Source: Troy Hunt When news came through recently about the Bondi Westfield shopping centre’s new “Find my car” feature, the security and privacy implications almost jumped off the page: “Wait – so you mean all I do is enter a number plate – any number plate – and I get back all this info about […]
#DefCon 19 : Android Network Toolkit for Penetration Testing and Hacking Have an Android and wanna start pwning people, networks and machines like penetration testers do? Defcon 2011 is in full hacking swing, and Itzhak Avraham — “Zuk” for short — and his company Zimperium have unveiled the Android Network Toolkit for easy hacking on the […]
The BBC is launching aUKwide 3G data service survey to see exactly what the true coverage map looks like via a Android app. Many service providers provide their own map of coverage forUKto there existing and potential customers. However this will be the firstUKwide completely independent survey carried out by the BBC. The survey will […]
The endless list of usernames and passwords we have to remember certainly isn’t getting any smaller and I often impress myself with the amount of random usernames and passwords I can remember, however there’s always that ‘What if’, what if I forget them. Granted most products and services which require secure credentials offer a password […]
Over the previous 18 months since discovering the Google Android Platform I have played with many an app from the Google Android Market, all of which were free, out of the many hundreds which I download apart from one which I did delve deep in to my pocket and paid the couple of pound to […]
According to a report by AegisLab, Android Market has been hit by another malware incident, with a number of SMS-sending Trojans published by unknown attackers. The incident was not as serious as the one in March when over 50 apps were affected by the Droid Dream malware, although any attack affecting Android Market should be […]
Angry Birds – The number one free Android game. The idea being to attack and kill ‘pigs’ using flying birds with various tactics. Barcode Scanner – It scans barcodes, can be used with 1D barcodes, QR codes and Data Matrix codes. Simple uses include inventory and asset use as well as scanning items in the […]
Vodafone UK finally issued a formal response of some use today by issuing the below statement – Posted 20th August 2010: “HTC Desire: Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) Update to Android 2.2 The Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire will start to be available to Vodafone customers from Monday 23 August. Our priority has been […]
Vodafone released an update for HTC Desire owners this morning, who were expecting it to be the imminent upgrade to Android 2.2, or Froyo as it’s also known. Froyo, which was rolled out on the Nexus One back in June in the UK, comes with a considerable speed boost, full Flash support, and device tethering […]