2011

In the wake of last week’s discovery of a tranche of malicious apps residing in the Android Market, Google Inc. has leapt into action to protect those users affected by the malware, which not only collected and transmitted identifying information, but also left devices open to further attack.

It seems a month can’t go by at the moment without some kind of viral worm weaving it’s way through the Twittersphere, leaving a wake of dodgy linkbait and annoyed users behind it. This week’s Twitter exploit, TweetViewer, once again plays on the insecurity and gullibility of the average Twitter user, and purportedly allows people to find out who has been viewing their Twitter profiles.

As with most Android devices, it was only a matter of a few hours after launch until the Xoom was rooted, allowing would-be tinkerers access to the nuts-and-bolts of the device’s Android operating system.

ACCC | March 3, 2011 | Press Release The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued interim access determinations (IADs) for fixed line telecommunications services under the new telecommunications access …

Bangkok Post | March 3, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana The country’s new telecommunications regulator officially has no members yet but it has begun work on two master plans for the industry …

Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 | JOSÉ DE CORDOBA MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico’s most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting each other’s backs—are now battling …

ADOI Magazine | March 4, 2011 Packet One Networks (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading 4G wireless broadband service provider launched its latest ad campaign – ‘Instant Broadband – today, a …

Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT’s decision to introduce Apple’s …

Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google Inc. (GOOG), is planning to …

Reuters | March 3, 2011 | Blaise Robinson and Tarmo Virki * Huawei has no plans to invest in Alcatel – spokesman * Short squeeze also mentioned to explain sharp rise * …

Telstra | March 4, 2011 | Media Release Hong Kong, 4 March 2011 – Following the Auction of Radio Spectrum held by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Telstra International …

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has had a tough time of its own making lately, blindly walking into one mess after the other.

This week at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, RCR caught up with one of the world’s largest ISPs, Level 3, which was touting its role as the messenger …

GPS mapping provider Navteq says it believes it has a lot to offer the world of gaming, and spent GDC trying to persuade developers their content would look a whole lot nicer if it included the firm’s enhanced 3D city models for more realistic and compelling content.

Possibly the most common gripe about any Apple device is the swiss cheese style holes it leaves whenever it encounters flash content. Of course, Apple’s refusal to budge on the issue has also closed the door to many a Flash game and given the finger to any developer clinging to Adobe’s products.

A while ago, I was able to give you my impressions of Gingerbread based on the emulator Google released. It is all very well playing around with a mobile OS on an emulator, but it was never going to be the same experience as using it day to day on my phone. So here are my impressions of using Gingerbread in anger!