Academia joins in battling Android malware
Academia is bypassing the slowness with which mobile security vendors share information in a highly competitive market by launching a collaborative effort to battle an upsurge of Android malware. Vendors are welcome, but not a deal breaker in the Android Malware Genome Project launched last week (May 22) at the IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy in San Francisco. The initiative is the brainchild of Xuxian Jiang, an assistant...
Samsung’s ‘human centric’ Galaxy S III launches around the globe, says what delays?
By Richard Lawler posted May 28th 2012 11:17PM Despite carrier and retailer indications of delays for certain editions of Samsung’s new Galaxy S III, the company triumphantly announced its launch right on schedule tonight. Of course, here in the US we’re sadly on the outside looking in at the launch action going on in 28 countries as a new day dawns for the 29th, but at least there’s rumblings that our localized...
Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn
CUPERTINO, California—February 13, 2012—Apple® today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.“We believe that workers...
Futulele goes live for iPad, ukelele serenades just went multi-touch (video)
By Jon Fingas posted May 29th 2012 12:21AM Futulele has come a long way since we saw it in March; it’s now on the App Store and has put on a lot of sheen in return for slipping past the original April release target. Along with a few more flowers to reinforce the Hawaiian vibe, Amidio’s definitive ukelele app has since gained the requisite support for the new iPad’s graphics and a fully automatic mode, just in case...
AGA’s iTotal Control range cooker packs GSM connectivity, lets you pre-heat via SMS or web
By Joe Pollicino posted May 29th 2012 1:04AM There are many options available if you want to control your appliances over WiFi, but how about an oven with its own SIM card and phone number? That’s exactly what AGA has done with its latest kitchen-oriented offering, the iTotal Control range cooker. Regardless of whether you’re cooking in one, or all three of its ovens, sending an SMS message to this smart appliance lets you...
