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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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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Moto Droid Day – Google Nav demo

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on October 28, 2009
TechCrunch has a full run-down on the Google Nav application that will ship with Android 2.0 (Eclair), along with a demo video.  If you couldn’t tell by the screenshot alone, this is one killer navigation app.  It includes plain English search, as you can see in the video below.  Oh yeah, & did I mention [...]
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Motorola Droid Full Preview at BGR

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on October 23, 2009
Those lucky ninjas at BGR have had their Droid in-hand long enough to post an exhaustive “preview.”  I guess it really can only be considered a preview because the unit has yet to hit retail.  I mean, they cover pretty much everything there is to know about Moto’s new handset, & even give a conclusion.  [...]
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ASUS to join Acer with Android phone in 4Q

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on October 19, 2009
Image via CrunchBase DigiTimes is reporting that ASUS plans to launch an Android-based handset by the end of the year.  No details other than a fourth quarter launch.  Will it make it to the US?  What bands will it support?  Will it have a slide-out QWERTY?  More questions than answers at this point, but having [...]
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Official Android Facebook app in the works

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on July 29, 2009
Image via CrunchBase Could arrive as early as this week, according to TechCrunch. The app could hit the Android Market (its version of the App Store) as soon as the end of this week.
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