Author: Gary H
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Android Researcher Hit with Cease and Desist After Uncovering Carrier IQ Secrets
An Android security researcher, Trevor Eckhart, has found himself in a little bit of hot water after performing a deep dive into a pretty hidden mobile tracking software from Carrier IQ. He managed to figure out how the software worked and what it monitors, however, after delving into the software and publicising his findings he […]
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Xperia X10 Gets a Piece of the Ice Cream Sandwich
Sony Ericsson were struggling for ideas when they decided to jump on the Android bandwagon, but their first attempt was kind of disappointing. The X10 was released when Android 2.2 Froyo was starting to take over from Android 2.1 Eclair. Even though Froyo was predominantly the most used version of Android at that point in […]
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Xbox Live Hacked With Suspected Phishing Scam
Users of Microsoft’s “unhackable” Xbox Live online gaming portal seem to have fallen victim to a suspected phishing scam, which has seen many stung with credit card charges for items they have not purchased. Xbox Live Account holders have reported multiple transactions going back a good few months, which have seen hackers purchase Microsoft Points, […]
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PS3 Firmware 3.73 Has Been Partially Jailbroken
The PS3 was a notoriously hard device for hackers to get into, and once they did Sony were not happy bunnies, spoiling the fun with a firmware update. However, the fun is beginning again! Hacker KaKaRoTo has managed to partially Jailbreak the PS3’s latest firmware, but bear in mind at the moment this is more […]
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Windows Phone 7 May Not Save Nokia
Nokia and Microsoft thought that their partnership with WP7 was going to take the mobile giants Nokia back to the top and send WP7 soaring through the roof to compete with Android and IOS. However, some current figures may suggest otherwise. Nokia’s first two WP7.5 handsets were the Lumia 710 and the Lumia 800; the […]
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Kindle Fire’s Deeply Customised Android is Nothing More Than a Launcher Replacement
The Kindle Fire came out with a customisation of Android that was thought to run pretty deep, but thanks to a developer over at XDA, it turns out the Fire interface is nothing more than a glorified launcher. One of the best things about Android is its ability for customisation. You can change almost everything […]
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How to Run Android Apps on Your Windows PC – With BlueStacks
You can now run your favourite Android apps on your Windows desktop thanks to new software called BlueStacks, but why would you want to do that? Because with over 500,000 Android apps there’s a world of cool, useful and fun apps just waiting to be used! BlueStacks App Player is an amazing Windows program that […]
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Siri Protocol Hack Could Allow It To Be Used On Android
We told you yesterday about some serious development in Siri Hacking, well it looks like it is about to go to the next level. Mobile development firm Applidium have published a protocol hack for Siri, Apple’s mobile voice recognition personal assistant. The developers have said this hack has enabled them to use Siri’s recognition engine […]
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Cyanogen Mod Bringing CM9 ICS build to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Early Next Year
Cyanogen Mod CM7 is one of the most popular custom Gingerbread rom’s available on over 60 different Android Devices. CM7 War particularly a Gingerbread based Rom and CM8 was reserved for Android Honeycomb when the sources were released. But the Cyanogen Mod Team is skipping CM8 as Google have only just released the Honeycomb sources […]
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ICS Available on HTC HD2 – The Old Faithfull is Still Going Strong
The device that put HTC on the map to stay is still going strong almost 3 years after it was released, and the HTC HD2 has just been given a sweet AOSP port of Google’s new OS, Ice Cream Sandwich. The HD2 just does not want to give up, it is a handset that has […]
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SNES Classic Chrono Trigger Hitting iOS Next Month
Chrono Trigger is one of my all time favourite role playing games; it was a classic on the SNES and it is a game that I play using an emulator on my SGS2. Square Enix has just announced that their SNES classic RPG Chrono Trigger is finally, at long last, coming to iOS. Before all […]
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Siri proxy hack adds custom commands including Wi-Fi thermostat control
Once the folks at Applidium had cracked the Siri protocol, it was only a matter of time before the first mods, exploits and hacks started to leak out. Because Siri relies on Apple’s servers to deliver results, the limitations on what it can and can’t do are entirely controlled at the server end. However, with the […]