But you can’t just be any, run-of-the-mill hacker. In order to score one of the bigger prizes at the annual Pwn2Own 733t hacker competition in Vancouver, Canada, you’re going to have to prove your hacking fortitude by finding security exploits in the Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and iPhone mobile operating systems. With the flood…
No paid Android Market apps for Google Dev Phone 1 owners!
In a sad little twist of fate, Google’s development-oriented variant of the T-Mobile G1 has been barred from downloading premium Android applications from the Android Market. The Google Dev Phone 1, as it is being called by the folks in Mountain View, is reportedly unable to play nice with those for-pay applications that recently started…
AT&T Quickfire pulled from shelves for catching on fire!
When we heard that AT&T was pulling their entry-level, QWERTY slider from shelves for failing to live up to AT&T’s “minimum performance expectations,” we were left wondering exactly what it was that the Quickfire did wrong. Today, AT&T has shed a little light on their Quickfire messaging handset’s woes. Turns out, the Quickfire, when charged…
Memphis Police love them some Celio REDFLY Mobile Companions!
Donuts, good BBQ, and a Celio REDFLY – the essentials for the Memphis Police Department (MPD) in Memphis, Tennessee. The MPD has reportedly snatched up a whopping 1,2000 Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion units in a bid to make their smartphone-wielding officers more efficient and better connected in the field. The adoption of the Celio REDFLY,…
F-Secure announces mobile security software for Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphones
F-Secure is all proud to announce that they are the first anti-virus company to support Nokia’s new touch-enabled platform, S60 5th Edition. Even though there’s nothing special that could happen to you if you use your Symbian-powered smartphone carefully (i.e. read the screen alerts before actually pressing a button), some people prefer extra protection. And…
Certicom Approves RIM Bid, Awaits VeriSign’s Counteroffer
RIM’s $3.00/share bid for encryption company Certicom was allowed last week despite injunctions made on their earlier $1.50/share proposal. Now VeriSign, who had squeaked in a $2.60 bid between RIM’s two, has five days to beat the offer. Security remains a big priority for BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, who’s primary customer remains enterprise, despite a…
RIM Doubles Certicom Offer
After getting shot down by the Ontario courts, BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion is doubling on their initial $1.50/share offer for encryption agency Certicom. $3.00/share works out to $106.6 million, beating the previous bid from web security company VeriSign by a healthy $30 million margin – certainly a tempting offer, and Certicom’s board of directors will…
Warning – WAP Push message can reboot your Sony Ericsson phone
This latest security vulnerability hits along the same lines as the recently fixed Nokia “Curse of Silence” bug that caused S60-based smartphones to stop accepting SMS text messages upon receiving a specifically formatted text message. A new security hole has been found to affect some Sony Ericsson handset that allows some malicious ne’er-do-well to force…
Obama Packs Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition on the Job
The jaw-clenching drama of President Barack Obama’s phone situation is settling down, now that we see he’s happily thumbing away on his BlackBerry outside the White House. We still don’t know if he’ll pick up a Sectera Edge, but officials state that with the enhanced security on this particular BlackBerry, Obama will be conducting both…
New Software Sets Phone Key as Panic Alarm for Lone Workers
I just heard about VeriLocation, a company that mostly does enterprise asset tracking, but also has a very cool GPS-enabled personal mobile application that lets users assign one key as a panic key, which, after being held for three seconds, will send GPS coordinates to a 24-hour manned control centre. Even this app is pretty…