Security Firm: Ios, Android Smartphones Face Similar Levels Of Risk

Digital security company Gemalto loses patent fight against Android | Ars Technica

This difference was not enough to say that iOS is safer than Android just that the App Stores verification process is a little better at its job. The catch is that much of Apples security relies on that system, which is not 100 percent accurate. Marble Security Founder and CTO David Jevans said in a press release that Apples operating system is not any better than Androids operating system. His company got through Apples security in itstesting. We broke it down in our labs against 14 leading attack vectors for mobile devices, and aside from their app distribution control, iOS and Android are equally at risk to the mobile security threatscape facing the enterprise, Jevanssaid. The take away for network security managers is you cannot take iOS device security on faith and allow those users unfettered access to corporate resources. Malware and hacking have risen as a concern as phones have gotten smarter. As the news of phone hackings have spread, some have wondered how safe their smartphones really are.
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Micromax Unite & Canvas Beat now on sale in India

Rather, they”rely on off-chip memory to run Java applications, similar to prior art personal computers,” wrote the judges. Gemalto said that the accused Android smartphones infringed when they “temporarily load program instructions from off-chip memory into on-chip cache memory before execution,” but the district court judge ruled that “cache memory issubstantially different from permanent memory and not equivalent for infringement purposes.” The appeals court agreed. It’s fairlyunusual that Gemalto lost on asummary judgment rulingat all.Summary judgment iswhen judges rule on a case without a jury trial because they believe the case can be resolved solely on a legal basis, without any need forthe kind of fact-finding involved with a jury trial.Such rulings are fairly common in patent cases, but not in the Eastern District of Texas, where judges prefer to referlitigants to ajury trial. It’s one factor that makesEast Texas continue to be seen as a favorable district for patent plaintiffs.
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One of the phones is Micromax Canvas Beat A114, which was originally released in Russia earlier this year. The second smartphone Micromax Unite A092, on the other hand, was spotted on the company website a few days ago . Available now via HomeShope18, the Micromax Canvas Beat features a 5-inch qHD IPS display, 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.2.2. The smartphone also comes with 1900 mAh battery, 4GB of on-board storage, microSD card slot, dual-SIM support, and the usual set of connectivity options.
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Native Outlook Web App Preview Now Out For Some Android Phones | Ars Technica

Celkon Campus A35K is India’s cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone

by Peter Bright – Jun 12, 2014 4:30 pm UTC 38 Last year, Microsoft released what the company paradoxically describes as a native client for Outlook Web App (OWA) for the iPhone and iPad . Now the company has released an Android version of the same appto the Google Play store. As with the iOS app, OWA for Android provides e-mail, calendaring, and contacts all in a Metro-styled application. The two apps are nearly identical in capability; you can search for locations for appointments using Bing Maps, e-mails that appear to be discussing a meeting can create the relevant calendar entries, and there’s support for Microsoft’s Information Rights Management content protection. Microsoft Microsoft The app also supports some amount of remote management; administrators can remotely wipe the app while leaving everything else on the phone untouched. The Android version has one feature not found in the iOS version.
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It’s now an even better all-round quality smartphone with a reasonable price tag. Reviewed on: 31 July 13 RRP: Around 380 inc VAT Rating: The Galaxy S4 mini is a great mid-range option, offering the same styling which includes the same mediocre build quality as its flagship counterpart, with a cheaper price tag. The cameras are good but the screen and storage are both under par. Consider the HTC One mini or the Nexus 4 as serious alternatives. Reviewed on: 29 July 13 RRP: 379 Rating: The HTC One mini isn’t as good as the HTC One. Its performance is decent but not spectacular, and the addition of a layer of plastic has removed some of the original’s chic. But this is a very strong handset at a decent price.
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29 best Android phones of 2014 | Best Android smartphone reviews – PC Advisor

Just a few hours ago, we reported about Karbonn A50S , which costs just INR 2,799 and now we have a similarly priced Android smartphone from Celkon. The company has released the Android 4.4-powered Campus A35K smartphone in the Indian market. Priced at INR 2,999, it is the countrys cheapest KitKat phone. According to Celkon, the smartphone features a 3.5-inch qHD display, 1GHz processor, Android 4.4.2 and 1400 mAh battery. It also packs 256MB of RAM, 512MB of on-board storage, microSD card slot and 3G support. In addition, Campus A35K comes with 3.2MP rear camera and VGA front camera.
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New ‘zilta’ Android Smartphone: 5 Inches Display, Dual-sim, Quad-core Processor, Price: Us$189 – International Business Times

Celkon Campus A35K is India’s cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone

This Zilta smartphone will hit the store shelves by December 2014. The price of this device is set for 139, which roughly translates to US$189 and AU$201. The Zilta Android smartphone features a 5 inches screen, with a 960 x 540 pixels display resolution. The handset will run a forked version of the latest Android v4.4 OS. It is worth mentioning that the Nokia X also runs on a forked Android version. The unique selling point of this device is the simplistic user interface.
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ZOPO ZP998 Octacore Android Smartphone Review and Giveaway

Memristors will be fast, dense and cheap enough to play both the soon and later roles at once, and thereby speed up throughput by eliminating most of the to and fro, it said. How dense? We want you to be able to store your entire life; think of 100 terabytes on your smartphone, Fink said. Thats more than a thousand times the storage an iPhone 5S has today. HP is also designing new, application-specific processors for its architecture.
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Unfortunately, its picture quality isnt particularly good. While it color accuracy is adequate, the edge detection isnt great. You end up getting pictures that appear fuzzy, which defeats the purpose of using a high megapixel camera. Were the ZP998 upgraded to Android 4.4, it might use the sublime Google Camera unfortunately, an update doesnt appear likely. Initial Impressions The ZOPO ZP998 comes in a black, silver-lettered matte box, positioned on a felt tray.
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OnePlus One Review: The CyanogenMod Powered Smartphone That Outclasses The Android Competition – Forbes

It also packs 256MB of RAM, 512MB of on-board storage, microSD card slot and 3G support. In addition, Campus A35K comes with 3.2MP rear camera and VGA front camera. The smartphone will be exclusivily released on Snapdeal.com in Blue and White colour options. At the time of wiriting this report, the phone was sold-out at the e-retailer but we expect newer stocks soon.
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HP says ‘The Machine’ will supercharge Android phones to 100TB | PCWorld

Almost everything in the UI is user-configurable,itcarries theme support to change every element of the UI in one click, and when you start to explore the settingsdialogs, youll realise almost every item can be tweaked.On one hand this can feel rather overpowering, but on the other it means the OnePlus One can feel much more like your device than the singlevision offered by a manufacturer. A case in point isthecore Android UI keys of menu/ home / back. These are threecapacativebuttons just under thebottom of the screen. When the OnePlus One is active, these are dimly lit and Im happy to use them. But you can switch them off and have the OnePlus One UI providethe buttons on-screeninstead of onthetouch sensitive part of the bezel.
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The Android Smartphone For People Who Are Sick Of Android Smartphones – Yahoo News

Best Android phone – which should you buy? | News | TechRadar

Please enter your Phone Number. Send Thanks! A link has been sent. Done The Android smartphone for people who are sick of Android smartphones By Ben Zigterman June 11, 2014 6:40 PM 0 shares View photo The Android smartphone for people who are sick of Android smartphones When Lari Numminen and Jukka Kekalainen set out to improve the user experience on Android , they did not expect to create an entire new phone. Instead, they initially built an Android app that would offera simple interface for launching your most-used apps. The app eventually was installed 10,000 times, but the developers realized that people still had to use Androids complex pre-installed apps in addition to their own. To solve this, they decided to create their own phone, which is called the Zilta and will be available in December for 139 (about $189) in Europe. The phone will run a forked version of Android 4.4 and features an extremely simple user interface.
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Log In BOSTON, Jun 12, 2014 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — – Strategy Analytics’ AppOptix decodes the usage profile of a typical US Android smartphone user BOSTON, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — According to Strategy Analytics’ AppOptix [ http://strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=ConsumerTelemetry&m=7 ] platform, US Android users have been spending more time with their devices. Android smartphone users on average spent 138 minutes with their device in May 2014, an increase of 20% from the usage in December 2013. The analysis is based on over one million individual application sessions on more than 1500 Android smartphone users in the US during the period. The results are powered by Strategy Analytics’ state-of- the-art Consumer Telemetry Platform [ http://strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=ConsumerTelemetry&m=7 ] by leveraging three core components – a best-in-class telemetry application, an opt-in panel, and big data analytics framework to support rich analysis. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140612/117496 [ http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140612/117496 ] While Facebook, YouTube and Messaging apps demonstrate category leading performance with over 50% share in total time spent in their respective categories, niche segments such as LifeStyle, Productivity, and News, Weather & Sports are characterized by a broad range of smaller apps – no single publisher dominates the category and thereby presents opportunities for new and inspiring app concepts. Bonny Joy, Chief, Consumer Telemetry Platforms, said: “The three big categories are social, communication, and browsing – together they account for nearly a third of the time spent.
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US Android Users on Average Engage 138 Minutes Daily with their Smartphones – MarketWatch

Are you the sort of oddball who prefers the rough pressing needed to make resistive touchscreens work? If so, you won’t find much luck here, as those technologies are sadly phased out of the Android world as buyers get enamoured by fancy, glossy capacitive touchscreens. Are you struggling to work out which are the best Android Widgets ? Or even stuck wondering: “Actually, what IS Android ?” To help find the best Android phone for you, we’ve rounded up the best Android handsets out there today, rating the phones on hardware performance, OS upgrade potential and, of course, how shiny and nice they are to have and boast about to work colleagues. So here they are – the best Android phones money can buy today. For many, many different reasons. 10.
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Mutant Malware Threatens US Android Phones

Now various versions of Svpeng can target mobile banking apps, disguise themselves as the Google Play store and even lock up infected phones and hold them for ransom. What’s more, little Svpeng has moved out of its home in Russia and is now infecting Android devices all over the world, including the United States. MORE: Best Android Antivirus Software 2014 Moscow-based security company Kaspersky Lab, which first detected Svpeng , says that just a few months after its discovery, the malware already showed new abilities. For example, Svpeng gained the ability to remain hidden on infected phones until users access certain mobile banking apps.
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New ‘zilta’ Android Smartphone: 5 Inches Display, Dual-sim, Quad-core Processor, Price: Us$189 – International Business Times

It is worth mentioning that the Nokia X also runs on a forked Android version. The unique selling point of this device is the simplistic user interface. The overall screen will only contain six big icons for performing the routine every-day tasks. This includes icons for email, web browser, contacts, photos, messages, and one more for apps and settings. Artem Klimkin, Zilta’s marketing manager said, “When you look at it, the working principle of our device is entirely built around the law of the vital few (aka the Pareto principle), where the majority of the effects comes from the fewest causes.” This is the main reason why Zilta’s home screen has very few buttons. The two developers have zeroed in on a Chinese manufacturer based out of Shenzhen to manufacture this phone.
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Celkon Campus A35K is India’s cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone

What HTC has done is taken a great phone and made it better. The M8 looks and feels gorgeous and with important upgrades including a microSD card slot and an innovative camera. This is one desirable smartphone. Reviewed on: 27 May 14 RRP: 399 inc VAT (PAYG) Rating: LG trumped the competition with the G2. The phone offers a combination of value for money with high-end features which we haven’t seen from rival flagship devices. A great specification combined with impressive design and handy software features mean there’s very little to dislike about this handset – only really the lack of a microSD card slot. That fault is rectified in the new LG G3, and if you can afford that handset it will be worth the upgrade.
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29 best Android phones of 2014 | Best Android smartphone reviews – PC Advisor

The company has released the Android 4.4-powered Campus A35K smartphone in the Indian market. Priced at INR 2,999, it is the countrys cheapest KitKat phone. According to Celkon, the smartphone features a 3.5-inch qHD display, 1GHz processor, Android 4.4.2 and 1400 mAh battery. It also packs 256MB of RAM, 512MB of on-board storage, microSD card slot and 3G support. In addition, Campus A35K comes with 3.2MP rear camera and VGA front camera. The smartphone will be exclusivily released on Snapdeal.com in Blue and White colour options. At the time of wiriting this report, the phone was sold-out at the e-retailer but we expect newer stocks soon.
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Hp Says ‘the Machine’ Will Supercharge Android Phones To 100tb | Pcworld

29 best Android phones of 2014 | Best Android smartphone reviews – PC Advisor

We want you to be able to store your entire life; think of 100 terabytes on your smartphone, Fink said. Thats more than a thousand times the storage an iPhone 5S has today. HP is also designing new, application-specific processors for its architecture. It envisions pools of processors and memory chips interconnected with photonic cables, which Fink said will carry data at up to 6TB per second. Managing the new architecture will require new operating systems. HP is building a Machine OS from scratch, but its also developing a version based on Linux and another with Googles mobile OS. What if we actually built a version of Android that was tuned and optimized for these nonvolatile memory systems?
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It provides real value for money even if it is lacking NFC and 4G support. We particularly like the cameras and the customisable user interface. Reviewed on: 11 July 13 RRP: Around 500 inc VAT Rating: The Galaxy S4 is a great phone with outstanding hardware and performance, but it’s not flawless. We’re disappointed with the build quality considering the handset costs a fair bit more than its rivals and while the S4 is packed with features we find a lot of them to be gimmicky.
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Hp Says ‘the Machine’ Will Supercharge Android Phones To 100tb | Pcworld

It looks like servers are its initial target, but HP is also working on an Android version that it says could lead to smartphones with 100TB of storage. HP said Wednesday it was working on a new computer architecture, dubbed The Machine, based on a type of memory called memristors and a communications technology called silicon photonics, which uses light beams to move data around at high speeds. Its still a research project in HPs labs, and its not certain whenif everThe Machine will make it to market. But HP is throwing a lot of resources at the problemas many as three-quarters of its labs staff are working on itand its estimates for delivery range from three years to the end of the decade.
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US Android Users on Average Engage 138 Minutes Daily with their Smartphones – MarketWatch

For the most part, the battery-saving mode succeeds in extending the phones battery life. However, given light use, battery lasts around two days. Compared to other phones in its class, the battery life is decidedly average. Unfortunately, its idle battery performance compares poorly to many feature phones, such as the Nexus 5. When idling, the ZP998 drains about 20 percent over an eight hour period, which isnt particularly good, although since I have poor cellular reception in my area, this isnt all that bad either. Benchmark Performance In AnTuTu, the ZP998 scored around 28,000, making it on paper among the fastest smartphones you can buy today.
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Mutant Malware Threatens US Android Phones

But that’s wasn’t all. Early in 2014, Svpeng decided that being a banking Trojan just wasn’t adequate to express its full identity. Svpeng now incorporates ransomware features specific to “police Trojans.” In those variants, Svpeng would replace the regular Android screen with a message, allegedly from local law enforcement, claiming that the phone’s owner had been caught viewing child pornography and would need to pay a fine of $500 in order to unlock the phone. Soon after that, reports Kaspersky, Svpeng’s creators decided to spin off its ransomware component into an entirely separate piece of malware. This new version of Svpeng got a makeover in looks as well as strength: Its screen overlay stops Android users from accessing any other device functions, and is difficult to circumvent because the malware launches upon reboot. (Affected users should use Google to learn how to put their specific device into “safe mode,” which may get around the lockout.) The creators have also customized the new variant of Svpeng to target Android users in the United States, tricking out the lock screen with an FBI logo. This version takes a picture of the infected phone’s user with the device’s front-facing camera and displays it on the screen, claiming the FBI have the image and know the user’s face.
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ZOPO ZP998 Octacore Android Smartphone Review and Giveaway

Our analysis on the top 25 apps across each of the categories shows games and lifestyle segments are among the most vulnerable in maintaining mindshare as they are quick to come and disappear from our rankings.” Barry Gilbert, Vice President, said: “Without doubt time spent on mobile is on the upward trajectory. Our data shows that of the total time spent, the gain is attributed primarily to the increased usage in social, communication and browsing categories.” AppOptix addresses the contextual nuances of the consumer behavior through a full-suite of tools, including dashboards, reports, and leading analyst insights on device brands, operators, models, and apps. About Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics, Inc. provides the competitive edge with advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence for emerging technology, mobile and wireless, digital consumer and automotive electronics companies.
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29 Best Android Phones Of 2014 | Best Android Smartphone Reviews – Pc Advisor

Mutant Malware Threatens US Android Phones

Reviewed on: 15 April 13 RRP: Around 400 inc VAT Rating: The Motorola Razr HD offers superb build quality and battery life along with a nice screen and great battery life. However, its 400 asking price means that it’s probably worth spending the extra for a rival flagship smartphone or saving some money by opting for the Google Nexus 4. Reviewed on: 9 May 12 RRP: Handset free; from around 21 a month (Around 370 SIM free) Rating: The HTC One S is an excellent mid-range smartphone option. It might not have the headline specifications of the One X but it outdoes it on performance and battery life. It does this in a more user friendly size, better build quality and a cheaper price tag. Reviewed on: 17 June 13 RRP: From 29 per month; Around 500 SIM-free Rating: The Galaxy S3 has turned out to be an excellent smartphone.
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OnePlus One Review: The CyanogenMod Powered Smartphone That Outclasses The Android Competition – Forbes

Svpeng now incorporates ransomware features specific to “police Trojans.” In those variants, Svpeng would replace the regular Android screen with a message, allegedly from local law enforcement, claiming that the phone’s owner had been caught viewing child pornography and would need to pay a fine of $500 in order to unlock the phone. Soon after that, reports Kaspersky, Svpeng’s creators decided to spin off its ransomware component into an entirely separate piece of malware. This new version of Svpeng got a makeover in looks as well as strength: Its screen overlay stops Android users from accessing any other device functions, and is difficult to circumvent because the malware launches upon reboot. (Affected users should use Google to learn how to put their specific device into “safe mode,” which may get around the lockout.) The creators have also customized the new variant of Svpeng to target Android users in the United States, tricking out the lock screen with an FBI logo. This version takes a picture of the infected phone’s user with the device’s front-facing camera and displays it on the screen, claiming the FBI have the image and know the user’s face. Users are then told to pay $200 in MoneyPak vouchers if they want to regain control of their phones, and are even directed users to stores in the U.S. that sell the vouchers. According to Kaspersky, 91 percent of the devices infected by this new Svpeng ransomware variant were located in the U.S., though it’s also been detected on phones in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, India and Russia.
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Anyone with existing Android experience (especially on the Nexus devices) is going to feel comfortable with this handset. Its very close to the UI provided by manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, and HTC. Thats important, because the OnePlus One mustappeal to the general consumer as well as the hackercommunity to be a success. Out of the box this is handset that doesnt scare anyone whos worked with Android, everything is where youwould expect it to be, apps are easy to find, optionsare there to explore, its a phone you will be comfortable with. But its also a phone where the flexibility that has become a mark of CyanogenMod is also on display. Almost everything in the UI is user-configurable,itcarries theme support to change every element of the UI in one click, and when you start to explore the settingsdialogs, youll realise almost every item can be tweaked.On one hand this can feel rather overpowering, but on the other it means the OnePlus One can feel much more like your device than the singlevision offered by a manufacturer.
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Archos 50b, 50c Oxygen Are Budget Quad, Octa-core Smartphones – Android Community

ZOPO ZP998 Octacore Android Smartphone Review and Giveaway

The performance boost of added RAM say maybe 2GB of it in an octa-core phone is substantial, and we were wondering if Archos could have squeezed the cost enough to at least put 2GB of RAM in the octa-core 50c Oxygen. Also, both variants will have the same 2,000maAh batteries. Again we wonder if a little more battery power could have been given to the octa-core variant, which is sure to need more juice turning 8 cores. On the upside though, both variants are sure to be able to handle HD multimedia with ease. Archos is touting even the 50b Oxygen to be able to handle full HD 1080p recording with its 8MP rear camera.
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HP says ‘The Machine’ will supercharge Android phones to 100TB | PCWorld

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HP is also designing new, application-specific processors for its architecture. It envisions pools of processors and memory chips interconnected with photonic cables, which Fink said will carry data at up to 6TB per second. Managing the new architecture will require new operating systems. HP is building a Machine OS from scratch, but its also developing a version based on Linux and another with Googles mobile OS. What if we actually built a version of Android that was tuned and optimized for these nonvolatile memory systems? We have a team thats doing that too, Fink said.
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Oneplus One Review: The Cyanogenmod Powered Smartphone That Outclasses The Android Competition – Forbes

Expanding its reach, Mozilla touts Firefox OS apps running on Android — Tech News and Analysis

The OnePlus One uses a version of CyanogenMod 11 called 11S. This is based around Android 4.4.2 Kitkat (for those of you keeping track, the current version in the handset is 11.0-XNPH22Q).As one of the first phones to ship out of the factory with CyanogenMod installed (as opposed to sitting down with a multitude of flashing tools, roms, and long linux command line incantations to switch overan existing Android handset), this significantly reduces the barrier of entryinto the world of CyanogenMod. Its also worth nothing that the OnePlus One does ship with the Google apps that a consumer would expect to see Google Play for installing and updating applications, Gmail, Calendar, Google Plus, Google Cards, Google Music, Hangouts, they are all here. Youre not going to pick up this handset and wonder why you cantget any of thebaseline Android applications. The OnePlus One (picture: Ewan Spence) OnePlus has resisted the temptation to load up the One withany excess software. The core apps for the Google experience are here, as are the core apps for a smartphone experience. Theres no duplication of application functionality here.You get the stock Android apps out of the box, and just a few additions to help you live.
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But HP is throwing a lot of resources at the problemas many as three-quarters of its labs staff are working on itand its estimates for delivery range from three years to the end of the decade. HP believes the current computing architectureused in smartphones, PCs and just about every other type of computer you can think ofcant keep pace with expanding compute and storage needs. So it embarked on a project about two years ago to rethink computing from the ground up, CTO Martin Fink said at an HP conference in Las Vegas. A key goal for The Machine is to replace the different storage technologies in use today with a single universal memory pool made from memristors, he said.
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HP says ‘The Machine’ will supercharge Android phones to 100TB | PCWorld

Meet Svpeng. Svpeng is an Android Trojan, a piece of malware that sneaks onto smartphones and tablets and runs harmful code. When Svpeng first appeared about a year ago, it was just one of many SMS-based banking Trojans, stealing money from SMS banking accounts in Russia and generally wreaking minor havoc on the Android platform. A nuisance, to be sure, but nothing exceptional, as far as Android malware goes.
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Mutant Malware Threatens US Android Phones

These are more akin to the third-party web apps available for the original iPhone in 2007. Firefox OS apps have more functionality than those web apps from seven years ago, however: The company has been working on various APIs that let HTML5 apps access phone hardware such the camera, gyroscope and internal storage, for example. Heres a look how this all works on Android phones: You can install Firefox OS apps from Mozillas online marketplace : Theres actually quite a bit of affinity between Mozillas smartphone platform and Googles. When Mozilla first started what is today called Firefox OS, it was actually implemented as Boot 2 Gecko on a few select Android handsets. Like Android, it runs on a Linux kernel as well. Ironically, its also similar to Googles Chrome OS as it too runs a web-based environment atop Linux. Will hordes of Android owners rush to install Firefox OS apps on their Android phone?
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