Month: August 2010
Cash-guzzling Android SMS Trojan on the prowl
Security specialists Kapersky Labs have uncovered a new mobile phone virus that could potentially cost Android users a lot of money. The SMS Trojan is found disguised within an unnamed media player app. The questionable file, Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, then sends out…
Samsung Tablet to get its official debut at IFA 2010
Next month's IFA tech conference in Berlin will see the lid lifted on Samsung's tablet PC, with proceedings kicking off on September 3rd. "We will showcase our latest Smart TV and interchangeable lens camera models at the show," South…
Dead Rising 2 European and Australian release date pushed ahead of the rest of the world
Dead Rising 2, the zombie slaughter-fest set in a fictitious version of gambler's heaven Las Vegas, has just had its European and Australian release dates pushed forward. Gamers in those territories will now be able to dismember the undead…
Amazon considering new hardware lines alongside the Kindle?
Buoyed by the massive success that has been their Kindle e-reader device, Amazon are now thought to be spreading their wings further in the hardware market, potentially looking at media playback devices. New job postings at the company's Lab 126…
Gmail gets updated: new look navbar, contacts tab
A couple of changes have been introduced for users of Google's webmail service, Gmail, today. Cleaning up the interface slightly, there's now a new navbar as well as a revamped contacts tab. The left hand column has been reorganised, with…
MSI unveil GX660 gaming laptop with "unparalleled" high-end sound
Got a spare £1,700 lying around? Then you might want to take a look at MSI's top-end GX660 gaming laptop, which packs in enough high-tech audio gear to please even the most ardent of audiophiles. At 15.6 inches in size,…
RIM? Never heard of them say 37% of BlackBerry users
While BlackBerry handsets still dominate US smartphone sales figures, new research from www.rightmobilephone.co.uk has revealed that BlackBerry owners are far less zealous in their love for the RIM brand than their Apple counterparts. Of 1,024 BlackBerry owners quizzed, only 37%…
Motorola's Android Gingerbread tablet shaping up to be first real competition for the iPad
Details of an Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) tablet from Motorola have just popped up on the Boy Genius Report blog. Though there are few confirmed reports to rely on, if the leaked specs are to be revealed it looks like Apple's…
Apple Macs "Spoil the fun" says Microsoft on new PC comparison site
Microsoft have blasted out of the starting blocks in the lucrative "back-to-school computer buying season" race with a fairly blunt attack on Apple's Mac range. Posting a page titled "Deciding between a PC and a Mac?" they've conjured up a…
iPhone 4 goes Pay as You Go through Vodafone
Vodafone customers can now pick up the iPhone 4 on a Pay As You Go deal through the network. Until November PAYG iPhone 4 customers through Vodafone will also receive a years worth of data, capped at 250MB a month,…
