Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper ...
Tags: Android Threats, Apps, Android 4.2
New Windows PCs have always been the main attraction at Computex, the annual trade show in Taipei. But notable on the show floor this year is the growing presence of Google's Android OS, which is creeping into more and more tablets, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Android, software
Acer is breaking Android out of its comfort zone and has installed the operating system on a 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop PC that is expected on sale in the U.S. later this year. The Acer N3-220 Android desktop on show at Computex ...
Tags: Computer Products, Acer, Desktop
Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips. Microsoft and Intel have dominated ...
Tags: Mobile, Computer Products
Intel on Tuesday showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips. The Merrifield chip will offer 50% better ...
Tags: Intel, Merrifield-Based Smartphone
After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in ...
Tags: Acer, Windows 8 Tablet
Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in ...
Tags: AMD, Android Door, Computer Products
Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will ...
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Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through ...
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Samsung struck again today, announcing two even bigger Galaxy Mega smartphones with 5.8-in. and 6.3-in. LCD HD screens. The Mega 5.8 and the Mega 6.3 both run Android 4.2 and will ship globally, starting in Europe and Russia in May, ...
ESCORT Inc., designer and manufacturer of radar detector and premium automotive accessories, will be presenting its new ESCORT MobileTV? Digital Television receiver at the 2013 NAB Show in Las Vegas this week. The category leader and ...
Tags: Premium Drive Smarter, Auto Parts, Consumer Electronics, Laser Detector
Two security vendors have released temporary fixes for a flaw in some Samsung Android phones that could allow an attacker to bypass a locked screen. The problem comes from Samsung's implementation of the emergency call feature, which ...
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Samsung is planning to release a high-end smartphone running on the open-source Tizen operating system in August or September, the company confirmed Friday. Samsung makes half of the Android-based smartphones globally, and Android now has ...
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Smartphone manufacturer HTC has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the firm failed to take "reasonable steps" to patch security vulnerabilities in its products, thus putting information belonging to millions of ...
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Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in Canonical's quest to unify phones, ...