux Foundation launches Open Compliance Program
Open source software has many benefits, but one of the greatest is the ability to not reinvent the wheel. By sharing solutions, the open source community is able to develop great software quickly and effectively. Although open source software usually stands alone, on ideological grounds, you can easily find examples of open source software in a great number of successful proprietary applications, too.
Motorola Droid 2 ,R2-D2 edition with Android 2.2
Five Ways Android Will Defeat iPhone and BlackBerry
While many iPhone users are reporting high satisfaction, it doesn't matter for the long term. The Android platform will crush all other smartphones in both its sheer number of users and vendors.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Zynga Buys Japanese Social Game Maker Unoh
Popular social game developer Zynga Game Networks has acquired Unoh and plans to use the Japanese game maker to launch mobile products in Japan, it said Friday.
Google's Nexus One still available to developers
The Nexus One, the phone that was supposed to launch Google's online phone sales strategy, may not be available anymore from the search giant's online store, but Google is still selling it -- to developers.
China Unicom to sell iPhones with local Wi-Fi support
Although iPhones have been officially sold in China since last year, the devices have come without Wi-Fi support in order to comply with Chinese laws. But now that is set to change as China Unicom is preparing to sell iPhones with Wi-Fi capabilities later this month.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Dell's New Inspiron Offers Bluetooth 3.0
Dell on Thursday announced the lightweight Inspiron M101z laptop with new technologies including Bluetooth 3.0 wireless capabilities and low-voltage processors from Advanced Micro Devices.
Acer Debuts New Dual Android, Windows XP Netbook
Acer's latest crack at combining Google's Android mobile software and Microsoft's Windows XP OS in the same netbook was unveiled at a computer show in Taipei on Thursday.
Netflix Confirms Development Of Android App
According to Electronista, Netflix has confirmed it is hiring Android developers for the development of an official Android app, an app that will allow users to stream its Watch Instantly content.
HTC's dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider with 1.2GHz CPU headed to Verizon in 2011?
Trusteer Finds 100,000 UK Computers Infected With Zeus
At least 100,000 computers in the U.K. are infected with the Zeus malware, an advanced piece of spying software that is regularly defeating most antivirus software suites, according security vendor Trusteer.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Apple introduces music in the clouds
While we've waited for Apple to introduce the much-vaunted cloud-based iTunes streaming music service, Apple has already quietly introduced cloud-based music streaming via iDisk using its MobileMe iDisk App.
iDisk is part of Apple's subscription-based MobileMe offering. Now you can play audio files stored on your iDisk using Apple's also available MobileMe iDisk App.
iDisk is part of Apple's subscription-based MobileMe offering. Now you can play audio files stored on your iDisk using Apple's also available MobileMe iDisk App.
Google Now Activates 200,000 Android Phones Every Day
According to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, Google is now activating 200,000 Android-powered handsets a day, a significant rise from the 160,000 handsets it was activating before last month’s earnings call and the 100,000 handset activations at Google I/O in May.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
New Google site blocked in China
A newly launched Google site for Chinese users appears to be blocked in China just days after it went online.
Google Wenda , a question-and-answer service, was launched less than two weeks ago. But postings on the site show users have been asking why the site has been blocked in China since as far back as July 29.
Google Wenda , a question-and-answer service, was launched less than two weeks ago. But postings on the site show users have been asking why the site has been blocked in China since as far back as July 29.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Google, Bing: A hacker's best friends
Security experts long ago noticed that powerful search engines like Google could be used as effective tools for ferreting out sensitive data about individuals. In past years, security researchers such as Johnny Long were able to show how advanced Google search queries and features like Google Code Search could make it easy to identify vulnerable systems online.
EVO 4G starts getting Android 2.2 update over the air
A few hours prior to the promised August 3 rollout. so if you've got one handy, you're going to want to start checking it right this second.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Samsung Galaxy Tab To Be Announced On August 11th
Samsung have been quietly working on a new tablet called the Galaxy Tab, we know this after its South African team tweeted a shot of the device back in June.
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