Best Buy to Offer Clearwire Service in 2011 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Best Buy said Thursday that it will offer a branded version of Clearwire's 4G WiMAX service for its recently launched Best Buy Connect wireless service. Full text
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Software released for attacking Android phones (Reuters)Reuters - Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's email and text messages. Full text |
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Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple? (PC World)
PC World - Mobile security firm Lookout embarrassed Android by revealing that a popular wallpaper app was sending sensitive user data to a mysterious Website in China. Full text
Rogue Android Apps Secretly Grab User Data (PC World)
PC World - A number of popular Android applications can reportedly collect your mobile device's personal information and then send that data to a Chinese-owned Website. The information in question includes your device's phone number, subscriber identifier number and, in some cases, your voicemail password, according to Phandroid. Full text
LG Confirms Launch of Android-Based Tablet in Q4 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - LG on Thursday confirmed that it is prepping an Android-based tablet. Full text
My Little Pony Android Wallpaper Accesses Vital User Info (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - That My Little Pony wallpaper that you just downloaded for your Android smartphone—what does it really want from you? According to mobile security firm, Lookout, it may be a lot more than you bargained for when you downloaded the seemingly benign app. Full text
Apple 'looking into' iOS 4 problems on iPhone 3G (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Even as "Antennagate" fades into the background, Apple is getting hit with yet another problem: iPhone 3G users whose handsets became murderously slow after upgrading to the latest iPhone OS. Full text
Huawei-branded Mobile Phones to Sell in India Market (PC World)
PC World - Huawei Technologies said on Thursday that it is entering the Indian market with phones that will be sold through retail channels under its brand. Full text
Morning Brief: YouTube Banned in Russia, Amazon's New Kindle, Motorola Earnings (Mashable)
Mashable - This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology. Full text
Glance: Comparison of e-reader prices (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is releasing two new models of its Kindle e-reader. Both are smaller and lighter than the current Kindle, and one is cheaper because it shuns 3G cellular network access in favor of Wi-Fi for downloading books on the fly. Full text
LG Says Android Tablet Due out in Q4 (PC World)
PC World - LG Electronics plans to launch its first tablet device in the fourth quarter, running Google's Android mobile software, it said Thursday. Full text
