Monthly Archives: February 2011

Android Spyware Distributed By Third Party Online Marketplaces

On the heels of HongTouTou, Chinese security firm NetQin has found spyware — SW.SecurePhone and SW.Qieting — that collects messages, call logs, and other data. Security experts have found more malware targeting Android smartphones, less than two weeks after the click fraud app dubbed HongTouTou was found in a variety of applications on third-party online marketplaces. Security firm NetQuin Mobile … Continue reading

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So many coupon sites, so little time

If Groupon isn’t as ubiquitous as, say, Facebook, it’s getting there. The website, which offers daily coupons to local restaurants, bars and other businesses, has 60 million members worldwide, about half of whom live in North America. Those controversial Super Bowl ads surely introduced it to some new customers, too. Groupon’s business model is simple: It posts one deal a … Continue reading

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NTT DoCoMo’s Android phone is just a third of an inch thick

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo says it will start selling an Android 2.2 phone that’s claimed to be the world’s thinnest, at just a third of an inch. The NEC Medias N-04C phone will be joined on the network by Sony-Ericsson’s Android 2.3-based Xperia Arc SO-01C phone and LG’s Optimus Pad L-06C tablet, the latter running Android 3.0 on an Nvidia … Continue reading

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Gadgetwise: Apple Announces New MacBook Pros

Apple today announced a refresh of its MacBook Pro line of laptops. The highlights? New, faster processors, more powerful graphics processors, an HD camera and a new port for a technology that Apple is calling Thunderbolt. Cosmetically, the new Pros look very similar to their predecessors. There are still 13-, 15- and 17-inch models (starting at $1,199, $1,799 and $2,499, … Continue reading

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China blocks access to LinkedIn

Users in China are reporting that access to LinkedIn has been blocked throughout the country. By all indications, it seems that the popular career networking site has run afoul of the country’s infamous Great Firewall. According to LinkedIn’s Hani Durzy, the company is aware of a blockage in China and is “currently in the process of investigating the situation further.” … Continue reading

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