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  • Google Android's infected apps spotlight mobile danger

    The Google Android Market for apps is supposed to be an apps showplace, but the fact that Google this week yanked down about 50 Android apps it found out were malicious came as something of a jolt to many in the security industry.

    Written by Ellen Messmer03 March 11 09:32
  • Microsoft to WP7 app developers: Use our open source licenses

    Microsoft has prohibited developers from using GPLv3-licensed open source software in any application distributed on the Windows Phone Marketplace. But Redmond is pushing mobile application developers to use packages based on an open source license created by Microsoft.

    Written by Jon Brodkin18 Feb. 11 06:29
  • iPhone gets Microsoft OneNote app

    Microsoft on Tuesday released an iPhone version of OneNote, the digital notebook software, in one of the first examples of Microsoft making a portion of Office available on non-Windows phones.

    Written by Jon Brodkin19 Jan. 11 08:32
  • Apple Mac App Store has piracy vulnerability

    Careless coding and a lax review process by Apple could make it pretty simple to steal certain select applications from the brand new Mac App Store that launched yesterday. 

    Written by Tim Greene08 Jan. 11 08:59
  • 8 useful Google Android resources

    If you’ve found yourself playing catch-up on Google Android, here’s a selection of resources from Network World and our sister publications to get you up to speed quickly.

    Written by Bob Brown10 Nov. 10 00:02
  • Good news for enterprise iPads: Apple readies iOS 4.2

    Apple has released the final code to developers for its iOS 4.2 update, according to several technology Websites. The update, scheduled for public release later this month, is especially big news for the iPad, which will gain a range of features already available to iPhone and iPod touch users running iOS 4.

    Written by John Cox03 Nov. 10 06:55
  • BlackBerry how-to: Downgrade the OS on your RIM smartphone

    Perhaps your wireless carrier released a new software update for your BlackBerry smartphone, but your favorite applications just won't work on the new build. Or maybe you were feeling daring and decided to install a leaked "beta" BlackBerry OS to check out some new features, but it drastically degraded your handheld's performance.

    Written by Al Sacco29 Oct. 10 02:07
  • E-books, iPad, Kindle not the death of publishing

    The publishing industry must embrace e-books and engage with the IT industry in order to reimagine book production, a Web development expert has warned.

    Written by Lisa Banks14 Oct. 10 17:33
  • Amazon prepping Android app store, tablet?

    Amazon is said to be readying an Android app store and tablet, a move that should boost Google's mobile platform while also challenging Google's own Android Market.

    Written by Bob Brown29 Sept. 10 02:35
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