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The malware is the most sophisticated Android Trojan program found to date, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said A newly discovered Trojan program exploits previously unknown flaws in Android and borrows techniques from Windows malware in order to evade detection and achieve persistence on infected devices. Security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab named the new malicious application Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a and labeled …
Microsoft has clarified its position on selling and buying pre-owned titles for its new Xbox One console. Confusion arose after it appeared the company would impose a fee for playing pre-owned games, a move that was highly unpopular with gamers. The company has now said in a statement that games can be traded in, but only at “participating retailers”. Games …
BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will launch during the holidays, CNET has learned. The BlackBerry A10 is the successor to the Z10, and further builds upon the company’s burgeoning lineup of devices. The A10 will occupy the highest tier, moving the Z10 and keyboard-equipped Q10 to the midtier. The lower-end Q5 will continue to occupy the lower, more affordable strata. By quickly …
• Jun 05, 2013 The intersection of cloud infrastructures, analytics, big data, mobile and social media, delivered through a cloud broker model, will change how IT services are delivered and used by government agencies in the future. If the Internet is an information superhighway, cloud infrastructures are multiple highways upon which all of the other disruptive technologies will ride, according …
Apple has lost a ruling by a US trade panel in a patent dispute with its rival Samsung. The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that Apple infringed a Samsung patent, which could mean some older models of the iPad and iPhone are banned from sale in the US. The patent relates to 3G wireless technology and the ability to transmit …
A $15m computer that uses “quantum physics” effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. It will be shared by Google, Nasa, and other scientists, providing access to a machine said to be up to 3,600 times faster than conventional computers. Unlike standard machines, the D-Wave Two processor appears to make use of an effect …
We’re sure most of you guys already know that Apple typically uses Foxconn as the company that helps piece iOS devices, like the iPhone, together. With word on the street that Apple could be releasing a low-budget iPhone in the near future, we guess you couldn’t be blamed if you thought that the job would naturally go to Foxconn as …
(CNN) — Rumors that Apple is preparing major design changes with iOS 7 continue to heat up, with new reports suggesting a more muted and flat design aesthetic. Last October, Jonathan Ive became responsible not only for the look and feel of Apple hardware, but also its software. By most accounts, Ive is not a fan of the skeuomorphic heavy design cues that currently dominate iOS. While …
(CNN) — A rare working model of the Apple 1, the tech giant’s first desktop computer, sold for more than $671,000 over the weekend at an auction in Germany. The computer, along with a letter from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to its original owner, is believed to be one of only six working Apple 1s and one of only three on the open market. …
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