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Infected Android App Runs Up Big Texting Bills

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Infected Android App Runs Up Big Texting Bills Chinese hackers modified the free Steamy Windows Android app, allowing them to hijack a smartphone to install other apps and silently send text messages.
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Internet Explorer Nibbles Away at Firefox The latest browser market share data shows Internet Explorer with its first gain in months--coming at the expense of Firefox.
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Malware Ads Hit London Stock Exchange Web Site Visitors to the London Stock Exchange's Web site were hit with malicious ads over the weekend, designed to pop up fake security messages on their computers.
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US Raps China's Baidu and Taobao Over Pirated Goods Two of China's biggest websites, the search engine Baidu and online retailer Taobao, were named as "notorious markets" in a new U.S. government report for...
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Information Builders Targets IPad, Android With BI Suite Information Builders upped its ante in mobile BI (business intelligence) software on Tuesday, announcing a product suite that includes native capabilities for...
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Must You Let Your App Be Tapped? Law enforcement has a problem, and you may be part of it if you make a Web app. When the FBI comes knocking, it may ask you to hand over communications made by your users.
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Google Employees May Be Getting Xoom Tablets Google employees may be getting new tablets, Motorola's CEO said on Monday.
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All Motorola High-end Phones Will Pair With Dock, CEO Says All of Motorola's high-end smartphones will soon be able to work with a docking station that provides them with a large screen and keyboard.
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Arm Agrees to Let Fujitsu Use More of Its Technology Arm Holdings and Fujitsu Semiconductor have signed a broad agreement that will enable the Japanese firm develop its processors faster with some of Arm's most...
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How to Avoid Being the Victim of an Android Trojan Android users beware! Mobile malware is on the rise, and Android in particular is at risk due to its open nature.
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Bing Twitter Account Goes Oscar-crazy The Twitter account used to promote Microsoft's Bing search engine went slightly bonkers Monday afternoon, posting a deluge of pre-Oscar party photos.
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Look, No Hands! G.tec Uses Brain Interface to Tweet Austrian company Guger Technologies (g.tec) has developed a brain-computer interface that can be used to "type" short text messages simply by staring at letters.
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Mobile Deathmatch: Motorola Mobility Atrix 4G vs. Apple IPhone 4 Motorola's versatile new Android smartphone outshines the iPhone in some ways, but falls short overall
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US Senate Begins Debate on Patent Reform Some tech groups have opposed a patent reform bill being debated in the U.S. Senate.
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Forrester Bullish on US E-commerce Market Online retail sales in the U.S. will grow solidly in coming years, helped in part by consumers' broad Internet connectivity options and their increased...
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More Operators Get Behind HSPA at 42M Bps Deutsche Telekom has joined the growing number of operators that will upgrade mobile networks to offer 42M bps (bits per second), it said on Tuesday at the Cebit...
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