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Windows Mobile gets own app marketplace
News update Windows Mobile will get an app store to be launched Wednesday, allowing users to download and purchase mobile apps over-the-air, Microsoft reveals.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Software engineering/development, .NET, Google Inc., App, Mobile applications, Microsoft Corp., software, mobile
Do-it-yourself iPhone apps
News Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Ovum, App, Mobile applications, Tom Johnson, MEDL Mobile, Smart Phone
First Google Android 2.0 phone arrives
News The new version of the Google Android operating system adds new features to devices and improves performance.
Tags: Development/design, Google Android, Open Source, Google Inc., Operating System, Motorola Inc., Phone, Google Android, Sprint Communications, software
Microsoft criticizes privacy in Chrome 3.0
News Latest version of the browser logs every search keystroke and sends it back to Google, Microsoft executive points out.
Tags: Privacy, Web browsers, Google Inc., Security, Microsoft Corp., software, Web Browser, Privacy, software company, Google Chrome
Web-based malware infections rise rapidly, stats show
News Nearly 6 million Web pages are infected with malware, double previous estimates earlier in the year, according to Dasient.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Google Inc., Malware, Twitter Inc., Dasient, SQL, Infection, Web Application
LA approves US$7.2 million Google Apps deal
News City's contract for Google Apps requires that integration provider Computer Sciences Corp. promise to pay a penalty if there is a security breach.
Tags: Web services, Office suites, E-mail clients, Google Inc., City Council, Security, LA, LA City, District of Columbia, Novell Inc.
Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook
News Users on Twitter report direct messages that lead to phishing page, while Facebook users are getting links to a malware site.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Facebook, Phishing, Google Inc., Malware, Twitter Inc., Phishing Web Site, Password, e-mail
Google fixes risky Chrome bugs
News Flaw in Gears could allow a malicious website to take control of a user's system, according to Google.
Tags: Web browsers, Network security, Security Management, Gears SQL Application Programming Interface, Open Source, Google Inc., Bug, Plug-in, Web Browser, SQL
Chrome OS security: 'Sandboxing' and auto updates
News Google operating system will feature many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of applications, auto updating, and antiphishing.
Tags: Operating systems, PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Phishing, Google Inc., Operating System, Security, Computer
Facebook shuts down malicious fake profiles
News AVG researcher suspects malicious profiles were created automatically by bypassing the Captcha function, but a Facebook spokesman disagrees.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Google Inc., home video, Authentication and encryption, Web Browser, antivirus, credit card information, Facebook, identity fraud
More ads coming to mobiles via Google AdSense
News Mobile Web publishers had been able to sell small mobile ads on their sites. A new AdSense program lets them serve larger ads suitable for smartphones.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Google Inc., Smart Phone, advertisement, mobile, Google AdSense, Web Browser, Mobile Device, Google AdWords
Two Verizon Android phones coming in 2009
News Verizon and Google make partnership official with promises to collaborate on Android-based phones and other devices over the next several years.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Google Android, Verizon Communications Inc., Google Inc., Phone, network, Google Android, Mobile applications, Sprint Communications
Report: Dell to launch Android phone with AT&T
News Rumors have built all year about Dell's plans for the smartphone market, and the company might finally be ready to show off what it has developed.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Operating System, Motorola Inc., Phone, Google Android, Smart Phone, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile
The Google Android party has begun
News Two years after Google announced Android, phone manufacturers are launching new devices sporting the mobile operating system and mobile operators are lining up to sell them.
Tags: Google Android, Google Inc., Operating System, Motorola Inc., Phone, Google Android, U.S., mobile, Device, Wireless
Web-based e-mail: Businesses beware
News Businesses should think carefully before opting for low cost Web-based e-mail services.
Tags: E-mail servers, Communications, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Avant, Radicati Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., Backup, Small Business, e-mail
