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Android exploit so dangerous, users warned to avoid phone's web browser

At the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C. this weekend, security researcher Charlie Miller noted a new vulnerability in Google Android that allows hackers to remotely take control of the phone's web browser and related processes, ReadWriteWeb reports. If a phone becomes compromised, hackers can gain access...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Phone, Packetvideo, T-Mobile, Web Browser, Charlie Miller, Media Library, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-12

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New software enables communication for students with severe disabilities

New software enables communication for students with severe disabilitiesWow!To me, that is the natural progression of software/technology, to be able to include everyone in a full, rich life experience and share it with others. I often wondered how children with severe speech issues are able to express the natural...

Tags: Operational accounting, HEALTHCARE, Peachtree Software, revenue, Accenture Ltd., Sun Microsystems Inc., New Software

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Android exploit so dangerous, users warned to avoid phone’s web browser

Android exploit so dangerous, users warned to avoid phone’s web browserAre there any exploits in the wild for this?If not, then use the browser all you want. According to the Apple apologist rules of vulnerabilities, you can use a vulnerable device without a single concern as long as there are...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Apple Inc., phone, exploit

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Patrick Brady dissects Android

Patrick Brady of Google's partner group provided a detailed technical tour of the internals of the Android platform during his recent talk at Google I/O 2008 titled "Anatomy and Physiology of an Android". Topics included Linux kernel enhancements, the Bionic library (Google's slimmed down version of libc), Android functional and...

Tags: Google Inc., Library, Hardware, Patrick Brady, Android, Bionic, Surfaces, Audio Flinger, Dalvik, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-04

HP enhances its MediaSmart Server (but it's still pricey)

The HP MediaSmart Server was, hands-down, the best home networking product I saw last year. Powered by Microsoft’s potent Windows Home Server operating system, this device is network-attached storage on steroids. And it’s a snap to use but, at a starting price of $599, prohibitively expensive for the average guy....

Tags: NAS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, App, Allen Buckner, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-01-04

Google rejects GPL in new gPhone alliance

Days after making waves in the nascent social networking pond with its OpenSocial initiative, Google just cannonballed into the much larger world of mobile phones. Today Google announced the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of over 30 technology and mobile companies, and Android, an open source software stack for mobile...

Tags: Google Inc., GPL, Alliance, Linux, Mobile, Java, Apache Software Foundation, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-11-05

Google introduces Android and the Open Handset Alliance

Google announced today in a press release their vision of an open handset along with a list of companies who are part of the alliance. These companies include everything from carriers to phone manufacturers that are all working towards the same common goal -- to revolutionize this industry. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Handset, Web Site Development, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-11-05

HP starts taking orders for its Windows Home Server systems

HP starts taking orders for its Windows Home Server systemsWill be interesting to see the numberson this one. I personally think it's going to be another homerun for Microsoft and have heard a lot of family folks talking about this with excitement so if that's any indicator. Of course it's...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Hewlett-Packard Co., Windows Home, Microsoft Windows Home Server, server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Microsoft reveals more partners, plans for Windows Home Server

Gateway, consumer storage vendor LaCie and Medion International will join Hewlett Packard in delivering new Windows Home Server systems this fall, Microsoft announced on May 15, the opening day of its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC in Los Angeles. Microsoft also announced, as many expected, that the company will...

Tags: Channel, OEMs, Resellers, System builders, Windows Home Server, Windows server, WinHEC

Blog posts 2007-05-15