Malware -tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said Friday. The problem came to light earlier this month after an employee of Panda Security plugged a newly ordered phone into a Windows computer, where it triggered an alert from the antivirus software.
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Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference.
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TippingPoint offers hackers $100,000 for browser and phone exploits
Google has released version 4.1 of Google Maps for Android , adding a constantly updated map wallpaper, tweaking the way search results are displayed and adding a new Latitude widget for tracking your friends.
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Just as Google’s Nexus One phone may be about to gain momentum, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied the search giant’s application for the Nexus One trademark. The denial is not final and Google now has the opportunity to submit evidence and arguments in support of approval.
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Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. The malware was once again found on the SD card that shipped with the Android -based smartphone.
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Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone
Google on Tuesday began selling its Nexus One phone for AT&T’s network, but only a full-price version is available, highlighting the challenges the search giant faces in trying to achieve its vision of an open mobile environment. The AT&T phone costs $529
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Google starts selling full-price Nexus One on AT&T
Almost 40 percent of BlackBerry users would switch camp to an Apple iPhone , a recent study into smartphone brand loyalty shows.
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Google has high hopes for the potential of the mobile market, executives said on Monday during an investor webcast.
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Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 Web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Thursday.
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Opera’s Mini 5 browser comes to Android
Motorola will start loading Microsoft’s Bing search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China .
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Motorola to put Bing search on Android phones