While important, Google's new policy of scanning apps for malware before making them available on the official Chrome Web Store falls short of providing maximum protection, one expert says. Google launched an automated process for malware ...
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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 ...
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If you don't have an Internet-connected television or Blu-ray player but would still like access to the growing amount of content available online, a separate streaming media player is an easy, inexpensive solution. While Apple TV and Roku ...
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Samsung today announced the 20-megapixel Samsung Galaxy NX, which is the first mirrorless (a.k.a. SLR-like) camera with 3G/4G connectivity, the same wireless networking system found on smart phones. It allows you the versatility of an ...
Many companies have tried to build an elegant tablet that's the right combination of look, feel, and functionality. Not many have succeeded. But my first look at the new 10.1-inch Sony Xperia Tablet Z ($500) makes me think that maybe the ...
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Tango, an all-in-one messaging app with more than 120 million members, of which almost half are based in North America, today launched a platform that stems from strategic partnerships with mobile application developers in the gaming ...
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You're forgiven if an ad for "the world's most portable desktop" confuses you. But don't be surprised if claims like that pop up more frequently, because computer manufacturers are beginning to make so-called portable desktops, complete ...
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How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer. "There's a very famous fortune teller in Yangon, he is ...
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Intel this year plans to sell a set-top box and Internet-based streaming media service that will bundle TV channels for subscribers, but its plans will likely face hurdles from the 800-pound gorillas of the streaming media market. In ...
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BlackBerry Messenger, a free messaging and social networking application for BlackBerry devices, will be coming to iOS and Android app stores at some point, but not June 27 as tweeted by T-Mobile UK early Thursday. T-Mobile did send out a ...
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Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing ...
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If you've checked through our most recent TV Ratings and don't see a model or series you're considering, we might be checking it out right now. Here are the HDTVs currently being tested in our labs. Among the notable models is the Sony ...
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The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan's Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the ...
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A little more than four months after Twitter unveiled its video service, Vine, the company has launched Vine for Android. "Starting today, you can begin to shoot, share and watch short looping videos," wrote Sara Haider, an Android ...
Telecoms network EE has confirmed that it will not be releasing the HTC First smartphone in Europe following a poor response to the Facebook Home interface in the US. The HTC First, often referred to as "Facebook Phone", is the first to ...
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