Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users
Computerworld – The largest-ever Android malware campaign may have duped as many as 5 million users into downloading infected apps from Google’s Android Market, Symantec stated today.
Salesforce.com customers state new analytics should be included in core fees
IDG Service – Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) software will have an additional price tag, saying that the functionality it includes should be part of their base subscriptions.
MasterCard’s QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia
MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of ...
Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades
All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’ fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company’s board in a couple of weeks, but he is already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the ...
Samsung Wave Y LeFleur Edition
The Samsung Wave Y LaFleur Edition features a bold pink-and-black motif with the inscription “LaFleur” on the front of the phone. FYI, the handset is powered by the Bada 2.0 platform. Priced at only $165 in the Ukraine, the Samsung Wave Y LeFleur Edition features a 3.2-inch HVGA display, Wi-Fi, ...
Vodafone UK Releases BlackBerry Bold 9790
Vodafone UK has finally released the BlackBerry Bold 9790. The smartphone is available for free with 24 month contract that starts at £31 per month. Powered by the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 features a 1GHz processor, a 2.44-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 360 x 480 ...
A “Happy Snap” Lightroom Workflow
At Halloween last year I was asked to photograph some children I’ve shot from time to time since they were born. Basically their mum likes to have some up to date pics of the children and Halloween seemed like as good a time as any to get some shots. When ...
The Rule of Thirds: Weekly Photography Challenge
This week your photography challenge is to utilise the most common photographic composition rule – the Rule of Thirds. While I’m not huge on ‘rules’ – there’s definitely some good reasons to know this one and to be able to pull it off (and of course there are times to ...
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (Verizon Wireless)
Editors’ note: Though we have assigned a preliminary rating, we are waiting for a full battery test before assigning a final score. Also, since the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx is nearly identical to the original Motorola Droid Razr save for its enhanced battery, portions of this review are based on ...
1/26/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
JLab B-Flex X-Bass Laptop Speakers @ Everything USB CaseCorsair Carbide 500R Case @ TechReactionEnermax Fulmo GT Case @ Pro-ClockersFractal Design Define XL Case @ Hardware CanucksGELID Solution Darkforce Case @ Legit ReviewsMSI NightHawk Case @ Hardware SecretsMSI Raptor Cases @ LanOC ReviewsNZXT Switch 810 Case @ HotHardware CoolerAlpenfhn Civetta CPU ...
IPhone Crushes Android in U.S. Q4, Outsells Android 4-to-1 on AT&T
iPhone likely seized over a half of all U.S. smartphone sales AT&T Inc.’s (T) blowout quarter was newsworthy enough, but it dropped a bit of a shocker in its numbers release — 7.6 million iPhone activated for the quarter, with 9.4 million smartphones sold. That means the iPhone outsold Android ...
The Value Of Microsoft To Nokia
http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-micr…phone-26210827/ “Microsoft paid Nokia $250m in Q4 2011 for adopting Windows Phone, the Finnish company’s financial results this day have revealed, the first of a “platform support payments” scheme expected to eventually account for billions of dollars. The two companies have always declined to put an exact figure on the ...
What Does One Petabyte Of Storage (And $500K) Look Like?
We all know what a megabyte is, and gigabytes are familiar as well. Terabytes were more recently folded into our vocabulary. But there’s a good chance that many enthusiasts still have not wrapped their minds around the idea of a petabyte. In short, we’re speaking about one thousand terabytes, or ...
SwitchMe brings makeshift guest account to Android root users
Wouldn’t it be absolutely splendid if you could hand your phone over to a friend (or complete stranger) without fear of them mucking up your system or digging into your personal bits? Yes, we had absolutely love to see guest accounts become standard issue on all handsets, but until that ...
German scientists shoot world’s fastest movie: gone in 50 femtoseconds
No, it’s not another Fast & Furious sequel, it’s something much quicker — 800 billion times quicker, to be precise. Scientists at DESY (Germany’s largest particle physics center) are premiering the Guinness World Record-holding fastest “movie” to a choose audience at its light sources users’ meeting. The film was shot ...