Android rootkit demonstrated

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on August 2, 2010
At Defcon. As the researchers demonstrated in their talk, this gives the attacker access to the Android phone’s SQLite database, allowing them to view, for example, a victim’s texts or contacts. It’s also possible to remotely read the device’s current GPS coordinates and to make outgoing calls without this being shown on the display.
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AppBrain – the actual state of the Android Market

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on July 22, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Disclosure: I use AppBrain.  I find it very useful to browse apps online & then easily sync/install on my Captivate.  Looks like they’ve been pretty hard at work filtering out the crap, though, & have some interesting things to say on the state of the Android Market.  Apparently, out of the total [...]
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming to AT&T

Written by geekE Management | Published on February 16, 2010
BGR has it on good authority that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will definitely be showing up at AT&T “Pretty Soon”.  Expected to sell at $199 with a two year contract. Size: 119 x 63 x 13 mm Weight: 135 grams Phone memory: Up to 1 GB Memory card support: microSD™ Memory card included: 8 [...]
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iPad Beta

Written by geekE Management | Published on February 2, 2010
Centercode, the guys behind OnlineBeta.com, have just announced a new community: iPadBeta.com. We’re pleased to announce iPadBeta.com, a new unique user community being offered by Centercode.  Unlike other communities we’ve announced in the past which use our software, iPadBeta.com is owned by Centercode and will act as a sister community to OnlineBeta.com, but focused specifically [...]
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iPad Pics, dimensions and first impressions

Written by geekE Management | Published on January 26, 2010
Well, it finally happened…  Way back in July, many speculated about a tablet coming from Apple, and now we get to see how close everyone came with their guesses. Am I disappointed?  Well … yes and no.  It’s cool, it’s really f-ing cool.  It’s almost exactly what I expected from Apple,  but it’s not exactly [...]
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What will we see at MWC next month? 6.6?

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on January 14, 2010
Microsoft’s Mobile World Congress is just about four weeks away now, & WMPowerUser is heavily speculating (along with many others) that Windows Mobile 7 will be announced at the annual conference.  That’s announced, mind you; I don’t see any devices showing up with it on board until Q4.  Though WMPU has quite a compelling list [...]
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Nexus One Day – reviews published

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on January 5, 2010
Image via CrunchBase Today’s the day that Google is expected to officially announce its Nexus One Android phone, custom built by HTC.  The details & rumors have been swirling for over two months now, & Google is expected to make some waves today, just two days before CES kicks off.  According to the link above, [...]
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xPhone: I think I’ve found my next phone

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on December 9, 2009
[editors note:  Personally, any phone that has cutting edge Text to Toast and a coffee warmer is on my christmas list.  Screw the iPhone, I'm an xPhone fanboy now!] Mein gott!  It even does VHS! Via Giz
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