iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
blogs.zdnet.com — Yesterday, a “Your iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!” message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from appearing at startup. (Submitted by wjappe) More...
Will '09 Be a Comeback Year for Moto & Palm?
blogs.zdnet.com — Many believed Palm was on the ropes and getting ready to go down for the count at the end of 2008, but they came out swinging at CES with the Pre and WebOS. Motorola, a leader in the mobile phone business for years has not done well in the smartphone space, and has bet their future on Android. (Submitted by Frankzulla) More...
Software that auto fixes itself, without shutting down
blogs.zdnet.com — Software vulnerabilities that take days or weeks to fix may one day be a thing of the past. A team of researchers have presented new software, called ClearView, that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes. (Submitted by adrian67) More...
Next-Gen Operating Systems: Facebook on Steroids?
blogs.zdnet.com — The conversation I had with Mozilla Labs UX chief, Aza Raskin, last week has made me think about the future of the web. He envisions a future when the vast majority of things in the cloud are combined with a social web, and “something” where the two overlap. Stick with me on this one for a minute… (Submitted by uzair21) More...
Sears Holdings Corporation: A Silent Giant in Social Media
blogs.zdnet.com — Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC) has been a silent giant in social media for some time. Its online community now boasts more than 300,000 users and it was one of the first major retailers to adopt OpenID to connect MySears.com directly from major social networks. The company has been injecting social into most of its brands... (Submitted by inactive) More...
Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial
blogs.zdnet.com — While I would consider Karmic Koala to be an evolutionary improvement rather than a revolutionary one over Jaunty Jackalope and Intrepid Ibex where functionality is concerned, I can certainly see where a great deal of the development time went, and that is raw performance. (Submitted by motang) More...
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