Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smart phones that use Google's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's e-mail and text messages.
Feeds
90311 items (90311 unread) in 11 feeds
National, regional, local & business news
(65413 unread)
-
FOXNews.com - U.S. & World (194 unread)
-
-
MSNBC.com: Wireless (1672 unread)
-
Cincinnati Enquirer - Top Stories
(33793 unread)
-
Cincinnati Enquirer - Local News
(14446 unread)
-
Cincinnati Enquirer - Sports All
(13048 unread)
Amateur Radio news and links
(19283 unread)
-
ARRL Amateur Radio News
(3118 unread)
-
The DXZone.com (6110 unread)
-
HFRadio.org Propagation Center
(10055 unread)
Traffic & weather
(5615 unread)
MSNBC.com: Wireless (50 unread)
-
Software released for attacking Android phones
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:31pm EDT
Android - Google - Smartphone - Text messaging - Handhelds
-
Cell phone shipments up 14.5 percent worldwide
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:32am EDT
The number of cell phones shipped worldwide rose 14.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, with much of the growth coming from smaller challengers like the iPhone and BlackBerry, according to research firm IDC.
-
Sponsored By:
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:32am EDT
-
BlackBerry may be berry good with new OS
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 4:08pm EDT
A new BlackBerry, but more importantly, a new BlackBerry operating system upgrade, is coming. "Yawn," you say? Don't be too quick to dismiss Research In Motion and its sturdy line of smart phones.
-
Adult industry sees iPorn potential in iPhone 4
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 11:04am EDT
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
-
Android users gobble more data than iPhone users
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 5:45pm EDT
Verizon's new Android owners are using far more data than AT&T's iPhone users, says a new study. But both populations look like megabyte junkies compared to BlackBerry owners.
-
What your phone app doesn't say: It's watching
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:18pm EDT
Your smart phone applications are watching you — much more closely than you might like.
-
Sprint posts first subscriber gain in three years
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:07pm EDT
Sprint Nextel said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention.
-
Newsweek: How BlackBerry changed cell phones
Posted: July 27th, 2010, 12:55pm EDT
Mike Lazaridis, the man who virtually invented the smart-phone market, insists his company is just getting started.
-
New gov't rules allow unapproved iPhone apps
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 2:14pm EDT
Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.
-
Apple to expand iPhone 4 sales on July 30
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 12:46pm EDT
Apple Inc said on Monday its popular iPhone 4 model will go on sale in an additional 17 countries on Friday, July 30.
-
App showdown: Android vs. iPhone
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 8:56am EDT
In 10 of the most important app categories, iPhone and Android duke it out. Surprisingly, it's not a total rout, not on either side. Each platform takes its fair share of victories.
-
Phone group sues San Francisco over radiation law
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 4:56pm EDT
The wireless industry sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to stop a law that requires cell phone stores to post how much radio energy each model emits.
-
Unlucky thief took iPhone used in GPS tracking test
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:41pm EDT
An unlucky thief stole an iPhone being used at that very moment to demonstrate a program that tracks GPS location in real-time. It took the police all of 10 minutes to pin down the thief's exact location and arrest him.
-
Apple delays white iPhone 4 to 'later this year'
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 11:37am EDT
Apple says the white version of the iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year.
-
Apple offers free bumpers through App Store
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 11:02am EDT
Customers who purchased the first wave of black iPhone 4s can apply for a free bumper or case starting now — via the Apple App store.
-
Skype's new iPhone app: Net calling done right
Posted: July 21st, 2010, 7:24pm EDT
Skype today released an update to its app for iPhone and most recent iPod Touch that lets users receive calls when their devices are locked or running other apps, and can route calls over AT&T's 3G network without extra fees.
-
Attention smart phone buyers: Android is ready
Posted: July 21st, 2010, 8:47am EDT
The latest Android phones, running the latest Android software, can do all of this and more — most of what an iPhone can do, in fact. In some cases, the Android phone does it better.
-
Sponsored By:
Posted: July 21st, 2010, 8:47am EDT
-
Wired: Apple considered pulling iPhone from AT&T
Posted: July 19th, 2010, 6:52pm EDT
An exposé in Wired Magazine details the rocky relationship between AT&T, the lumbering telecom, and Apple, the ornery innovator, as both discovered the downsides to the iPhone's unprecedented success.
-
Market, stockholders drive Motorola breakup
Posted: July 19th, 2010, 6:35pm EDT
For decades, Motorola Inc.'s products told the story of the march of electronics into the hands of consumers. Now, the iconic company is breaking up, the victim of changing markets and the need to present simpler stories to investors.
-
Google: No new Nexus One phones after stock depleted
Posted: July 19th, 2010, 1:58pm EDT
Google's Nexus One phone, touted as a chief iPhone competitor when it launched in January, is now history in the United States. The search giant said it will no longer sell the phone via its website once existing stock is depleted.
-
Windows Phone 7 in depth: A fresh start
Posted: July 19th, 2010, 11:15am EDT
Windows Phone 7 is a clean slate that Microsoft can use as a foundation to build something entirely new, and it's not like any other phone you've used.
-
RIM says Apple is wrong about BlackBerry
Posted: July 18th, 2010, 3:20pm EDT
Apple appears to be deliberately distorting the issues surrounding the iPhone 4's antenna design by asserting that Research In Motion's BlackBerry has similar reception problems, RIM said.
-
Apple did the right thing, but it'll cost 'em
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 6:23pm EDT
The howls about the iPhone 4's antenna were only getting louder. Apple could have probably stayed out of sight, but instead, Steve Jobs defended the company. It was the right thing to do -- but it comes at a cost.
-
Newsweek: Apple's rotten response
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 3:41pm EDT
I wonder if panic has started to set in at Apple yet. If not, it should. Because today’s hastily called news conference —ostensibly to discuss problems with iPhone 4 and how Apple intends to fix them—only did further damage to Apple’s reputation.
-
Apple gives free bumpers to all iPhone 4 owners
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 1:51pm EDT
Today, as expected, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would offer free rubber "bumpers" to anyone who bought an iPhone 4 to fix the antenna's design problem. However, no hardware fix was promised.
-
Actually, Windows Phone 7 could be Microsoft's 'Vista'
Posted: July 15th, 2010, 5:06pm EDT
Commentary: A taste of the old Apple-Microsoft rivalry came back this week when a Microsoft executive threw Windows Vista under the bus, just to bash the iPhone 4's antenna problems.
-
Apple may offer hardware fix for iPhone 4
Posted: July 15th, 2010, 3:25pm EDT
On the day before Apple publicly addresses the iPhone 4 antenna design flaw that has plagued the company for weeks, an analyst who spoke with manufacturers who work with Apple said that there will likely be an internal hardware fix.
-
Apple calls press conference on iPhone 4 issue
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 8:38pm EDT
Apple will host a press conference Friday to discuss the iPhone 4, said a company representative. Though no further details were provided, we assume that the conference will address concerns that the iPhone 4's antenna design causes increased dropped calls.
-
Government working on wireless spectrum inventory
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 5:44pm EDT
Federal officials are beginning work on a comprehensive inventory of the nation's radio spectrum in hopes of finding more capacity for wireless high-speed Internet connections.
-
iPhone antenna outcry escalates with recall demand
Posted: July 13th, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
The news on the iPhone 4's antenna problem has reached new heights of shrillness, but this talk of lawsuits, fixes and now recalls, is 80 percent drama, 20 percent reason.
-
Consumer Reports won't recommend iPhone 4
Posted: July 12th, 2010, 7:29pm EDT
Consumer Reports said Monday it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 after testing by its engineers showed "there is a problem with its reception."
-
Sponsored By:
Posted: July 12th, 2010, 7:29pm EDT
-
Popular HTC Evo phone is in short supply
Posted: July 12th, 2010, 4:38pm EDT
One of the most talked-about and desired new phones — no, not the iPhone 4 — is in short supply. It's HTC's Evo, carried exclusively by Sprint.
-
Your phone wants you to check your blood sugar
Posted: July 12th, 2010, 3:50pm EDT
What if my blood sugar's too high today? Is it time for my blood pressure pill? With nagging text messages or more customized two-way interactions, researchers are trying to harness the power of cell phones to help fight chronic diseases.
-
Judge OKs iPhone lawsuit against Apple, AT&T
Posted: July 11th, 2010, 7:03pm EDT
A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple and AT&T's mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action.
-
Android gaining on iPhone and BlackBerry
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:58pm EDT
While the overall U.S. smart phone market is growing, phones running the Android platform gained market share as every other top-5 contender lost some, including Apple's iPhones and RIM's BlackBerrys, a study says.
-
No memorial page for Microsoft Kin at site
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 5:36pm EDT
Someday, on eBay, Microsoft's short-lived Kin phones may command a high price — and some respect. But for now, the phones, released by Microsoft in May, and discontinued at the end of June, can't even have an online memorial without getting booted
-
YouTube touches up mobile video site
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 4:14pm EDT
YouTube has upgraded its mobile website to make it more convenient and appealing to watch videos on touch-screen devices such as Apple's iPhone and Motorola's Droid X.
-
Americans use phones more for games, Internet
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 4:10pm EDT
Americans' use of non-voice programs on cell phones has "grown dramatically" over the last year, with even more of us using our phones as cameras and video recorders, as well as for e-mail, Internet and playing games, a new study says.
-
Motorola's Charm is Sidekick replacement
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 2:43pm EDT
Days after the venerable Sidekick messaging phone was given the heave-ho by T-Mobile, Motorola introduced a Sidekick of sorts, the Charm.
-
Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 issue not unusual
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 6:34pm EDT
Consumer Reports has given the iPhone 4 a pass and a "get out of jail" card: The highly regarded publication says while holding the new iPhone "in certain ways does cause signal loss," that's true for "all cell phones."
-
Slather up sun care using new app for iPhone
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 2:14pm EDT
Just in time for the holiday weekend and hot summer days ahead, a new iPhone app can help you stay sunburn-free.
-
Apple denies iPhone 4 e-mail exchange claim
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 12:07pm EDT
Apple says a recent e-mail exchange between CEO Steve Jobs and an irate customer discussing the iPhone 4 antenna issue is a fake.
-
Apple ‘stunned’ to find flaw in iPhone 4
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 10:56am EDT
Apple says it is "stunned" to find that its latest iPhone model uses a "completely wrong" formula to show how many bars of signal strength it's getting.
-
New problem: ‘Apping’ while driving
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 5:10pm EDT
Smartphone apps are making us dumber drivers. According to a new survey, 25 percent of smartphone-owning motorists say they use apps while behind the wheel.
-
Lawsuits filed over iPhone 4 antenna reception
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 1:53pm EDT
Two Maryland residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T over the iPhone 4 antenna design issue that has caused dropped calls and signal loss for some users.
-
iPhone 4 has lousy reception — but why sue?
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 9:25am EDT
I've had the iPhone 4 since last Friday, and the reception isn't great. In fact, it reminds me an awful lot of my last three iPhones. So why all the sudden fuss?
-
Amazon.com offers new lower-priced Kindle DX
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 8:53am EDT
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electric-book readers intensifies.