Smartphones, Hackers’ Main Target
Software security expert warned that currently, hacker attacks for Smartphones are being launched. “Smartphones are private goods in which all believers to store data in it. This is a potential target for hackers,” said Founder and CEO of Lookout Mobile Security John Hering, as quoted by the Straits Times, Saturday (31/07/2010).
According to Hering, other than trust the smartphone as critical data storage, users will also no longer have to download the suspicion of foreign applications into it. It is increasingly easier hacker to infiltrate.
“The device used is not just smartphones but mobile PC that is used to access such an important account of mobile banking or online trading service. These data are interesting for ‘transported’ by a hacker,” said Hering. Read the rest of this entry »
MeeGo’s Debut in Smartphone
MeeGo based phones finally make its debut with the release of source code for Linux-based platform made by Intel and Nokia. Source code can be used by developers to test their performance and create applications that support.
“Source code for this phone is available for the developer community. This code was developed as a version 1.1 which is scheduled to be released next October,” writes a blog on behalf Valterri MeeGo Halla and Imad Sousou of MeeGo Technical Steering Group.
In the source code, includes API (application programming interface), the reference sample interface, and some basic applications and features such as locking the screen, application launcher, virtual keyboard, phone dialer, sending SMS, browser, contacts, and photo viewer.
In addition, the available MeeGo Core OS is also completed with the component so that it can be applied on Intel Atom-based handset and Nokia N900 to use ARM-based processor. On the MeeGo’s site, there are also the illustrations of the screen display when used in handsets and video showing how the applications work.
MeeGo is the result of a merger between Maemo Linux development projects from Nokia and Intel’s Moblin Linux as agreed in the World Mobile Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain a few months ago. Not just for mobile phones, MeeGo is also designed for a variety of portable devices such as netbooks and tablets. The first version of MeeGo source code made for netbook has been released last May.
After the N900, Nokia N920 Prepare
After Siemens completed provides smart phone using the Linux operating system besutan in N900 Maemo 5. Now, the vendor plans to make the N920. According to the outstanding issues, N920 is the successor of the N900 recently released to the consumer market is limited.Other news also mentioned, N920 will use the Linux operating system currently under development, Maemo 6. In fact, Nokia has big expectations in the future to announce the phone.
Launched by Softpedia that still carry the N920 Qwerty keyboard in the 4:13-inch screen size, which uses touch screen technology. With a 4:13-inch screen size, of course, make larger N920 less than the first mobile phone, other specifications, processor N920 with the power to enter ARM Cortez A8, with space to reach 32GB memory, enough vacant for data storing large with a fairly fast speed. Problem connectivity, Read the rest of this entry »
Interested in Mr.Linux Nexus One
Not only the founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, who also like with Nexus One, but Mr.Linux (Linus Torvalds), the creator of open source-based platform that also was very interested in the Google-made mobile phones.
Torvalds said that he was very down to heart and he finally bought Nexus some time ago. However, Torvalds if not enamored at first sight. He said the reason when ordering via the Internet, because it is only interested in maps and navigation services that are needed for car GPS devices.
Torvalds really hate the phone so far. According to him, the phone is the stuff that does little good and even disturbing, because, according to Torvalds confession, Read the rest of this entry »