Karsten Nohl of the Security Research Labs at the 28th Chaos Communication Congress introduced a method (PDF), as hackers can impersonate a foreign mobile phone. This can cause some calls to premium numbers (0900) or fee-based SMS services (send to the A3 XXXXX), without being the victim in possession of mobile phone or SIM card. [...]
Google’s main product is the search engine and its main competitor, Microsoft, even if Facebook is gnawing on some levels to its market share. The Chairman Eric Schmidt said in an interview recorded a few weeks ago, but now published only on C-SPAN was. . Schmidt said: ‘Today we have a clear competitor, Microsoft with [...]
Android and iOS have experienced during the Christmas holidays both a rush of registrations. Fortune writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been calculated on the basis of figures supplied by Flurry that Apple was ahead by about 1.6 million. According to market researchers, Android and iOS came on 25 Together in December to 6.8 million activations. Andy [...]
Android and iOS have experienced during the Christmas holidays both a rush of registrations. Fortune writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been calculated on the basis of figures supplied by Flurry that Apple was ahead by about 1.6 million. According to market researchers, Android and iOS came on 25 Together in December to 6.8 million activations. Andy [...]
Google’s main product is the search engine and its main competitor, Microsoft, even if Facebook is gnawing on some levels to its market share. The Chairman Eric Schmidt said in an interview recorded a few weeks ago, but now published only on C-SPAN was. . Schmidt said: ‘Today we have a clear competitor, Microsoft with [...]
Karsten Nohl of the Security Research Labs at the 28th Chaos Communication Congress introduced a method (PDF), as hackers can impersonate a foreign mobile phone. This can cause some calls to premium numbers (0900) or fee-based SMS services (send to the A3 XXXXX), without being the victim in possession of mobile phone or SIM card. [...]
default in many wireless routers enabled Wi-Fi Protected Set-up (WPS) has a security vulnerability. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned earlier that it facilitates brute force attacks dramatically. This vulnerability could potentially affect millions of consumers since almost all are now Wi-Fi router with WPS protocol in the sale. The Federal Office for Information [...]
The M-Edge Accessories Manufacturers Amazon sued in federal court in Maryland. The online retailer M-Edge has forced too few profitable services or violate the same time against its intellectual property. The conditions of a 2009 contract signed Amazon also wanted to change repeatedly. This reports the Wall Street Journal. Case for Amazon Kindle (Image: M-Edge) [...]
In 2011, the search for Internet users is still more important than communication with peers in social networks – but just barely. This is shown by the now out of the market researchers Nielsen figures provided. For Google it recorded 153.4 million unique visitors on average per month, while Facebook is 137.6 million. Yahoo with [...]
With a new backup solution, Microsoft wants to make up his gap with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Also, users of Windows Mobile 7 should be able to securely store their personal data in the future on servers. Microsoft reveals this indirectly through a job offer, which was discovered by WMPoweruser. Microsoft sought, according to [...]
China has be competing with GPS satellite navigation system “Beidou” put into operation. The Information Office of the State Council announced that China already delivered the first ten satellite data such as location, time and precise navigation. Beidou satellite (Image: china.org.cn) Beidou is also internationally, “Compass”. The first satellites were transported into space long ago [...]
The U.S. military can continue to Android devices in their networks, such as Stars and Stripes reported. The Verteidingunsministerium approved both the use of tablets and smartphones. So far, only Blackberrys were in use. However, the limited release of Android 2.2 – and exclusively on devices from Dell. This is in the latest edition of [...]
Intel’s next generation CPU Ivy Bridge, according to Digitimes is early April. That the Taiwanese industry magazine reported, citing PC manufacturers. Even in recent months had became clear that the chips no longer appear in the first quarter. Total of 25 processors are planned, 17 for desktops and laptops for 8. This will give the [...]
Taiwanese Digitimes brings a new iPad Rumor: The iWorld conference in January to two new Apple tablet will be presented. Sources at suppliers had told the news portal that the manufacturer wants to serve such high-end and near the middle market segment, they say. The current iPad 2, however, should compete with the cheap € [...]
Tilo Müller from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen (FAU) has on the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3), the encryption system vault presented that is suitable for the secure encryption of hard disks. Developed by Mueller, along with Felix C. Freiling and Andrew Dewald of the University of Mannheim Linux kernel patch stores the AES key [...]