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Google announced Thursday that it has remotely deleted two Android applications from users' phones, reasoning that the "practically useless" apps had "intentionally misrepresented their purpose." The Internet search giant pointed to this action as one of many security controls Android posses to protect users....
Nokia will use the Linux MeeGo operating system in its flagship N-series platform in a bid to remain competitive against the iPhone and Android smartphones However, the company will continue to use its Symbian operating system for its lower-end smartphones....
In this debate series for LinuxInsider, we've heard from Evan Prodromou, CEO of StatusNet, who put forth the case for an open, distributed, federated model for social networking in contrast to Facebook's approach. We've also heard from Steven Bristol, partner and self-described "Chief Nerd" at Less Everything, who made the case for Facebook's approach...
Roughly one out of five Android mobile apps asks to access private or sensitive information belonging to the device's owner, according to a study by SMobile Systems One out of 20 apps can place a call to any number without interacting with or getting permission from the device owner, the report also states....
Verizon Wireless unveiled the much-anticipated Motorola Droid X on Wednesday ...
Steven Bristol is a partner and "chief nerd" at Less Everything, a company that focuses on building easy-to-use Ruby on Rail Web apps. The company created LovdbyLess, a free open source social network platform, after getting requests from customers. Users download a copy and are responsible for installing and maintaining the software and their own database of members...
Adobe on Tuesday unveiled Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile together with a slew of announcements from partners and content providers The new Flash edition has been optimized for efficient battery and CPU usage, addressing two of the key criticisms Apple CEO Steve Jobs had made of the platform....
Facebook has been battling users, prominent people in the high-tech field, and privacy advocates over the question of privacy for years now, and the problem appears to have intensified. In November 2008, Evan Prodromou -- founder of identi.ca and CEO and lead developer of StatusNet -- published a blog post on autonomo.us in which he argued that we...
Toshiba on Monday unveiled the Libretto W100, a limited-edition ultra-mobile concept PC. It has dual touchscreens and runs Windows 7 ...
Google has unveiled the YouTube Video Editor, which lets people edit their videos in the cloud The application lets users merge clips into a longer video or edit down a video, among other things. Google said it will add new features based on user feedback....
Part 1 of this series focused on development in regard to cloud computing and mobile devices Social networking is becoming increasingly important as a business tool, with businesses moving toward concepts like Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0....
Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated 3DS portable game console Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) The 3DS offers 3-D viewing without the need for special glasses....
Microsoft once again demonstrated its motion-controlled video game interface at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). It also announced a new version of its Xbox 360 gaming console ...
Archrivals Microsoft and Apple are likely to make the big news at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), to be held June 15 through 17 in Los Angeles. 3-D gaming is also expected to make a strong showing Microsoft's Project Natal, which lets Xbox 360 players control a game through body movements instead of hand-held controllers, will likel...
Google researcher Tavis Ormandy's public disclosure Thursday of a security flaw in Microsoft's Help and Support Center has drawn harsh criticism from Redmond The flaw, which exists in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, could let hackers remotely execute code on victims' computers....
The email addresses and device IDs of more than 100,000 owners of 3G-enabled iPads have been exposed in a security breach, according to wireless provider AT&T Victims apparently include at least one member of the U.S. President Barack Obama's cabinet, heads of large corporations and other prominent people....
The email addresses and device IDs of more than 100,000 owners of 3G-enabled iPads have been exposed in a security breach, according to wireless provider AT&T Victims apparently include at least one member of the U.S. President Barack Obama's cabinet, heads of large corporations and other prominent people....
The email addresses and device IDs of more than 100,000 owners of 3G-enabled iPads have been exposed in a security breach, according to wireless provider AT&T Victims apparently include at least one member of the U.S. President Barack Obama's cabinet, heads of large corporations and other prominent people....
Google has sped up its search engine with the introduction of its Caffeine Web indexing system This will provide 50 percent fresher results for Web searches than its previous index and is the largest collection of Web content the Web search giant has offered in search results, Google software engineer Carrie Grimes said....
The battle between Apple and Google in the smartphone market heated up further Monday with the introduction of the iPhone 4 and new information about iOS 4, the next-generation operating system for iPhones, iPod touches and iPads In the other corner of the ring stands Android, and it's fired up as well. Sprint said its HTC Evo smartphone, which was...
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